Hotel Internet Marketing - Having a Web Site is not enough - By Neil Salerno
Unfortunately, many hoteliers are content with simply having a web site as the sum-total of their Internet marketing effort. These same people wonder why their fair-share of reservation production is still eluding them. Many hoteliers wonder what more they can do to drive business from the Internet. For the record, just having a web site is not nearly enough....more
Viajar y Disfrutar - A Special Report on the Hispanic Travel Industry
Travel among U.S. Hispanics for the longest time was defined by 'VFR' activity, to use industry parlance. While visiting friends and relatives remains a big part of the Latino travel segment, the emergence of the Hispanic business traveler has some companies changing their tune when it comes to their advertising messages....more
More Than 25 Million Americans Will Travel Overseas This Summer, Says AAA's New International Forecast
In a first-ever summer forecast for foreign travel, AAA expects 25.1 million Americans will be travelling internationally this summer, an increase of 2.6 percent over the 24.5 million who were estimated to have traveled overseas last summer. The report includes all travel outside of the United States, including Canada and Mexico....more
AAA Recommends Travelers Budget $244 Per Day
According to the 2008 edition of AAA's Annual Vacation Costs Survey the recommended travel budget for two adults traveling together in North America is $244 per day for lodging and meals....more
HEI Hotels & Resorts Appoints Pradeep Bobba General Manager of Sheraton Crystal City
HEI Hotels & Resorts announced the appointment of Pradeep Bobba as the new General Manager of the Sheraton Crystal City Hotel. Bobba joins the hotel from the Embassy Suites Orlando Downtown in Orlando, Florida, where he served as director of operations since January 2008....more
Harris Hotel Group Hosts Hard Hat Tours of Nearly Complete Candlewood Suites Columbia / Ft. Jackson
Mr. Brian Jungling, Vice President of Operations for Harris Hotel Group hosted dignitaries from Richland County and the City of Columbia to hard hat construction tours of the 112-room Candlewood Suites Hotel located here. Set to open May 20, 2008 this property is the first in the Candlewood Suites brand to enter the Columbia/ Ft. Jackson, South Carolina market....more
Wen-I Chang's LEED-Pursuing Gaia at Anderson Opens in California - By Glenn Hasek
Gaia at Anderson, a new 122-room green hotel, has opened here. It is the second Gaia hotel in California to be developed and opened by Wen-I Chang. The first was the Gaia Napa Valley Hotel and Spa in American Canyon. That 133-room property opened in October 2006....more
Hitwise April 2008 Travel Category Report
The Hitwise Travel Report provides marketers an understanding of the competitive online travel landscape in terms of competitive clickstream, including traffic sources and referred destinations....more
VIZERGY in Preferred Partnership Agreement with Priceline
VIZERGY, formerly SECURE-RES, a Jacksonville, FL based Internet marketing company for hotels and resorts, has entered into a preferred partnership with priceline.com, the leading travel service for value-conscious leisure travelers....more
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