“Staycation” search is up 10% YoY because the word didn’t exist until 3rd quarter 2008. https://www.google.com/trends/explore#q=staycation For obvious reasons, marketers misrepresent these numbers.
A Perspective on the Priceline purchase of Buuteeq from an Independent, Boutique Hotelier
UPDATE 12 June 2014: Initial gossip and rumor from Buuteeq HQ: Customer agreements are between Buuteeq and client. Priceline has zero access or interest in hotel data, or at least won’t be allowed any
International Journal of Hospitality Management: Do brands matter? A comparison of branded and independent hotels’ performance during a full economic cycle
*So this isn’t my work*, but I know people like real data, periodicals, abstracts, and real professional studies rather than click-bait journalism or anecdotal nonsense from companies selling you a product.
Let’s ponder the future of Google Plus for a moment?
Agree or disagree:Google Plus’ future is that it becomes a background utility that is still wholly operational and used as a social network, and social, organic linking platform, that helps with organic
Brilliant Hotel Marketing by a self aware San Francisco Hotel. Bravo Stanford Court with Google Glass campaign.
NB: I bought Google Glass, picked them up 10 July 2013, and have logged maybe two hours with them as of 20 March 2014. My kind, supportive review here: https://www.hrabaconsulting.com/blog/2013/07/31/a-hoteliers-review-of-google-glass-one-month-on-so-far-pretty-good-but-too-utilitarian-to-proffer-forth-overly-giddy-testimony/ I