Hotels are shifting marketing spends to where travellers scroll, search and book

Hotels are shifting marketing spends to where travellers scroll, search and book

New Delhi, Travellers today are discovering hotels very differently from how they did just a few years ago.  What was once driven by glossy brochures, travel magazine features, and outdoor advertising has steadily shifted to search engines, social media feeds, creator-led storytelling, and online reviews. For hospitality brands, this shift has prompted a major rethink…

Top 5 Customer Data Platforms for Personalized Marketing in USA

Top 5 Customer Data Platforms for Personalized Marketing in USA

In 2026, US businesses will generate trillions in personalized marketing revenue as consumers expect hyper‑relevant experiences across email, web, ads, and apps. Customer Data Platforms (CDPs) are the technology that makes this possible by unifying first‑party data from websites, apps, CRMs, and offline sources into actionable customer profiles. This guide covers the top 5 CDPs…

Marketing automation: rebuild your entire engine in a day with low-code tools – Dynamic Export

Marketing automation: rebuild your entire engine in a day with low-code tools – Dynamic Export

In today’s fast-moving digital landscape, small teams can assemble a working marketing system in a single day — not as a polished final product, but as a lean, testable engine that begins driving leads and learning immediately. The shift is driven by accessible automation tools and AI-assisted templates; the urgent question for leaders is whether…

Scaling Personalization in Marketing Automation Without Losing Authenticity

Scaling Personalization in Marketing Automation Without Losing Authenticity

Listen NEW! Listen to article Sign in or sign up to access this audio feature! No worries … it’s FREE! When every customer expects you to know them yet resists being known too well, marketing enters a delicate tension. The future of marketing automation lies in finding equilibrium to scale personalization in a way that…

Birmingham students win global marketing competition

Birmingham students win global marketing competition

The team’s campaign aimed to reposition IBM’s Sustainable AI offering as ‘accountable intelligence.’ The strategy had three pillars: a Netflix documentary series, an invitation-only global summit for business professionals, and a workforce programme to help small and medium-sized enterprises deliver on their goals. On their award, Audrey Berling and Janhavi Tamhankar said: “We are so delighted…

The Top Marketing Trends and Technologies for 2026: Marketing’s Age of AI Has Arrived, Now Comes the Hard Part

The Top Marketing Trends and Technologies for 2026: Marketing’s Age of AI Has Arrived, Now Comes the Hard Part

Three months into 2026, the verdict is in: Artificial intelligence is no longer a pilot program. It’s become a critical era. Marketing teams that have spent the past few years experimenting with generative AI are now being asked to restructure their workflows, demonstrate real ROI, and defend their strategies based on measurable and meaningful results….

Antoine Souma on the Evolution of Influencer Marketing in the Travel Industry

Antoine Souma on the Evolution of Influencer Marketing in the Travel Industry

Antoine Souma has witnessed the transformation of influencer marketing within the travel industry from its early, unstructured beginnings into a sophisticated component of global tourism strategy. As a Los Angeles-based travel blogger and digital storyteller working with destinations and hospitality brands since 2017, his perspective reflects both creative practice and market awareness. Over time, travel…

Why AI decision automation will change the way you run software marketing campaigns

Why AI decision automation will change the way you run software marketing campaigns

The traditional B2B marketing funnel has long been built around one assumption: a person is making the decision. For decades, you have designed your campaigns to convince a human being to click a button, book a demo, or sign a contract. You optimized landing pages for human eyes, wrote copy for human emotions, and built…

The B2B digital marketing playbook for growth on autopilot

The B2B digital marketing playbook for growth on autopilot

A collage of hands, laptop, and business graphics symbolizing B2B digital marketing on a teal paper background. – ImageFlow // Shutterstock The B2B digital marketing playbook for growth on autopilot Companies that make their marketing strategy a central part of their growth strategy grow faster than those that don’t. A 2023 McKinsey study in which…

The Cost Of Flying Blind In Influencer Marketing

The Cost Of Flying Blind In Influencer Marketing

By C200 member Jennifer Quigley-Jones What is influencer marketing actually delivering? Digital Voices The creator economy has grown into a multi-hundred-billion-dollar market, changing how brands reach consumers and influence purchasing decisions. It has already surpassed $250 billion, and some projections suggest it could reach $600 billion by 2030. Influencer marketing now plays a central role,…