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Started in 2005, this blog features news, commentary and best practices
from the hospitality & tourism industries, particularly hotels.
| Google Affiliate Network - Google retires Referrals in favor of the DoubleClick Performics Affiliate Network |
| After Google's recent takeover of DoubleClick, the company has opted to retire its ailing Referrals section of Adsense in favor of Performics / the DoubleClick Performics Affiliate Network. A message from Google: We're constantly looking for ways ... |
| Photos from GATE Nepal - The Global Academy of Tourism and Hospitality Education, Kathmandu |
| In January, we wrote about the new hotel school on the block in Nepal, GATE (The Global Academy of Tourism and Hospitality Education). Since then, GATE has made great inroads in the hotel management education sector in the country and established itsel... |
| The Talent Jungle - Interview with Australian Wine Maker Mark Davidson, Tamburlaine |
| Long-time Talent Jungle network partner Khem R Lakai interviews Mark Davidson in Nepal. Mark Davidson is a renowned Australian chief wine maker and Managing Director of Tamburlaine, the largest organic grape producing vineyards in Australia which is sp... |
| The Talent Jungle - An interview with Swiss Master Baker Chef Willy Graf at GATE Nepal |
| An interview with Swiss Master Baker Chef Willy Graf, who recently spoke to Food & Wine Magazine in Nepal. Mr. Graf has accumulated 11 international gold medals through his finest craftsmanship in bakery and chocolate arts in his near about 5 decades o... |
| eCommerce - Some thoughts on ethics in the virtual world of the Internet |
| Humane Touch of the Virtual Reality: By Luis Zapanta. During my years of teaching English and Latin literatures, one of the favorite books my students loved to discuss is The Prince of Machiavelli. They always remember the line, The end justifie... |
| Sheraton Hotels Launches New Website Dedicated to its Global Collection of Premier Resorts |
| New Sheratonresorts.com Invites Travelers to Customize Their Dream Vacation and Discover Unique Experiences at 62 Luxurious Resorts across Six Continents Sheraton Hotels & Resorts invites consumers to discover unique local experiences and hidd... |
| Lifestyle Website Relaunch - Luxury Collection by Starwood Hotels and Resorts |
| In keeping with the hospitality industry shift from selling rooms to creating unique experiences, Starwood Hotels & Resorts has re-launched its Luxury Collection website with a great new look and interactive features, rich content, a global cultural ca... |
| Four Points by Sheraton names Cheesemonger and Foodie, Dan Suarez its first Beer Intern |
| Four Points by Sheraton Chief Beer Officer Taps New York Cheesemonger and Home Brewer, Dan Suarez for Coveted Summer Internship: June 17, 2008 - Forget the filing and faxing, the Four Points by Sheraton's First Ever Best Brews intern is going to spend ... |
| Review of the Travel Distribution Middle East 2008 Conference by EyeforTravel |
| The first Travel Distribution Summit for the Middle East region was held on Tuesday & Wednesday (June 17, 18) at the Jumeirah Beach Hotel in Dubai. Organized by EyeforTravel, which also runs the popular TDS conference in London and other locations, thi... |
| A Hotelier Idol Spoof - Awareness about the Hotel Industry Recruitment, Training Crisis |
| A great new comedic spoof called "Hotelier Idol", that aims to further awareness about the Hotel Industry Jobs, Training and Retention crisis. Hotel recruitment is already a hot topic for debate in the industry, with traditional job markets coming into... |
Started in 2007, this site features video interviews with hoteliers,
hotel concepts, hotelier humor and a discussion forum.
| Hotelier Idol Exposé: The hidden hotel industry casting crisis takes centre-stage! |
| Hotelier Idol points the spotlight at the robust hotel development pipeline and the underlying challenges presented in terms of recruitment, training and retention. Case Study: The United Arab Emirates, specifically Dubai and Abu Dhabi If one was to look at the global inventory in the pipelines and view it as a “city state” Dubai has officially [...] |
| Young Hotelier Contest - Hotel Industry Celebrity Encounters. Send us your stories! |
| Celebrity Guests! Flashing cameras! Alert Hotel Security, the paparazzi are blocking the main hotel lobby entrance!? In the hospitality industry many of us have crossed paths with the stars that we often read about in glossy magazines. While we don’t like to admit it openly we love to tell others about it! These celebrity encounters [...] |
| Video: So you want to be a hotelier? Funny Movie about the Hotel Industry |
| We often read about the stars and celebrities who live in Beverly Hills just under that “Hollywood” sign. Without actually admitting it there are many of you reading this who believes they live “the Perfect Life” filled with all the glamour, glitz, bright lights and happy endings! So too do many consider the hospitality industry [...] |
| Hotel eMarketing and Internet ‘e’volution – Creating an Online Culture at Hotels |
| Are you a hotel eMarketer looking for ways to better communicate, educate and develop the role at your property/ies? This article explores some of the issues surrounding these efforts, complemented by a dose of perspective and a generous helping of best practices, all garnished, hopefully, by your own ideas and experiences. By Jitendra Jain Finding Meaning: [...] |
| Our Exciting Skydive Video - The Young Hoteliers jump off a plane! |
| As you may already know Young Hotelier has 5 core values; connect, learn & grow, belong, be different, have fun & keep it real! This video truly highlights the latter two!! I think you will agree with me when I say that most people who have managed to survive the hospitality industry and stand the [...] |
| Exclusive interview with Brad Nelson, Culinary VP and Corporate Chef for Marriott Hotels and Resorts |
| We recently had the pleasure and honor of catching up (over the wires for now…as we wait for his travels to bring him to Dubai) with Brad Nelson, Marriott’s Culinary VP and Corporate Chef. Brad has just joined the hospitality blogging community in Bill Marriott’s footsteps with a food blog titled “Marriott in the Kitchen”. Besides [...] |
| General Manager’s Top 12 Tips and key Marriott Management guideposts for successful GM’s! |
| The top 12 Tips from a Hotel GM: Recently commended in the February Edition of Concierge Magazine as the “Quintessential Hospitality Professional- articulate, impeccably dressed and efficient”, Francisco Giles lives true and is deserving of every word and possibly more! Young Hotelier was honoured to get the opportunity to meet with Francisco and learn the [...] |
| Video - Cooking with Liquid Nitrogen in the Real World - Tang Restaurant Dubai |
| Do you like operating in the DANGER ZONE?! What about the Liquid Nitrogen danger zone, which is boiling point at -220 degrees! The artic seems like the Sahara next to this bad boy!! Challenging the traditional ideas and styles of cooking and eating, step inside the kitchen with Younghotelier.com as we see the instruments and [...] |
| Video Interview with Elaine Nettleton, Hotel Director of Communications for the Middle East |
| We had the chance to catch up with Elaine Nettleton, who was named PR / Marketing person of the year 2007 at the Hotelier ME Awards. Elaine is the dynamic Director of Communications (Public Relations and Marketing) for Movenpick Hotels and Resorts in the Middle East. Elaine tells us about her career, education, what drives [...] |
| Video Interview with Hotel General Manager, Francisco Giles |
| We catch up with Mr.Francisco Giles, the hotel General Manager at the Renaissance Dubai Hotel, which is part of the Marriott family of hotels. Franciso is also the winner of “Hotel GM of the Year 2007″ award at the Hotelier Middle East Awards. Francisco tells us about his career path, his beliefs and shares some [...] |
Started in 2007, this blog features material on the Travel 2.0
phenomenon, Web 2.0, emarketing, ecommerce & technology in hospitality &
tourism.
| Business ethics in eCommerce and eMarketing |
| Humane Touch of the Virtual Reality: During my years of teaching English and Latin literatures, one of the favorite books my students loved to discuss is “The Prince” of Machiavelli. They always remember the line, “The end justifies the means.” Even until now, whenever I got a chance to talk to anyone of them, they [...] |
| Hotel Internet Marketing - Moving beyond just marketing Hotel Rooms online |
| “We’ve come a long way, baby” claimed a high-spirited pop idol not so long ago, following up on the claim with an equally upbeat track. And so we have…in the world of Internet Marketing too. From the age of information (think glorified electronic brochure) on the web to the world of snappy online transactions…we’ve now [...] |
| The Challenge that Virtual Relationships present in Online Hotel Marketing |
| Researchers say that the internet is the very encapsulation of ‘one-to-one’ marketing and, as such, gives a hotel the ability to establish enduring relationships with individual customers. But others think that internet will encourage disloyalty with the comparability with the competitions’ offering is ‘just a click away’. Would really be ‘virtual contacts’ build a good business [...] |
| Hotel Internet Marketing - Creating an online culture in hospitality |
| Hotel eMarketing and Internet ‘e’volution – Creating an Online Culture at Hotels: Are you a hotel eMarketer looking for ways to better communicate, educate and develop the role at your property/ies? This article explores some of the issues surrounding these efforts, complemented by a dose of perspective and a generous helping of best practices, all [...] |
| Web Page Optimization and Search Engine Optimization - Chicken or the Egg? |
| Web Page Optimization at Sheraton Doha: As it is a known fact that while eCommunications evolve, internet has become a mainstream media outlet used frequently throughout the day. Studies show that the web is the leading medium at work and second leading medium at home behind the television. The ease of communicating being provided by [...] |
| Learn Web 2.0 under 5 minutes - Amazing Video - The Machine is Us/ing Us |
| An amazing video creation by Michael Wesch, called “The Machine is Us/ing Us” that tracks (visually) the development of content on the Internet, specifically the World Wide Web from HTML to the seperation of content and form…to the social media phenomenon of today, where the ‘machine’ is using us learn…and is essentially…US! |
| Understanding Web 2.0 - A quick video introduction to Web 2.0 |
| This video takes users through a basic understanding of the Web 2.0 phenomenon - not great but a decent start to understanding the concepts behind the idea. |
| The first TV Advert from WAYN - Social Networking goes to the Boob Tube |
| The first tv advert by WAYN (Where Are You Now) giving us a glimpse at the true commercial potential of social networking sites, which have grown into various niches and are often big hits or bad misses. About WAYN: WAYN (an acronym for Where Are You Now?) is a social networking website with a goal [...] |
| eCommerce Anyone? The Legal and Ethical aspects on online commerce |
| Cognizant of the fact that we are now in an era of revolution and phenomenal changes, it is true, one may say, that the world has continually changing even the fundamental movement of transmitting thought, i.e., communication. An instance on this movement is the electronic commerce (eCommerce) which has evolved technically from telephone, fax, and [...] |
| Web 2.0 - Will Human Laziness be the end of the Web 2.0 Phenomenon? |
| I loved a recent post on TechCrunch, which explores the Web 2.0 phenomenon and human laziness… and what should logically happen when these two are thrown into the same e-pot… I’ve been experimenting and trying to build good communities for the past 4-5 years and almost always it is waning use and interest that dictates [...] |
This is a site for hoteliers, restaurateurs and those in the service and hospitality industry. Itbs about time we had some place WE could review guests, sound offb&and just take solace in the fact that we all have bad days where we have to deal with these characters.
| What about us poor hoteliers? |
| A site created to share stories about those guests that can only be labelled "from hell". |
| The Real World of a Hotelier |
| Here is an old but funny description that’s been floating around the internet, of what an ideal hotelier must be… (By Rolf Oppenheim) AN HOTELIER MUST BE: A DIPLOMAT A DEMOCRAT AN AUTOCRAT AN ACROBAT AND… A DOORMAT. He must have the facility to entertain Prime Ministers, Princes of industry, pickpockets, gamblers, bookmakers, pirates, philanthropists, posies and prudes. He must be on both sides of [...] |
| Hotels and Hospitality: Taming the Guest from Hell |
| By Steven Ferry, Chairman, the International Institute of Modern Butlers Back in 2006, the concept of the Guest from Hell was introduced to the industry in two articles entitled Besting and then Muzzling the Guest from Hell published by several industry organs. The feedback demonstrated strong support for the idea of an international database for the [...] |
| Hotels and Hospitality: Muzzling the Guest from Hell |
| By Steven Ferry, Chairman, the International Institute of Modern Butlers If response to an article is anything to go by, the recent one about Besting the Guest from Hell hit the spot for a number of readers. Who hasn’t had a run-in with a guest from hell and, following the dictum, “The Guest is Always Right [...] |
| Hotels and Hospitality: Besting the Guest From Hell |
| By Steven Ferry, Chairman, the International Institute of Modern Butlers “You call this a five star-hotel?” I’ve been in Motel 6’s that provided better service. You people are all the same, slipping service standards and all you are interested in is tips. It’s freezing in here, the A/C doesn’t work, the bed’s too small, the place [...] |
Started in 2007, this is a top Europe travel blog for authentic travel
on a modest budget.
| World Heritage sand dunes in Lithuania |
| If you’re chasing World Heritage sites or just want to go somewhere peaceful while you’re in the Baltics, I think a trip to the Curonian Spit in Lithuania is a good choice. On a map, you can see the Curonian Spit heading up the south Lithuanian coast, but it actually starts in Kaliningrad (that strangely [...] |
| Happy weekends on German trains - only 35 euro for 5 passengers |
| Generally speaking, there is more than enough to keep a tourist busy in a major city. Sometimes though, it’s nice to get out of the big smoke and see the smaller towns and sites in another country. This can be tough when you’ve just flown straight in, don’t have a car (nor want to shell out [...] |
| Help create the Europe a la Carte Euravelers Network |
| Would you like to help create the Europe a la Carte Euravelers Network? I’m in the early stages of developing a travel social network for Europe a la Carte. I’ve christened the network “Europe a la Carte Euravelers” - for travelers who revel in discovering the real Europe without breaking the bank. [...] |
| Guest interview - Lisa Eastman of Homesick Wanderlust |
| I was attracted to the Homesick Wanderlust blog for two reasons. Firstly as it is a contradiction in terms and secondly as I’m the editor of the Wandalust UK travel blog. I was intrigued to read of the blog author, Lisa Eastman being torn between Seattle and London. 1 What is the aim of your blog? [...] |
| Free kids offer in Lappland this Summer - free stay, food and activities for under 16s |
| Kids up to the age of 15 get to experience the Swedish Lappland for free. A new deal from the Kiruna Tourist Office for this summer offers a special option for families with children. And because this is Sweden, the word “family” is very loosely defined as “children accompanied by an adult guardian”. So what’s in [...] |
| The dramatic leaden sky at Spittal beach, Berwick upon Tweed |
| Well it’s turning out to be another rather typical British Summer again this year. This morning we went for walk at our local beach at Berwick upon Tweed and as we walked back towards the car, the sky was looking a very ominous albeit dramatically beautiful shade of steely blue. View from Spittal promenade As I feared [...] |
| Travel insurance goes bananas but doesn’t find the cheapest quote |
| Has travel insurances gone bananas? Well Quotebanana.co.uk appear to think that a zany name is going to attract buyers of travel insurance with a strapline of “Don’t monkey around, pick the best of the bunch”. I hesitate to call Quotebanana a price comparison site as it predominately features insurance companies which are [...] |
| Dutch Deals with Cheaptickets.nl |
| Having just booked some of my autumn holidays and enjoying Karen’s review on holiday.co.uk, I just realised that my preferred airline ticketing website is probably a bit obscure to many of our readers. Having lived in the Netherlands for many years, I have picked up a trick or two from the locals about getting a [...] |
| Should I buy European car breakdown cover? |
| If you’re taking your own car to mainland Europe this Summer you may be asking yourself if you should purchase European car breakdown cover. It’s hard to decide if you should buy breakdown cover but you have to weigh up the reliability of the your car, against the cost of the cover and what it [...] |
| How to avoid paying the recently tripled Ryanair debit card handling charge |
| I did a double take today when I was writing about the current Ryanir £2 flights to Ireland promotion, I was checking in the price and availability of these flights when I noticed that Ryanair are now charging a £4 handling charge per flight for both credit and debit cards. I thought that it sounded [...] |
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