Hotels Delivering Customers To TripAdvisor

Did you ever visit a hotel’s website and see something on their homepage that led you to say to yourself “Self, what the h.ll were they thinking about when they made that decision?” That’s what happened today while conducting a search for a particular hotel, landed on their homepage, and noticed that little TripAdvisor owl [...]

Where Oh Where Are These Hotel Brands In The Top US Sites?

In today’s Tnooz release “Expedia and Priceline stretch lead – Top US travel sites – August 6, 2011” these two brands were sited as to have extended their dominance of US travel websites by securing almost a quarter of all traffic from agency sites. If I were an agency site I’d be rolling my eyes, [...]

Why hotels shouldn’t sell a $200 hotel room for $50

This is a reprint of an article written by Tom Walker with Teradata. Tnooz’s June 22 article “Expedia: What Groupon Getaways with Expedia means for hotels,” (why a hotel should sell a $200 hotel room for $50) posits an interesting case. But does it withstand a closer look? To make the argument, Jennifer Mellet, Expedia’s [...]

Hotels Testing New Direct Connect Model

A new Google Maps feature that aggregates real-time hotel rates and availability has passed a seven-week beta test and has gone live, and at least one Central Reservation System provider is on a global road show informing hotel clients of their appearance on the new distribution channel. Distribution experts still are hypothesizing about what kind [...]

Check The Buzz About Hotelmine

There’s a lot happening since the recent launch of the Hotelmine.com website this past week.  Thanks to all of the hotels that are participating and we look forward to adding more hotels this week. Tom Costello is the CEO, Partner & Co-Founder of Groups International, a company that provides marketing, consultative services, and technology solutions [...]