In the Game of Business, Playing Fair Can Actually Lead to Greater Profits
Tune into 'The Apprentice,' and you get an all-too-common view of business. Every week, all of the wannabe moguls try to impress Donald Trump by preening, cajoling and conniving. In this world, toughness is the measure of every CEO, and the boss glories in firing people and squeezing every penny out of suppliers....more
When Are Emerging Markets No Longer 'Emerging'?
The term 'emerging markets' is now more than 25 years old and has come to define wide swaths of the world undergoing rapid economic change. Dozens of countries fall under the label even though they are evolving at their own pace and with their own twists on economic development....more
February 2008 Global Hotel Review
This report includes occupancy (Occ), average daily rate (ADR), and revenue per available room (RevPAR) for selected markets and countries for February 2007....more
Canadian Occupancy, ADR, RevPAR - Week Ending March 15, 2008
Published in conjunction with STR (Smith Travel Research) and endorsed by the Hotel Association of Canada. This publication summarizes weekly occupancy and average room rates from major cities in Canada....more
Value Propositions and Competitive Advantage - By Dr. Rick Johnson
I still remember the first sales training class I attended over thirty years ago. . It was called 'Needs Satisfaction selling'. In those days we owned a patch of dirt and every account that resided on that patch of dirt....more
Travel PR Campaigns by Savvy Pros Combine Online and Traditional Media
Savvy travel public relations campaigns today should now cover both online and traditional media to be most effective. With 75% of the traveling public going to the web first to research their trips whether for leisure or business, its best to engage a media relations specialist conversant in hotel public relations that understands how to secure coverage online as well as in magazines, newspapers, television and radio....more
How To Operationalize Your Social Media Strategy
Since our company launched Chatter Guard, our social media management service almost a year ago, we have worked with hotel management companies, hotel chains, independent hotels and restaurants and clearly the impact of social media on these businesses is a moving target....more
Search Engines Corner Hotel Research
Search engines are dominating how consumers look for hotels despite the best efforts of suppliers to grow their online presence....more
AirDepartment.com is now iTravel Solutions
To better reflect the evolution of AirDepartment.com's dynamic packaging reservation system and the diverse marketing solutions now offered, we've changed our name to iTravel Solutions....more
HSMAI's 10th Travel Internet Marketing Strategy Conference, April 8 in Chicago in conjunction with TIA TravelCom, will feature leading speakers on Globalization's Growing Impact on Ecommerce & Distribution, the Convergence of Revenue Management and Internet Marketing, and much more.
The 2008 Resort Conference, April 16-18 at the Hotel Del Coronado in San Diego, is the only conference planned by resorts executives for resort executives. Keynotes by Chip Conley, Peter Yesawich, Suzanne Cook, Crist Inman, and breakout tracks on Marketing, Operations, and Trends. Produced by HSMAI and University of Denver.
