The 2019 Report on Travel Advertising

whitePaper | May 17, 2021

Ads are a powerful and growing profit tool for marketplace operators. A Goldman Sachs Equity Research report noted in February 2021 that “in the US alone we believe retailers are positioned to generate $15-$20 billion of e-com oriented retail media revenue from CPG manufacturers by 2025; the figure should be substantially larger when we contemplate the potential to tap into media streams from electronic, apparel, sporting goods and other manufacturers for some retailers.” The scale here is massive, and marketplace operators are taking note.

whitePaper | June 7, 2022

Over-the-top television and streaming audio offer consumers a rich array of on-demand content options, and the list of platforms and programs that serve up those options are increasing all the time. As streaming builds momentum with audiences, and as advertisers gain experience with the medium, TV and audio are increasingly becoming data-driven advertising channels.

whitePaper | October 10, 2022

AI is evolving from a nice-to-have capability, to an everyday staple, especially in advertising. Forms of AI handle your bidding, targeting, optimizations and sometimes even your creative output. AI will be the baseline for advertising innovation over the next few years, are you ready?

whitePaper | December 29, 2019

Branding has become one of the most important aspects of business strategy. Yet it is also one of the most misunderstood. Branding is sometimes considered to be merely an advertising function. And many managers and business writers hold the view that branding is about the management of product image, a supplementary task that can be isolated from the main business of product management. This note provides an alternative perspective, arguing that: Branding is a strategic point of view, not a select set of activities.

whitePaper | August 24, 2022

Streamlined, fluid and accessible ways of transacting between inventory and media have only partly been realized across current forms of advertising automation — namely programmatic. Our consideration of automation will go beyond programmatic to include how marketers effectively advertise in an omnichannel ecosystem, doing so in a fashion that ensures the best return on investment for whole campaigns — rather than a single ad exposure.

whitePaper | September 22, 2022

The local advertising marketplace will reach $167.4 billion in 2022 as local, regional, and national buyers compete to bring their messages to local audiences across major traditional and digital media platforms. The fastest-growing media segment is OTT with an annual growth rate of +57.4 percent in 2022. This emphasizes how competitive this media channel has become, as consumer behavior follows the same trend. In this whitepaper developed in collaboration with BIA, discover key trends impacting shifting media budgets, the effects of programmatic, and forecasts for local advertising in the years to come.