SiteMinder: Travel Planning Is Returning in 2021
SiteMinder World Hotel Index has revealed two reasons for the travel industry to remain optimistic this year…
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SiteMinder: Travel Planning Is Returning in 2021
SiteMinder World Hotel Index has revealed two reasons for the travel industry to remain optimistic this year…
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Micro-weddings & Minimonies. Adapting Your Hotel for Small-Scale Celebrations
Lavish, over-the-top weddings with extensive guest lists are a thing of the past, at least for the near future…
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What You Can Learn from a Thousand Articles Written
My first published article on hospitality debuted in early March 2011 and just last month we rolled out our sixth book entitled, "More Hotel Mogel" (October 2020)…
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How leisure demand shifted day-of-week trends
With leisure stays dominating hotel demand due to the pandemic, some hotels, especially those in the U.S. top 25 markets, have seen a trend in stronger Thursday demand.
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When will international travel return? Here's what we know right now
There's hope: Summer vacations abroad may happen in a big way this year…
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Travel + Leisure Magazine Acquired by Wyndham Destinations for $100 Million
This pandemic world has really changed everything: The new year brings the unlikeliest of travel marriages between a timeshare company and one of the industry’s leading media brands.
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Voice Search for the Tourism & Travel industry: All You Need to Know!
Voice search within the travel industry is one of the emerging trends that marketers, business owners and other senior figures within businesses in this area need to become aware of…
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How travel booking behavior has changed due to Covid-19
A new normal for the travel industry is here and travel marketers are adapting to shifting consumer expectations during the pandemic…
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4 Simple tips to enhance your online charisma
Effective and illuminating advice for bringing out your best self on the computer screen and engaging the attention of your audience. A must-read for today’s digital professionals.
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Ashford’s juice sommelier brings bubbly to breakfast
Post-lockdown, an a la carte menu replaced the popular breakfast buffet at Ashford Castle, but the food and beverage staff came up with a new amenity that got guests talking.
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Airbnb Considers OTAs as Biggest Competitors, Not Hotels
How Airbnb sees itself matters, not only for the future of the company but how markets and competitors react to such a globally disruptive force that has emerged out of nowhere in the last decade.
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Mind the generation gap! Generational differences in hospitality
A look at how to navigate the generational stereotype minefield that has some hospitality brands scratching their heads…
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To survive and thrive, hoteliers must reinvent hotel sales, marketing and operations. Here’s how to do that.
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How hotels can use top-of-funnel data to capture recovering demand
As hoteliers engage in the budgeting process for 2021, one thing that’s clear is that demand and financial projections for the months ahead are anything but clear…
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What Hotel KPIs Analyze Complete Operational Performance?
Consulting the right hotel KPIs can help juice a hotel’s bottom line. But just any old metric won’t do. If hoteliers want to uncover financial weak spots, revamp operations and boost profit, it requires complete operational metrics…
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Crisis communication tips for PR professionals
A badly handled PR crisis can have a negative impact on companies for years, driving away customers and damaging brand reputation…
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Tips on How to Market your Hotel on Instagram
It’s no surprise that hotels and travel brands are winning on Instagram. With its core focus on sharing visually engaging photography, Instagram is one of the ideal places for hotels and resorts to attract new guests or lure travelers back…
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Why The Pandemic Will Lead to a Surge of Meetings Business for Hotels and Venues
Much like the growing popularity of the leisure 'staycation,' the business 'staycation' reveals itself as a predominant post-COVID-19 trend that will leverage hotels within driving distance
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