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Hotel Blogs - When Hotel Marketing gets Social: Don't steal my hotel brand online!
While politics discuss the possibility of regulating the Internet (check out the e-g8 summit videos), we in the hospitality industry has a huge dilemma to solve on the Internet. We have to debate openly with all distribution players about brand...
Packed Hospitality audience hears Alex Polizzi question merit of scrapping hotel star rating
It was standing room only for an interview with Alex Polizzi at Hospitality 2011 at noon today. The Hotel Inspector star's appearance was so keenly attended that the audience spilled onto nearby stands to get a view.
Hotel Blogs - When Hotel Marketing gets Social: It's a fact #7: 35% occupancy
Egypt is one of those countries where tourism plays a big part in employment and its economy. With the recent political events, tourists haven't been fully convinced to return to the Pyramids country. The Financial Times announced at the end...
Hotel Blogs - When Hotel Marketing gets Social: HotelBlogs meets Ciaran Delaney from Meetingsbooker
Meetingsbooker, an Irish company led by Ciaran Delaney, allows hotels to make their meeting rooms available online on one single website. Meetingsbooker is mainly used by corporate who are looking to book simple meeting rooms across 100 countries. The company...
Hotel Blogs - When Hotel Marketing gets Social: Concorde Hotels rethinks their Social Media strategy
The luxury hotel group Concorde Hotels & Resorts (part of Starwood Capital and once again separated from Louvre Hotels) has reviewed their strategy regarding their new Facebook page rolled out to 13 of their 27 properties.The head office wants to...
Hotel Blogs - When Hotel Marketing gets Social: Free WiFi in hotels all around the world!
Yesterday, HotelBlogs was attending the Hotel Website Marketing conference at the Hilton Kensington London. And with no surprise, there wasn't any free WiFi on the ground floor of the hotel where the event was hosted. We couldn't even get the...
Hotel Blogs - When Hotel Marketing gets Social: Hotel Napoleon Paris hosts innovation roundtables
When your hotel is located in a crowded and competitve market like London, New York or Paris, it's best if you find your niche to raise your profile and awareness. Napoleon Hotel in Paris has hosted several innovation roundtables (only...
Hotel Blogs - When Hotel Marketing gets Social: Twitter and the top 10 Hotel groups - June 2011
International hotel groups have given a lot of thoughts in the last two years about what they should be doing with Twitter. As always, they came a bit late to join the social media tool because they were not sure...
Hotel Blogs - When Hotel Marketing gets Social: Louvre Hotels to spend €300M on Campanile brand
Louvre Hotels (part of Starwood Capital), the 2nd largest hotel group in France has announced yesterday that they will invest around €300M into their budget brand Campanile. Marie-Pierre Mottin, VP Marketing and Business Development for Louvre Hotels explains that the...
Hotel Blogs - When Hotel Marketing gets Social: Differentiation and customization: a winning
I remember back at university (IMHI that is between 1998 and 2000) that we would read business cases telling us a lot about how the future of the hotel industry will be about serving guests with their preferences. I am...
