An interesting Mini Guide

Where is people booking from and how important is social media and other sources in their destination and hotel selection?

+springmetrics

+Hipmunk Everywhere #cross-platform search = beyond responsive design

+Hipmunk tech team recognized that multi-device users use multple screens to complete search + #travel #bookings.  To assure reaching customers ' reach consumers anywhere, anytime, and from any device.' Hipmunk has launched Hipmunk Everywhere - details here on their blog.

This new feature, along with Hipmunk apps, raises the bar beyond responsive design creating easy, seamless hotel and travel booking experience.  As users need to log in to access Everywhere, Hipmunk gathers significant data on users travel planning + booking process.

It will be very interesting to see which travel sites and meta-search engines follow Hipmunk's lead.