Tips from the T-List

The first half of 2011 is showing very promising signals for independent hotels in Europe. Xotels, a hotel management company that specializes in revenue management, has recorded a 15% REVPAR increase for its portfolio: Patrick Landman, co-founder and CEO of Xotels comments, ‘Our team of revenue... (more...)

Social Commerce will evolve from the intersection of social computing, location based services and mobile technologies. Travel companies leveraging SoLoMo-Commerce (SoLoMoCo) will have an... For more hotel and destination marketing strategy & travel technology insights see my Views from a Corner Suite... (more...)

Last week Htel Serviced apartments reached the number 1 spot on Tripadvisor on specialty lodging. And we’d like to celebrate this with them. Here’s a short version of what happened to Htel Serviced Apartments, and the implementation of a Hotel Social Media Marketing campaign that got... (more...)

For the past few years, social media has developed from being a topic written about only by some early adopters and specialist media to one recognized by just about anyone and covered by main stream media. Organizations in any industry and sector have started to recognize that this is not a short term... (more...)

My presentation, "Seven Travel Planning Steps and Their Impact on Hotel Distribution Strategy" for the Hospitality Financial & Technology Professionals Annual HITEC Conference in Austin, Texas... For more hotel and destination marketing strategy & travel technology insights see my Views from a... (more...)

What’s your Twitter handle?  Perhaps you don’t have a good handle on what Twitter really is and all the ways to use it?  (its ok really…we are all still learning). Twitter is above all else a communications tool, a vehicle for any business or person to build buzz, discuss topics of interest... (more...)

Esme Vos who I interviewed in 10 Questions for (7): Esme Vos of Mapplr, met Forest and introduced us. So here is my 40ieth interview with the creator of a great product for hoteliers. 1) Who Are you? My name is Forest Key. I’m the founder and CEO of a new company called buuteeq which makes a system... (more...)

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