2015 Archives

Promoting itself as the inventor of the airport hotel concept, Hilton Worldwide is trying to change the image of airport hotels from transient hubs to interesting business destinations in their own right.

Google’s revamped Hotel Ads — which amounts to a streamlined metasearch feature right within Google search results, obviating the need to navigate to Google Hotel Finder – will likely turn out to be one of the most important developments in the metasearch field in 2014-2015.

There are so many search, booking, and meeting services out there today that it can be hard to remember the very important roles that spontaneity and serendipity play in travel.

Hotels now view college recruiting events as marketing opportunities just as much as hiring opportunities as well as ways to bridge the gap between industries and incentivize business students interested in hospitality careers.

These are the aviation trends we were talking about this week.

These are the hospitality trends we were talking about this week.

These are the tourism trends we were talking about this week.

These are the digital travel trends we were talking about this week.

The promise of a one-of-a-kind eclair probably isn't enough to convince a traveler to stay at Le Meridien, but it does provide an accessible entry point to discuss and relay the values of the hotel brand.

"I’m all for American carriers succeeding. But they need to look past the short-term thinking and understand the world is about to get even more global, even more competitive and shaving dollars quarter to quarter isn’t going to save them."