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Started in 2005, this blog features news, commentary and best practices
from the hospitality & tourism industries, particularly hotels.
| Video - Some human inspiration - Where the hell is matt? |
| A great video that just needs to be shared! A superb video by Matthew Harding (Matt), who spent 14 months, visited 42 countries and got a cast of thousands involved in his dance around the world... guaranteed to make your day! Where the Hell is ... |
| Talent Jungle People - Lucas Baumann, Princess Cruises, Alumnus SSTH and HTW Chur |
| We catch up with Lucas Baumann, proud SSTH & HTW alumnus and now sailing the world! Lucas tells us about his experience in the Cruise industry and a few sights to see along the way... Cruising where the way is the goal. During my time in the S... |
| Four Points by Sheraton launches online web store - Simple Pleasures and Smiles for Sale |
| Four Points by Sheraton today announced Simple Pleasures and smiles for sale on the brands newly designed retail web site - fourpoints.com/store. Much more than sheets and beds, the Four Points retail site is dedicated to curating items that will surp... |
| Hotel Manager Talk - Reading the news so you don't have to - Kevin Levine |
| We catch up with young hotelier Kevin Levine, who started podcasting hospitality industry news a little while ago. Here is the excerpt of our exclusive Talent Jungle interview: - Name: Kevin Levine, based in Washington, DC. - Could you tell us ... |
| Videos - Indian OTA MakeMyTrip gets creative with TV Advertising |
| Indian television and media is full of glowing examples of PG-rated creativity and ad brilliance. Here are a new series of adverts / commercials launched by the Indian online travel agent / booking site called MakeMyTrip.com: Lower Airfares Advert |
This blog features an insider look and best practices from the world of hotel / hospitality emarketing. Overs a variety of topics related ebusiness, ecommerce, online markting, internet marketing and web strategy.
| Hotels Online - Where is all the Hospitality Viral Marketing? |
| Hotels (and the hospitality industry in general) may not be the quickest adopters of technology and “e” trends…but the industry has no shortage of creative and talented people. Branding and marketing is also cutting edge in the industry, especially with the new trends in luxury and lifestyle branding. So it’s quite dissapointing that hotels are yet to make a mark [...] |
| Hotel SEO - Search Engine Optimization Cons to watch out for |
| Search Engines refer a significant percentage of web direct bookings for hotels, both through paid search and natural search. SEO / Search Engine Optimization obviously has the most bang for the buck, as well designed websites ensure great SEO results and produce much better long term results. A lot of hotel companies, especially independent properties [...] |
| An introduction to Hotel Affiliate Marketing |
| Affiliate Marketing has been around for quite some time, but it’s surprising to see how many hospitality sales & marketing professionals are unaware of the tremendous online opporunities that exist. So just what is Affiliate Marketing? Affiliate marketing is an Internet-based marketing practice in which a business rewards one or more affiliates for each visitor or [...] |
| Hotel Online Marketing Blog |
| Welcome to www.HoteleMarketer.com! (A long overdue contribution to the world of online hotel / internet hospitality marketing). The aim of this site is document, discuss, critique and brainstorm (with other talented professionals out there) about this fascinating niche. Feel free to post your thoughts, comments, suggestions and share your “e” experiences with everyone out there using [...] |
| Search Engine Marketing Basics for Hotel General Managers and Directors |
| In search of…simplification! An introduction to Search Engine Marketing for Hotel General Managers and Directors of Sales & Marketing Search Engine Marketing has been a hot topic for quite a while now and there have been a plethora of articles written on the subject, ranging from the tediously academic to those hailing Search Engines to be [...] |
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 [...] |
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 [...] |
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.
| Heading to Reading for a Stairway to Heaven Rocktail |
| The Penta Hotel in Reading has an exclusive “rocktail” on offer to celebrate the 2008 Reading Rock Festival. The rocktail is aptly named “Stairway to Heaven” and will only be available 22 - 24 August 2008, the weekend of the Festival. The expert cocktail maker, Giles Looker, co-founder of Soulshakers. created the [...] |
| Health and happiness at Heviz in Hungary |
| The Heviz Thermal Baths are the kind of magical place that force me into pretty, alliterative headlines like this one, but I promise there’s good reason for it. I wasn’t expecting to really get into the thermal bath culture that’s so prominent through central and eastern Europe but by starting out visiting Hungary’s Heviz baths, I [...] |
| Review of Castle Campbell Hotel, Dollar - a room with a view |
| Good - charming bedroom furnished in very appropriate style with beautiful view of Dollar Burn, good breakfast, very friendly staff Bad - some of the public areas could do with refurbishment, old fashioned bathroom, a bit expensive at £55 for a single room. Rating out of 10 - 8 I stayed at the Castle Campbell Hotel in Dollar [...] |
| Photo competition - what’s great about Britain |
| Regent Street online are running a competition to find photos which epitomise Britishness by portraying what’s great about Britain. You can upload your entry on the site until 31 December 2008. Photos will be judged by their originality, composition and creativity. The top ten photos will be professionally mounted and displayed in Regent Street [...] |
| Mont Saint Michel |
| In the incredibly flat plains of the Normandy coastline, Mont St Michel is stunning. This island of rock, topped by a monastery and ringed with a medieval village rises far above the landscape, visible for miles. It stands off the shore, surrounded by floodplains with nothing nearby to distract from its beauty. The island has a [...] |
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role of the home-based travel agent in the travel distribution system.
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