PKF Hospitality Research has announced the latest results of their 2013 Trends in the Hotel Industry, showing a healthy 6.3% increase in rooms revenue from 2012 to 2013.
Space drops down to Earth on man-made Barcelona Island
May 13, 2013 By 3 Comments
With space travel easily capturing the mass imagination, perhaps it was only time that space found a home here on Earth: Mobillona Space Hotels is a new hyped-up hotel brand that promises a chunk of the space age to guests.
Travelzoo steps closer to hotel bookings, brings in big name exec to run it
May 13, 2013 By 7 Comments
Travelzoo is reversing the trend of online travel agencies getting in to the world or media (by buying metasearch companies) and will soon start its own hotel booking service.
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WordPress is nipping at your vertical: Restaurants, weddings, and now hotels
April 23, 2013 By 14 Comments
Automattic, the company behind the open-source blogging platform Wordpress used by millions, is steadily pushing into the domain of custom theme publishers with vertical-specific paid theme products.
Cooboutique brings cash back to the world’s most stylish temporary digs
April 15, 2013 By 7 Comments
Boutique hotel aggregation is a sizzling sector in the travel industry: Jetsetter was just purchased by TripAdvisor, startups like Want Me Get Me are aiming squarely at the segment, and stalwarts like Mr and Mrs Smith are still thriving amidst the upstarts – the latest being Coo Boutique.
How the travel ecosystem fares on the social media sea [INFOGRAPHIC]
April 9, 2013 By 11 Comments
Which travel brands are most deftly navigating the tumultuous social media sea? This friendly infographic lays it all out in graphic glory.
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Reputation matters, so get smart with intelligent guest feedback
March 25, 2013 By 2 Comments
Some hotels think there’s some magic to getting a great reputation. There isn’t.
Aloft leaps into streaming content with Apple TVs
March 21, 2013 By Leave a Comment
The days of over-priced in-room hotel programming accessed via a clunky, frustrating interface may soon be over: Aloft Cupertino has installed Apple TVs in each of the hotel’s rooms.
Five tips from Expedia on how hotels can convert OTA traffic into bookings in 2013
March 14, 2013 By 4 Comments
Expedia’s Josh Saunders, director of market management, recommends five conversion tactics to maximize your hotel’s return with its online travel agency.
DealAngel now gives buy/wait advice for hotel rooms
March 4, 2013 By 2 Comments
Today DealAngel, a hotel search engine and aggregator, revealed that it will now be giving buy/wait advice to travelers based on market pricing trends for hotels.
