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How to Participate in HMP Booking Network Sponsor Ads Activity

Note:
Before you want to manage Booking Network Sponsor Ads Activity, you must be a member of the Hotel Account which has the permissions of the Owner or Admin role. If you do not have access to Booking Network Sponsor  Activity, please contact your account manager.

Overview

The Hotels Owner or Manager can participate in HMP Booking Network Sponsor Ads Activities after it’s set up by your Account Manager and enabled by the Program Admin.


Once enabled, the Hotel Owner or Manager can decide and control the hotels within the Hotel account to participate in the HMP HMP Booking Network Sponsor Ads Activity.


Booking Network Sponsor Ads is prepaid mode, The Hotel Owner or Manager needs to make sure the hotel has added enough funds and set targets, budgets, bids, and ad copies before contacting your Account Manager to activate the hotel channel status.


Participate in Ads Activity

Step 1:  Select Hotel

  • In the up left hand, select the hotel that you want to manage the HMP Booking Network Sponsor Ads Activity from the dropdown list

Step 2: Click on Activities

  • In the left-hand navigation menu, click on Activities

Step 3: Available the Booking Network Sponsor Ads Activity

  • On the Activities page, Available tab, toggle on the Booking Network Sponsor Ads activity in the Participate column
Note: 
  • Participation allows you to enable or disable the spend of the budget submitted for the activity
  • By default, it’s toggled on and you can toggle off if you want to pause the Booking Network Sponsor Ads activity participation

Step 4: Add & Submit Funds

  • In the top left-hand,click on the Add Funds icon and input the funds' value in the input box.
  • Select the “I understand and am authorised to add funds for this property.” .
  • Click on the Submit button.
  • You will see the fund added successfully notification and the balance updated.
Notes:
The fund value rangge is [min 250 USD, max 999,999 USD]

Step 5: Setting up Targets

  • Click on the Booking Network Sponsor Ads Activity

  • Within [Targets] tab:

    • Set Performance Goal from the dropdown list: ROAS and Manual CPC are available

    • Set Markets that you want to bid for the traveler countries

Step 6: Setting up Budgets

  • Within the Budgets tab: input the budget for the months that you want to bid and click on save button.

  • Click on the Submit Budget button

  • Select “ I agree to terms and conditions”

  • Click on the Confirm button.

Note:	
  • You can set at most 15 months’ budget from the current month to the 14 months onwards and update them at your needs
  • You need to set the budget based on the budget guidance Min and Max limitation
  • Min budget value is 20 USD by default
  • You need have enough fund balance as Booking Network Sponsor Ads is prepaid
  • it will have a “No balance” icon to notify you adding fund if no sufficient fund balance to support the budget for the current month.

Step 7: Setting up Base Bid & Bid Adjustment

  • Within Bids tab, set the base bid, and bid adjustment for Check-in Date, Check-in Day of Week, Day to arrival, Device, Group, Length of Stay, and Traveler Country if you are using Manual CPC bids.

  • The minimum base bid set value is 0.75 USD.

Note: 	
  • Bids are being optimised automatically by your ROAS targets and not allowed to update the base bids
  • You can switch bid enhancer between boost and exact, and switching adjustment mode will clear your bid current settings for this multiplier.
  • For exact mode, only one item is allowed to set the bid adjustment and the bid is fixed with the base bid
  • Bids are optimized automatically by ROAS target, to manage bids manually , you need to switch to manual CPC via targets tab.

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Available the Booking Network Sponsor Ads Activity


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Add Funds, Performance Goal, and Markets


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Setting up Budget


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Setting up Base Bid & Bid Adjustment

How to Update Booking Network Sponsor Ads Activity Targets

Overview

Hotel owner or Admin can switch the target between ROAS and Manual CPC.


Update Activity Targets

Step 1: Select Hotel

  • In the up left hand, select the hotel that you want to manage the HMP Booking Network Sponsor Ads Activity from the dropdown list.

Step 2: Click Activities

  • In the left-hand navigation menu, click on Activities.

Step 3: Update Performance Target

  • Click on Edit button on the right side of the Performance Target item

  • Select the target that you want to switch from the dropdown list

  • Click on Save Changes button

    • If you switch to ROAS target, you need to set a ROAS target value

    • Min ROAS is 0.1 with one decimal allowed

Step 4: Update Market

  • Click on Edit button on the right side of Market item
  • Select the markets that you want to update and un-select the markets you want to remove
    • Selecting “Global” means you will advertise globally
  • Click on Save Changes button.

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How to Add Booking Network Sponsor Ads Activity Fund

Overview

Hotel owner or Admin can add Booking Network Sponsor Ads Activity fund when it’s insufficient.


Add Fund

Step 1: Select Hotel

  • In the up left hand, select the hotel that you want to manage the HMP Booking Network Sponsor Ads Activity from the dropdown list.

Step 2: Click on Activities

  • In the left-hand navigation menu, click on Activities

Step 3: Add Funds

  • In the top left-hand,click on the Add Funds icon and input the funds' value in the input box.
  • Select the “I understand and am authorised to add funds for this property.”.
  • Click on Submit button.
  • You will see the fund added successfully notification and the balance updated.
Note:

The fund value range is [min 250 USD, max 999,999 USD] 

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How to Update Booking Network Sponsor Ads Activity Budgets

Overview

Hotel owner or Admin can update Booking Network Sponsor Ads Activity Budgets at need.

Update Budgets

Step 1: Select Hotel

  • In the up left hand, select the hotel that you want to manage the HMP Booking Network Sponsor Ads Activity from the dropdown list.

Step 2: Click Activities

  • In the left-hand navigation menu, click on Activities

Step 3: Submit Budget

  • Within Budgets tab: Input the budget for the months that you want to bid and click on save button.
  • Click on [Submit Budget button
  • Select on “I agree to terms and conditions
  • Click on Confirm button.
Note: 
  • You can set at most 15 months' budget from the current month to the 14 months onwards and update them at your needs
  • You need to set the budget based on the budget guidance Min and Max limitation
  • Min budget value is 20 USD by default
  • You need have enough fund balance as Booking Network Sponsor Ads is prepaid
  • it will have a “No balance” icon to notify you adding fund if no sufficient fund balance to support the budget for the current month.

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How to Update Booking Network Sponsor Ads Activity Bids

Overview

Hotel owner or Admin   can update the Booking Network Sponsor Ads Activity Bids at need.


Update Bids

Step 1: Select Hotel

  • In the up left hand, select the hotel that you want to manage the HMP Booking Network Sponsor Ads Activity from the dropdown list.

Step 2: Click on Activities

  • In the left-hand navigation menu, click on Activities

Step 3: Update Bids

  • Within Bids tab, set the base bid, and bid adjustment for the Check-in Date, Checkin Day of Week, Day to arrival, Device, Group, Length of Stay, and Traveler Country if you are using Manual CPC bids.
  • Min base bid set value is 0.75 USD.
Note:

  • Bids are being optimised automatically by your ROAS targets and not allowed to update the base bids
  • You can switch bid enhancer between boost and exact, and switching adjustment mode will clear your bid current settings for this multiplier.
  • For exact mode, only one item is allowed to set the bid adjustment and the bid is fixed with the base bid
  • Bids are optimized automatically by ROAS target, to manage bids manually , you need to switch to manual CPC via targets tab.

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