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The 2026 World Cup won’t deliver demand the way hotels expected. Here’s how to respond.
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May 1

The 2026 World Cup won’t deliver demand the way hotels expected. Here’s how to respond.

Hotel bookings for the 2026 World Cup are tracking closer to normal levels, forcing properties to shift from static forecasting to real-time demand response strategies.

Nicola Graham
By Nicola Graham, Chief Marketing Officer, Cendyn™
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Should hoteliers abandon Google search marketing because of “Zero-Click Search”?

Max Starkov
By Max Starkov
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Alessio Re

No. The question bundles several things under "Google search marketing." Ads, Hotel Ads, Business Profile and YouTube sit alongside organic, and zero-click only erodes one slice of that, informational organic clicks.Booking intent is transactional and local, the query types least touched by AI Overviews: under 10% of commercial searches trigger one.

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