Archive for the ‘hospitality marketing’ Category

Twitter – Another Perspective

February 11th, 2010 | Posted by Madigan Pratt | 5 Comments
What hospitality marketing professional hasn’t been caught up to some degree in Twitter Mania?  Let’s sell some rooms!  So & So just sold 400 room nights through a ...

TripAdvisor makes “an offer you can’t refuse”

January 19th, 2010 | Posted by Madigan Pratt | No Comments
TripAdvisor may be the most controversial service in hospitality marketing today. Some hoteliers love it, while others have issues. No matter what you think, TripAdvisor is making an offer you just can’t ...

Best Read Blog Posts of 2009

January 6th, 2010 | Posted by Madigan Pratt | No Comments
Many readers have ask which Hospitality Marketing Blog posts were the most widely read in 2009.  So, by popular request, here is a list of the Magnificent Seven.  Please enjoy ...

No Pearl In This Oyster

December 8th, 2009 | Posted by Madigan Pratt | No Comments
Last July I posted an article entitled, “Are All Hotel Marketers Liars?”  It talked about the launch of a new and different hotel review site called Oyster.com. The article outlined numerous ...

Hotel Case Study – Prospering in Difficult Times

November 19th, 2009 | Posted by Madigan Pratt | 2 Comments
As promised – here’s the Nisbet Plantation Case Study that Jamie Holmes and I presented at the Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Association meeting in St. Thomas last month. It’s good news ...

Toxic Hospitality Marketing Strategies

October 21st, 2009 | Posted by Madigan Pratt | 1 Comment
Speaking before a conference of luxury Italian companies, luxury hotel operator Rocco Forte offered a stunningly concise summary of the toxic hospitality marketing strategies used by far too many hotels ...

85% of Hoteliers Just Don’t “Get It”

August 26th, 2009 | Posted by Madigan Pratt | 3 Comments
Okay, so the research study didn’t actually come out and say it, but anyone reading the recent Market Metrics’ Research on user generated content (aka ...

The Human Side of Media Attacks on Conferences

July 23rd, 2009 | Posted by Madigan Pratt | No Comments
Last week’s post, “The Media Are Killing Us,” talked about how biased and sensationalized news reports on organizations conducting conferences hurts resorts and hotels.  This week I would like to ...

The Media Are Killing Us!

July 16th, 2009 | Posted by Madigan Pratt | 2 Comments
The Social Security Administration recently held its first conference since 2001 which included 700 attendees at the Arizona Biltmore in Phoenix.   Perhaps you heard about it because of the brouhaha ...

Are All Hotel Marketers Liars?

July 7th, 2009 | Posted by Madigan Pratt | 5 Comments
As a hospitality marketing professional you and I both know we’re not.  But even Seth Godin would be hard pressed to think otherwise after reading the press releases for the ...