Articles tagged “hilton”

Hotels are ambitiously opening new rooms, entering new markets, and increasing rates in order to take advantage of growing outbound travel, however, their growth should be tempered by memories of what too much supply and too little demand felt like during the downturn.

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.

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.

In order for hotels to drive direct bookings, it's better to keep customers engaged and on their websites by providing an unbiased, less controlled take on the property than have them leave and seek out other review and booking channels.

Travel brands selling vacations and luxury suites have a significantly easier job selling consumers on their products than these more stark service providers but adding a light perspective to what can be a tedious form of travel is a good start.

Marriott International, Hilton Worldwide and the U.S. hotel industry as a whole got a black eye from pursuing this FCC petition seeking clarification on Wi-Fi jamming. They bowed to intense pressure from the FCC and in some cases the hotels' loyal guests.

The FCC couldn't have more forcefully rejected the hotel industry's efforts to block Wi-Fi hotspots at meetings, conventions or anywhere else.

Hotels photo-and-video baited potential guests with festive lobbies, holiday inspired cocktails and out-of-the-cold destinations.

What is this world coming to when airline stocks are actually an attractive investment? The biggest airlines got a helluva lot bigger in 2014, setting the pace for growth among the largest publicly traded travel companies on the planet.

Loyalty points are a currency that requires an expertise of a George Soros to take the best advantage of.