Groupon & Expedia's "Sort of a Discount on Your Next Getaway" Partnership

Tnooz has announced that Groupon and Expedia are teaming up to offer “deeply discounted travel deals” to its customer base.  This sounds like a novel concept so how will it work? Travel deals need to include a couple of components in order to make this thing really hum and be compelling. This is a getaway isn’t [...]

Calculate The Cost Of Using An OTA

Take the first step to breaking your addiction to OTAs – Identify Your Hidden Costs. Use the Madigan Pratt Hidden Cost Calculator by clicking on this link to find out what you’re spending to market through the OTAs. Just enter in your hotel information. Then, use the calculator to play out several “what if” scenarios to try [...]

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 [...]

Groups International Set To Soft Launch Travel Startup Hotelmine.com™ February 14, 2011

Hotelmine lowers a hotel’s distribution and conversion costs and provides greater transparency and choice for the consumer Wednesday, January 26, 2011 – HOUSTON, TX—Groups International has announced that on February 14, 2011 it will soft launch Hotelmine.com, a new leisure travel site that serves as a “direct connect” between hotels and consumers who are ready [...]