Contrarian Strategies for Hotel Sales Departments to Thrive in an Economic Downturn
This is the time for bold strategies and actions - when everyone else is 'hunkered down' it is time to get aggressive - if you go on the defensive in ... Read more...Baby boomers don't take their parents' kind of vacations
St. Paul baby boomers Katy and Tim Levin put a priority on getting out of town.
"We go to Europe, we go to Wyoming a lot because we...
TripAdvisor wants your hotel website
TripAdvisor launched a suite of tools for owners and managers of hotels, restaurants and attractions to bring the proven power of ...
Where’s the travel industry headed?
With the global credit markets in crisis, stock markets fluctuating, fuel prices erratic and a recession looming, the travel indus...
Hospitality Columns
Financial crisis: Good prospects for hotel projects
By Matthias Lowin
Attractive interest rates and low prices are very good prerequisites for hotel developers Statement by Matthias Lowin, Managing Director of Feuring Hotelconsulting GmbH, Mainz
During the last ten years th...
Management Columns
Medical tourism - A ray of light amongst gathering gloom
The multi-billion dollar medical travel sector could become an important new source of demand when traditional demand drivers are under increasing threat.
According to Jones Lang LaSalle Hotels’ most recent research Fo...
Tourism Marketing
Hotel Sales Audits Close Gap Between Training and Performance
In an effort to outsell their competition, most hotel companies have invested heavily in sales training for their catering and group sales managers.
While most hotel brands and management companies conduct the majority of...
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Natural Search Engine Optimization or Pay-Per-Click Advertising
When people hear about online marketing, they often think of two of the more popular methods that a company can use to enhance its visibility on the Web: natural search engine optimization and a pay-per-click program.
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Speaking At Remote Events: How To Be Present When Your Body Isn’t. Between high travel expenses and the fun of working in your jammies, e-events work for presenter and audience alike - But many presenters make the mistake of treating this format like... |
Hotel REITs Differ in Public/Private Pricing By Greg Sukenik, Senior Analyst, Zacks Investment Research, Inc.The real estate investment trust (REIT) group has withstood several months of naysayers expecting stock prices in this sector to fall. However,... |
Hilton Tells Employees to Stay Home Hotel companies are always looking for creative ways to reduce expenses. It’s a mantra that most industry experts are espousing now that the lodging business is backing off several years... |
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