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In February Pinterest drove more traffic to websites than Twitter, Google+, LinkedIn (LNKD), and YouTube combined. (HotelMarketing.com, 3/26/12). Couple that statistic with the fact that 93% of its users are females, and you have a powerful tool for the leisure and social market. It only took 9 months for Pinterest to go from 50,000 users to 17 million – it took Facebook 16 months. (commsource)

It’s almost Easter – the first test of the impact of the cost of gas on leisure travel. It’s a good thing the Energizer bunny runs on batteries!

We all have things that we have been wanting to do, intending to do, etc. but for whatever reason didn’t do in 2011. It is way too easy to get caught up in the minutiae of the revenue management process. Opening and closing rates, inventory etc., and not pay attention to the trends in the discipline of hotel revenue management.

In this webinar we will harness the power of LinkedIn, Twitter and blogs to facilitate an integrated sales approach in ways you may never have thought of before

This May Change Your Social Strategy! Webinar July 21

You know boutiqe and independent hotels have ‘arrived’ when most of the franchise chains now want to offer them franchise services and identities! However, those that want to maintain their independence now have resources to level the playing field with out paying franshise fees to be successfull independents!

It’s summer and most people have planted pots and gardens. They check to ensure that the plants are watered – not too much, not too little – and provide fertilizer at optimal points. In other words they are engaged in 'plant nurturing'’. The art of lead nurturing is just as precise.

Sales Processes in a 2.0 World Webinar Series Presented by Carol Verret & Friends

We all have them. You know those customers that we wish we had 10, 20 (fill in the blanks) more like them!

This summer is an opportunity to finally drive rates as demand is predicted to be higher than last year - or is it?