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Field notes on
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Perspectives on luxury travel and hospitality marketing: performance, demand, brand and direct bookings. What we are learning, shared as we learn it.

Five SEO myths, and the studies that end them

Five SEO myths, and the studies that end them

Saubhagya Bhagyaraj
Published on: 04/09/2026

Rank first and you get found. Block the bots and stay safe. Five pieces of SEO advice that no longer hold for an independent property, each one ended by a dated study.

From SEO to GEO: what AI search changes for an independent property

From SEO to GEO: what AI search changes for an independent property

Saubhagya Bhagyaraj
Published on: 03/08/2026

Nearly half the hotels AI assistants recommend never appear in Google's results. What the Tharro and Cloudbeds studies found, and what an independent property can do about it.