The Washington Post has an interesting article on how companies benefit from blogging and how they engage customers online. The article includes examples of writing a blog by small businesses and multinational companies including Marriott blog.
Kathleen Matthews came up with the idea for chief executive Bill Marriott’s blog. He saw it as a good way [...]
Entries from August 2008
Blogging: Great Tool to Engage Customers Online
August 28th, 2008
Tags: Hotel Marketing · Internet Marketing · Social Media Marketing for Hotels
Travel Agents are Becoming Relevant Again for Online Travel Consumers
August 26th, 2008
Not long ago, the advent of online travel – allowing travelers to research and book their trips with a few clicks of a mouse – was thought to be a death knell for traditional travel agents. But faced with the increasing cost and unpredictability of travel today, vacationers seem to be returning to the fold.
Twenty-three [...]
Tags: Hotel Marketing · Internet Marketing · Social Media Marketing for Hotels · Travel Marketing
Designing a strong Internet marketing program
August 22nd, 2008
The most unique and wonderful element of Internet marketing is that results are almost totally measurable, something we could never achieve with media advertising. Sometimes, even a small change or addition can make a huge improvement in reservation production. The ability to quickly measure the impact of that change is priceless.
The true function of any [...]
Tags: Hotel Marketing · Internet Marketing · Online Advertising · Social Media Marketing for Hotels · Travel Marketing
UK Remains Largest Online Travel Market In Europe But is Expected to Lose some Market Share
August 20th, 2008
The UK remains the single strongest performing market in terms of online travel expenditure achieving nearly double the online sales of its closest contender Germany, according to the new European Online Travel Report 2008 recently published by EyeforTravel. The size of the UK online travel market is reported to have grown 18% on the previous [...]
Tags: Travel Marketing
Adjusting Hotels’ Online Marketing in Slow Economy
August 18th, 2008
In today’s economy, one has to be careful about how to spend their money wisely, and this is especially true in the hotel industry. Hoteliers invest their money in marketing to bring in more guests, but in a tough economy, business slows down. So how is it possible for us to thrive, despite slow business?
The [...]
Tags: Internet Marketing · Online Advertising · Social Media Marketing for Hotels · Travel Marketing

