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Hotel Fees – Good or Bad Business?
Airlines and hotels are the two pillars of the travel industry, and they share many characteristics. They are heavily consumer-focused industry segments, with more customer interactions than many other industries. They produce and sell two of the most perishable products in the history of economics: a seat on a flight and a night in a [...]
Bangkok Opens at The Metropolitan
In July this year, David Thompson, the Australian-born chef of nahm at The Halkin in London, opens his first restaurant in Bangkok – nahm, Bangkok at The Metropolitan. Recognised as one of the city’s leading addresses, The Metropolitan is centrally located on the South Sathorn Road.
In 2002, nahm, London became the first Michelin-starred Thai restaurant [...]
Pegasus’ Hotel Competitive Intelligence Solutions Yields Returns
Pegasus Solutions’ powerful hotel competitive intelligence platform, MarketVision Agency Position reporting, is now being utilized by hotels of every size and type to realize significant, revenue-driven results. Launched last year with Rubicon, the proven product presents the most comprehensive business reporting package on the market, empowering hotels to increase revenue through smart analysis of historical [...]
Why Google still beats Facebook for online hotel marketing
Facebook is definitely here to stay and has experienced tremendous growth, but it is not going to replace Google as a travel planning tool anytime soon. Though Facebook initiatives drive traffic to hotel websites, this trackable traffic is not directly responsible for any significant revenue.
On March 15, Experian Hitwise reported that Facebook.com has surpassed Google.com [...]
Orlando Resort Wins Four Diamond Award for 24th Time
The Orlando World Center Marriott Resort is a 2000-Orlando hotel room property that has garnered theAAA Four Diamond Award for the 24th consecutive year. According to AAA, the fundamental hallmarks at this level include an extensive array of amenities combined with a high degree of hospitality, service, and attention to detail.
The AAA Orlando hotel is part [...]
‘World’s Smallest Pop-Up Hotel’ To Take London By Storm
Much like kiddie bloggers, pop-up stores are all the rage in the fashion world. So we’re not that surprised that the pop-up concept has shifted to hotels.
The latest pop-up hotel is billed as the “world’s smallest pop-up hotel” from VisitLondon.com and Radisson Edwardian Hotels. But this isn’t a cardboard box or anything–it’s actually an airstream trailer that’s [...]
Hongkong and Shanghai Hotels Appoints Two to Executive Positions
The Hongkong and Shanghai Hotels, Limited (00045) (HSH), parent company of The Peninsula Hotels, has announced the following senior management changes: Ms. Rainy Chan will be promoted to be Area Vice-President, Hong Kong and Thailand while retaining her role as General Manager, The Peninsula Hong Kong. Mr. Nicolas Beliard, currently Resident Manager of The Peninsula [...]
Best Western Four Seasons Receives Hotel Chain’s Highest Award for Quality
The Best Western Four Seasons in Traverse City, Michigan has received their 3rd consecutive Best Western Chairman’s Award, the hotel chain’s highest honor for outstanding quality standards. The Chairman’s Award recognizes Best Western International hotels with a cleanliness and maintenance inspection score of 1,000 points out of a possible 1,000. Hotels must also meet Best [...]
SEO: Hotel websites and duplicate content
Search engines hate duplicate content. Here is why the content on your own website has to be able to “outshine” any other description of your hotel product and services on any other website.
Duplicate Web content is when two web pages with different URLs contain “largely identical content.” These two pages may reside on the same [...]
Hotel owners pick Saints: The Saints aren’t making their marching plans as quickly as hotels would like, but signs point to a strong New Orleans showing for the Super Bowl. Not so for the Colts.
For South Florida’s 10th Super Bowl, the dominant colors will almost certainly be black and gold.
Fans of the New Orleans Saints appear to be dominating the market for Super Bowl hotel rooms and tickets this week, easily outpacing anemic demand from Indiana. The early reports confirm doubts that Indianapolis would show much interest in traveling [...]
