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A Guide for Hotels: Simplifying Provider Selection

2018-03-13 by Phil Butler

Hotel guest

The job of the hotel director gets ever more complicated as traditional business is forced to adapt to the ever-changing marketing and technology innovations and services. However complicated these new tools and services may be though, age old business logic still applies.

Tags: FastBooking, hotel conversions, hotel marketing, hotel sales, hotels. OTAs, marketing, room conversions, room sales

EyeWide Digital Nominated for Greek Hospitality Awards

2018-02-16 by Argophilia Travel News

EyeWide Digital Marketing Agency, one of Europe’s leading hospitality marketing companies, has been nominated for several Greek Hospitality Awards for 2018.

Tags: Aldemar Resorts, Anemos, Celestyal Cruises, CHRIMA Magazine, Ethos Events, EyeWide, EyeWide Digital Marketing, Grecotel, Greek Hospitality Awards, hotel awards, Hotelbrain, marketing, Minas Liapakis

Instagram in a Destination Discovery Context

2017-07-14 by Phil Butler

Sergey Rasshivaev

Since forever I’ve advised my clients to make the best use of images and video, of media that will capture the imagination of potential clients. It’s 2017 and many have still not grasped the simplest concept, that a captive audience travels on the visual. As a wordsmith and someone who enjoys telling a story, using Instagram as a story place marker helps me convey the reality of a place and experience. Let me show you how to use Instagram mixed with a contextual storyline.

Tags: ads, Charleston, context, Creta Star, La Preciosa Beach, marketing, Rethymno, Sergey Rasshivaev, Sullivan's Island, surf holidays, Vorontsov Palace

AccorHotels Acquires VeryChic

2017-04-04 by Argophilia Travel News

VeryChic

The anticipated AccorHotels acquisition of VeryChic is now complete according to the hotel chain. Now Accor can complete digital private sales of luxury hotel rooms and apartments, cruises, breaks, packages and more.

Tags: Accord, Bookings, hotel bookings, hotel marketing, hotels, marketing, Travelsify, VeryChic

Airbnb Really Is the Big Bad Wolf

2017-02-01 by Phil Butler

Airbnb is the Big Bad Wolf

The hotel industry is in a nightmare of dire concerns over a beleaguered hospitality market. Airbnb and the impact the so-called “sharing economy” is on every hotelier’s mind, and understandably. The industry is for all intents and purposes, lost in a forest like Little Red Riding Hood trying to figure how much business the Big Bad Wolf […]

Tags: AirBnb, Big Bad Wolf, Booking.com, crete, hotel industry, hotels, marketing, OTA's, shared economy, sharing economy, travel tech

Key Data Integrations for Hotel Intelligence

2015-10-21 by Phil Butler

Market segment, the new paradigm hotel revenue people seek to optimize and utilize, it can be an elusive beast. Using guest analytics and loyalty data will become more and more useful, but the key segments, and those data sets, will power the coming hotel operations shift toward predictive analytics. Here are some resources that should be […]

Tags: Airbn, analytics, Big Data, BioSeeker Group AB, Canadean Ltd, dotcomhotel, Energy Aspects Ltd., Euromonitor, GBI Research, HVS Library, iCD Research, IDATE, Lato Boutique Hote, Lefteris Karatarakis, marketing, Marketing Corporation, marketresearch.com, Martin Soler, Mintel, onetwotrip, SnapShot GmbH, STR Global, travel analytics

Snap Traveller White Paper Reveals the Secrets of Influence Marketing for Hoteliers

2014-06-05 by Rhett Butler

To celebrate the relaunch of its official site, redesigned as a network to build solid relationships between hotels, journalists and bloggers, Snap Traveller released an authoritative report on influence marketing and its role in the hospitality industry.

Tags: bloggers, booking, channel and revenue management, hotel marketing, hotel news, hotels, marketing, media, rooms

Thomas Cook Goes to “Go-To” Digital Gurus

2014-05-09 by Phil Butler

Kathryn Parsons

adds digital gurus from around the social/digital web to their advisory board. According to news from TravelMole, hiring marketing guru Remo Masala from Kuoni set the tone for TC’s ongoing upramp into digital.

Tags: Brandwatch, guest experience, Home Retail Group, Jo Hickson, Kathryn Parsons, marketing, metrics, OTA's, Remo Masala, social media, thomas cook

WIHP’s 2014 Marketing Bucket List

2014-01-03 by Liliana Steffens

WIHP at ITB Berlin

2014 brings with a new year great new possibilities in every industry. Travel not being the least of these, World Independent Hotels Promotion (WIHP) just compiled a Slideshare bucket list of benchmark hotel and marketing items not to overlook. This will be one of those years technology provides a fast forward effect for competitiveness, and […]

Tags: BIng, guest experience, hotel marketing, hotels, marketing, Photosynth, WIHP

Social Media 101 for Restaurateurs: Getting and Giving the Business

2013-05-28 by Phil Butler

Facebook 101 for Restaurants

You own a business associated with hospitality, let’s say a restaurant, for instance. The digital craze is, obviously, something you’ve at least heard about. But just how do social media, blogging, search engine marketing (SEM), and other advanced connectivity channels help your business? Is there a real return on investment from this “social” space? There seem to be more questions about the social sphere than answers, no?

Tags: advertising, Brian Solis, Edelman, hospitality ads, hospitality PR, marketing, Pamil Visions, Richard Edelman, ROI, tourism channels, travel ads, travel marketing, travel PR

Croatian Tourism Board Calls for Extended Marketing Planning

2013-05-14 by Liliana Steffens

Croatia Tourism Board Site

The Croatian Tourism Board (HTZ) is seeking design of a strategic marketing plan for Croatian Tourism for 2014-2020. The board has just tendered a deadline for submissions of bids of May 29th. The project, expected to be valued at just over €500,000 euro.

Tags: Croatia toursm, Dalmatia travel, marketing, marketing travel, tourism marketing, Zagreb tourism, Zagreb travel

Sabre Hospitality Solutions Boosts Europe Hotels Tools

2013-05-07 by Liliana Steffens

Sabre Hospitality Solutions

Yesterday, Sabre Hospitality Solutions announced the expansion of their Internet marketing products and services across Europe with the launch of WebExpress. WebExpress, available for European, Middle Eastern, and Asian hotels, provides a managers and staff with a combination of tools for visibility and web traffic, and etc. Monique Jaspers-Wijn, vice president business development, EMEA, for […]

Tags: Europe hotels, GDS, hotel marketing, hotels, marketing, ppc, Sabre, Sabre Hospitality

How Hotels and Resorts Are Using Pinterest to Attract Guests

2013-03-28 by Mihaela Lica Butler

Visit Durango

Are hotels and resorts successful in using Pinterest to attract more guests. Tow case studies show how success can be earned.

Tags: advertising, marketing, Pinterest, social networking

buuteeq Solution Gives Hotels Early Advantage

2013-01-17 by Mike Wheatley

For new hotels, establishing an online footprint before they open their doors has never been so important. It’s vital that hotel operators generate buzz ahead of the big day, not only to ensure a house full of guests, but also so they can escape from the clutches of expensive OTAs garnishing their profits.

Tags: buuteeq, digital marketing, Ho Tram Vietnam, hotel marketing, hotel operators, marketing, MGM Grand Ho Tram Beach Resort

Flip.to Adds Regional Reps to Hospitality Equation

2013-01-16 by Delia Gavrilescu

Flip.to landing page

Flip.to, an amplified word of mouth innovator that helps hotels gain conversions via guest spreading the good word, has announced adding more North America sales execs.

Tags: airline marketing, guest reviews, guest services, hotel marketing, hotel reviews, marketing, restaurant marketing, review service

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