| Recent News (Click headline to read article) | | Spain hotel revenue rises more than 10%
Friday, 27th January 2012
The Spanish hotel industry realized double-digit revenue growth in 2011 of +10... | Britain's gems are our scenery and heritage, not our celebs
Friday, 27th January 2012
Brits are giving their own country the thumbs up according to a survey by Lonely Planet; despite tough times, Britons remain positive with 6 out of 10 asserting that they are happy with their lives... | This weeks' favourite travel photo - View over the Bangkok river, Jan 27
Friday, 27th January 2012
This Week: View over the Bangkok river - Send us your favourite travel photo for possible placement in one of the leading hotel & travel news portals on the web... | Queensland hotels shine in TripAdvisor's top 25 in Australia
Thursday, 26th January 2012
Thirteen Queensland hotels were featured in TripAdvisor’s Travellers’ Choice Top 25 Australian Hotels list, reaffirming the Sunshine State’s position as Australia’s favorite holiday destination... | Recovering conference market puts Amsterdam's hotels on a strong footing
Thursday, 26th January 2012
Amsterdam’s hotel sector has demonstrated enviable resilience to the downturn, with business and conference travellers increasingly attracted to the city and a large number of tourists staying for extended weekends... |
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Mandarin Oriental Makes WiFi More Accessible
What's a travelers biggest complaint? Paying for WiFi at hotels around the world, while the costs of WiFi varies and some hotels have worked free Internet access into package deals and membership reward levels, one hotel has taken it a step further... | What is a Goal?
A goal is not a vision of how things might be, it is not a mission which describes our purpose in life; a goal is tangible... | So Who's Sleeping With You Tonight?
Other than the fact that not much went right upon my arrival in Heathrow – mix-up with transfer and booking – it’s been a good first day in London... | Meeting the Expectations of Last-Minute Mobile Bookers
The travel industry has seen the emergence of new platforms tailor-made for selling distressed inventory; these channels promise to safeguard brands and their price integrity while exposing hotels to an attractive audience of smartphone owners... | Experian Asia Pacific: Tighter Budgets but Expect More to go Social
The first thing you should know about Graeme Beardsell is that he was born in Penang, his father was in the Royal Australian Air Force stationed in Butterworth at the time and at the age of one, he left the Malaysian island... | The Components of a Good Vision Statement
Vision statements drive me to despair, they should be a means by which we describe a desired outcome that invokes a vivid mental picture of our goal... | Stiff Upper Lip Maybe but Olympic Excitement is Palpable
Waking up every morning at the Royal Garden Hotel to the sun rising over Kensington Gardens is glorious; At first, a pale glow tinges the dawn sky and then like one of those slow switches, it turns orange, throwing the blueness of the sky into stark relief... |
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Marriott to open three hotels in Sochi, Russia
Saturday, 28th January 2012
Company Announces it Will Open New JW Marriott, Marriott Hotels & Resorts and Courtyard by Marriott Hotels in Sochi, Russia, Site of the 2014 Winter Olympic Games...
Bengaluru's lodging market
Saturday, 28th January 2012
Will a growth in the hotel supply outpace the growth in demand? What remains as one of the largest threats to this market’s strength is a pipeline as strong as 9,800 rooms in the branded segment slated to enter in the coming five years... |
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Business Etiquette Resolutions for 2012
Saturday, 28th January 2012
It is obvious that the holiday season is finally over, the lines at the mall and the super market are shorter and you can even find a parking space at the mall...
Balancing Social Media vs Sales
Friday, 27th January 2012
Social media is becoming increasingly important in the hospitality industry; all the thought leaders in Internet marketing are pushing it and hotels are scrambling to adapt to the new social reality, hoteliers need to step up social media e...
What do Travelers Want? Setting Hotel and Travel Marketing Priorities in 2012
Friday, 27th January 2012
The Internet and social media have placed a wealth of information at the fingertips of travelers, so we should be making better decisions, right? I put the theory to the test on a recent trip to Europe, when I went decided to visit Lyon for the first time... |
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