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The travel industry is a major user of SMS messaging in a variety of applications.

Holiday companies can use their records of past travel to compose highly targeted SMS marketing messages to their clients. If someone regularly books activity holidays in June don’t chase them for a spa holiday in November. Send very specific offers that match what you know about your client.

You can also keep your clients updated on operational issues. Send reminders if they need a visa or an inoculation prior to the trip. Confirm flight details, connections, car hire arrangements to make it easy for the holiday maker to concentrate on having a good time.

Posted on 10/07/2017
In Use Cases

SMS marketing has seen a huge uplift in popularity in recent years, with big brands investing in the technology to better engage with their customers. There are so many benefits of SMS marketing, from the ability to directly to reach customers with your communications, to the fact that over 80% of SMS texts are read. With over approximately 90% of the world receiving mobile coverage, you’re highly likely to be able to reach your audience, regardless of where they are. SMS marketing is cost effective, and campaigns are quick to develop, in as short a time period as the time it takes to write a text message. This gives you the advantage of being able to communicate quickly, and effectively with customers, reacting to information almost instantaneously. With so many reasons to use SMS marketing, we’ve highlighted four sectors successfully using SMS messaging as case studies to highlight...

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Posted on 20/06/2017
In Business SMS

With the summer peak season fast approaching, now is the perfect time for hotels to keep in touch with their guests and take advantage of upselling and cross-selling techniques to increase revenues. In this article, we demonstrate how to use SMS marketing to make the most of the opportunities in both and unlock added value for your business.

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Posted on 04/05/2017
In Business SMS

How SMS Marketing can help guarantee a sold out summer season for independent travel agents and tour operators. In this article we explore how small and medium-sized independent companies in the travel and tourism sector can take advantage of the opportunities offered by SMS marketing to ensure a sold out summer season.

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Posted on 13/04/2017
In Use Cases

Can something as simple as adding SMS messaging propel your business to higher levels than you thought possible? That’s what happened to these two companies. Read the last blog in the Results series to see what happened, and how you can start growing your business too.

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Posted on 20/01/2017
In Use Cases

More and more industries are tuning in to the advantages that SMS marketing can offer their business. SMS marketing is not only useful for acquiring new customers, it can be used to increase brand loyalty as well. This is particularly true for the hospitality industry, which faces challenges unique from other industries, in that they are on the front line when it comes to delivering customer service.

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