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The hotel we were staying in was a five star complex in Cayo Coko and it had everything you normally receive at a hotel in the topics. There is a lot to learn about a communist country, outside of the confines of the hotel it felt extremely controlled and everyone seemed a little sad and rather poor. So we went to the hotel shop to see if we could get one. Take your own butter – I am not sure if it was just us but our butter was almost inedible at the hotel. MORE
Facebook wants to be ubiquitous with your entire web experience, but to use another analogy; they’re out to build the web’s version of the Hotel California. Today’s guest post comes from a good friend of mine, Tony Saucier , director of social media at Life Time Fitness. Really good topic–this won’t be the last time we talk about this development. MORE
For Trump Hotels, it’s everything. What’s the point of staying at a luxury hotel if you can’t Instagram your room’s million-dollar view? The travel site Hipmunk recently announced that Trump Hotel bookings had declined nearly 60 percent in the first half of 2016. From a marketing standpoint, Trump Hotels should consider dropping its name altogether. This doesn’t bode well for the future of Trump Hotels. What’s in a name? MORE
” Of course, the guy lounging by the Marriott Hotel pool, tablet in hand connected to the Internet via his cellular network, has no intention of fomenting an uprising against hotel management. In his Boing Boing piece titled “Marriott plans to block personal wifi hotspots,” Glenn Fleishman wrote: “The hotel chain and some others have a petition before the FCC to amend or clarify the rules that cover interference for unlicensed spectrum bands. MORE
Several organizations in the travel industry, specifically hotels and airlines, are removing fees and loosening rules to help those affected. Some hotels are also offering special rates. Other hotels, including InterContinental Hotels Group, Marriott International and Hyatt, are waiving cancellation fees and relaxing pet policies—or urging the hotels within areas affected by the hurricane do so. MORE
” “The hotel’s 180,000 square feet of retail space accounts for a whopping $1.2-billion expansion of the Bellevue Collection mall in the Lincoln Square shopping district, and its food and dining program has some serious star power, with a hidden speakeasy and farm-to-table restaurant both helmed by James Beard Award-winning chef Jason Wilson.” The post Our Favorite Hotels in Seattle Now appeared first on Barokas Public Relations. MORE
The event was sponsored by Intercontinental Hotels and Bacardi , and the publicized goal was to choose a signature specialty cocktail that will be showcased in the hotels next year. The hotel chain’s goal was fairly clear to me from the outset. It wants people to know that when you visit one of its hotels, you will have an experienced bartender mixing your drinks. MORE
For one small boutique hotel, keeping its exterior a perfect shade of white is a full-time job. So important is it that the picture matches the reality that the Katikies hotel has a full-time… Continued. It’s the quintessential image of Santorini, Greece, that of pristine colorful structures hugging the cliffs overlooking the azure blue Aegean Sea. The post Do This One Simple Thing Every Day for a Picture-Perfect PR Life appeared first on PR News Blog. MORE
Tony and Jan Jenkinson, had been on their way to Oxford to visit family, when they stopped off at a Blackpool hotel to split up their journey. The couple then felt they received a poor quality of service at the hotel and in turn wrote a negative review on Tripadvisor. The hotel then decided to take £100 off their card as a fine for this review. The Broadway Hotel had imposed the fine on the couple after they described the hotel as a “rotten stinking hovel.” MORE
The forum, which was held at the beautiful Hilton Hotel in downtown Portland, featured national and regional healthcare experts discussing the delivery of healthcare in the future- an ever-changing topic. […]. Members of the LTPR team and a few of our healthcare clients and friends recently attended the Portland Business Journal’s Healthcare of the Future forum. MORE
Last weekend I was kindly invited to Ox Pasture Hall to sample the hotel and see what I thought about it and the surrounding area. As I have been blogging for almost eight years now, I do get offered a lot of things to review on the blog but sadly due to time restraints, I don’t tend to take them up very often, but this really seemed like an interesting offer as the hotel looked stunning online. Food Hotels Reviews Yorkshire hotels OX Pasture Hall Scarborough MORE
In the travel industry, the IoT is being used in concert with branded mobile apps — typically paired with beacons that track and gather information from customers using mobile devices in airports, hotels, transit centers, etc. With a bit more order and understanding, apps can better predict airfare pricing and trends, while hotels can store and analyze frequent guests’ preferences — via website or app — and implement them for future stays. MORE
Read more about the crisis efforts of the hotel he was staying in. Crisis Communications Featured PR Observations and Preferences Chile public relations global network Santiago Scott Hanson Singular HotelDuring a recent trip to Santiago, Chile for semi-annual PRGN meetings, Scott found himself in the middle of a state of emergency. The post Real Life Crisis Plans appeared first on HMA Public Relations. MORE
Whether someone is traveling for business or leisure purposes, choosing which hotel to stay in is top of the priority list. They will consider several factors when making their decision including the price and the location, but another key point of comparison is the branding. MORE
Many are using digital travel technology, a trend that is changing the way consumers interact with airlines, hotel chains and other companies. It’s catching on, and one of the driving forces may be the “MagicBand,” a wrist-worn device that visitors to Disney’s theme parks and resorts that hotel guests get for free and park visitors can purchase for a small fee. While many airlines and hotels have created booking apps, those apps have not caught on. MORE
Uncategorized Birdman Boyhood business Differentiation Film Grand Budapest Hotel Movies Oscars PR public relations storytelling Takeaways Wes Anderson The Oscars are finally (almost) here! Every year I look forward to the glitz and glamour of Hollywood’s star-studded event. As a PR pro, The Academy Awards provide a wealth of takeaways on real time brand marketing, promotional tactics and more; coincidentally, it also makes for great blogging! This year, I had the privilege of […]. MORE
A general manager’s response to a recent racially charged incident at the Adam’s Mark Hotel in Kansas City may not be enough to stem criticism—or legal action. Jaysyn Craddock, an employee of the hotel, said that on July 21, a white supervisor hung a black “slave” doll from a plastic bag fashioned to look like a noose in the hotel’s break room. White supervisor hangs black slave doll w/ plastic bag noose @ Adams Mark Hotel. MORE
The hotel chain celebrated a century of business growth by shining a spotlight and crafting content around its biggest champions: Its employees and customers. Considering it’s grown from one hotel to more than 5,700 hotels and 17 brands in 113 countries and territories, the chain has a lot to commemorate—but it didn’t want to mark the occasion with only statistics and accomplishments. Without people, our hotels are just buildings,” Dubois says. MORE
Travel experts and other prognosticators are blaming high travel costs, few hotels, and, of course, the less than cordial relationship Washington DC has with North Korea. The Winter Olympics kicked off in Pyeongchang this week, and there’s no doubt the world was watching… for a lot of different reasons. But, looking into the stands, there was a definite disparity. Relatively few Americans made the trip. MORE
Remember the moral protests that tarnished the reputation of the Beverly Hills Hotel? Slander against brands and bad press isn’t rare. Each year has its fair share of PR faux pas, leading businesses into choppy waters. MORE
While most hotels and airlines have yet to adopt wearable technology, one major brand has: Disney. Nothing is more frustrating than arriving at a hotel after a long trek only to find that your room isn’t ready. Starwood Hotels and Resorts achieved the most online discussion on this topic. Now, hotel chains are offering iPads and tablets as part of the in-room experience. Technology has changed the world, especially how we get from Point A to Point B and back. MORE
Having a strong PR strategy is crucial within the hotel industry. Hotels are all about experience, and customers want to know that they can trust the company that’s going to be looking after them – whether it’s for a night or two weeks of vacation fun. In a field as highly competitive as hospitality, the right PR strategy is the best way for today’s international hotels to get ahead of the game. MORE
We did the usual extensive search online and TripAdvisor and came across an adults only hotel called Applegarth Hotel which is located about a mile from the boat port of Bowness. My wife and I don’t stay in many adult only hotels, as we have two little ones, that although very cute are louder than Bart and Lisa from the Simpsons. . To the back of the hotel is a quiet field which means you aren’t overlooked. Food General Hotels Reviews MORE
June 15 marked a momentous occasion, the Grand Opening of W Bellevue, the newest hotel opening for W since 2010. We were fortunate enough to get a few behind the scene tours as the property came to life to see just how incredible this hotel would be. As we marched toward Opening Day, one thing was clear: our PR approach had to be as non-traditional as the hotel itself. MORE
Last week, I had the pleasure of spending 14 hours talking, thinking, and theorizing about the future of Big Data at Dell’s 1-5-10 Big Data event at San Francisco’s Clift Hotel. The conversations included thoughts and insights from some of … Continued. All About Tech big data data analysis Dell human experience self-actualization MORE
Hotels seek $250B aid package. Along with airlines, organizations in the hotel and travel industry, including global chains such as Marriott and Hilton, are struggling with the effects of the pandemic and have asked for government aid as they grapple with massive employee layoffs and billions in profits being lost. The hotel industry said it was expecting to lose $1.4 Travel Association, which also forecasts a 30% drop in hotel occupancy over a year. MORE
The move garnered some positive feedback for the hotel chain on Twitter: @Probstisms , maybe we should switch from @Marriott to @HiltonHotels ! Choice Hotels announced that it would extend its parental leave and family care benefits in the United States. In a statement , Choice Hotels HR chief Patrick Cimerola said that the policy reflects “the needs of our diverse workforce and takes a holistic perspective on work/life balance.”. MORE
Three months ago, the Federal Communications Commission fined the hotel chain $600,000 for blocking guests’ access to personal Wi-Fi hotspots at a Nashville hotel. As a matter of fact, we invite and encourage our guests to use these Internet connectivity devices in our hotels. To be clear, this matter does not involve in any way Wi-Fi access in hotel guestrooms or lobby spaces. Smartphone users are hopping mad at Marriott. MORE
It affects the whole workforce—with sectors including retail, hospitality (hotels and restaurants), automotive and […]. As the UK edges towards its exit from the European Union, there is a high degree of uncertainty gripping the nation. This is not just related to CEOs and key decision makers, who are delaying choices based on what happens next. The post Brexit uncertainty calls for targeted, transparent employee communications appeared first on Agility PR Solutions. MORE
Whether a hotel is small, inexpensive, luxury, a resort, near a national park, or something else, PR should be a primary concern for any destination. For all types of hotels and whether or not a PR professional is in their budget, it’s still important to get the word out and keep getting it out. Either look for or create something unique to your hotel, maybe horse riding lessons or putting that tub with sauna jets out on a private balcony overlooking particularly scenic views. MORE
Union Street Guest House, a hotel in Hudson, New York, is being slammed for a policy they put in place in order to prohibit wedding parties from posting negative online reviews about them. This story has taken off today, making headlines, and the hotel has since removed this policy from their website and posted the following statement to Facebook: “The policy regarding wedding fines was put on our site as a tongue-in-cheek response to a wedding many years ago. MORE
For many, the name MGM Resorts International conjures up images of the big green hotel on the Las Vegas strip, aka the MGM Grand. But MGM Resorts International is actually the brand behind more than a dozen hotels in Las Vegas, including the iconic Bellagio, Circus Circus and Luxor, as well as properties around the U.S. In the case of MGM Resorts International, there are hotels that serve distinct audiences. Hotel chains have operated similar programs for years. MORE
When Mexican vacation and hospitality company Original Group invested $54 million to relaunch Temptation Cancun Resort, one of the first hotels in Cancun, in December 2017, the company engaged Newlink for a 22-month communications campaign. In preparing for the effort, the agency outlined a set of specific objectives to reach key industry and consumer audiences, […]. MORE
Reports say Trump Hotels is among the first to suffer. This week, execs announced that its newest hotels will no longer feature Trump’s name—long a hallmark of the company’s properties. The new hotel line—a luxury brand marketed to millennials—will be called Scion. Here’s insight from hotel booking site Hipmunk : The share of bookings at Trump Hotels on Hipmunk as a percent of total hotel bookings are down, decreasing 58.46 MORE
Even if you only have one location – restaurant, bar, hotel and the like, public relations should be part and parcel of every day. There are some things you should be doing to keep your business in the minds of customers – both current and potential ones. Customer Service. Before you start worrying about anything else, make sure that every person who walks through the doors of your establishment feels at home. MORE
The company announced via an AdWords blog post new features that will affect how users can search for flights, hotels and broad shopping terms like “women’s athletic clothing” on their mobile devices. On the travel side, users can expect the following updates: Hotel smart filters: These will allow users to filter based on ratings, price or specific hotel features like “pet friendly.”. MORE
Hotels open their doors. My personal favorite move from an organization during this crisis is from the hotel industry. The American Hotel and Lodging Association, which includes hotel franchises Marriott, Hilton and Red Roof Inn, among others, has opened up beds free of charge to house health care workers and other first responders during the pandemic. MORE
June 15 marked a momentous occasion, the Grand Opening of W Bellevue, the newest hotel opening for W since 2010. We were fortunate enough to get a few behind the scene tours as the property came to life to see just how incredible this hotel would be. As we marched toward Opening Day, one thing was clear: our PR approach had to be as non-traditional as the hotel itself. MORE
Check out videos below – Mr & Mrs Smith Travel Club for Hotel Lovers and Mirabeau Wine). When it comes to creating content for your brand, one of my favourite tips I give over and over again is … OVER-INDEX ON HUMANITY. This can manifest itself in numerous ways. For example: 1. Stories. Tell genuine stories. It could be your story on how you’ve got to where you are today and the lessons you’ve learned along the way. Or it could be other people’s stories. MORE
Apparently, the owner of the Mandalay Bay Hotel in Las Vegas has filed a lawsuit against more than 1,000 victims of the mass shooting that took the lives of 58 people and wounded many more at a concert back in 2017. As incendiary headlines go, this one is tough to beat. Reaction to the headline, as it made the rounds on social media, was swift and vitriolic. People reacted with rage, directed against the Mandalay, the ownership, and, in general, the class of … READ MORE ». MORE
Hotel conceives a ‘baby-making’ contest for Valentine’s Day. 14 nears, a hotel in Victoria, British Columbia, is taking a different spin on the term “afternoon delight.” Hotel Zed is offering a free hotel room for the next 18 Valentine’s Day holidays to one winning couple who has a baby nine months after their four-hour stay. (So Posted by Hotel ZED on Thursday, January 23, 2020. MORE
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Ronn Torossian
JULY 17, 2018
Having a strong PR strategy is crucial within the hotel industry. Hotels are all about experience, and customers want to know that they can trust the company that’s going to be looking after them – whether it’s for a night or two weeks of vacation fun. In a field as highly competitive as hospitality, the right PR strategy is the best way for today’s international hotels to get ahead of the game.
Barokas
JUNE 29, 2018
” “The hotel’s 180,000 square feet of retail space accounts for a whopping $1.2-billion expansion of the Bellevue Collection mall in the Lincoln Square shopping district, and its food and dining program has some serious star power, with a hidden speakeasy and farm-to-table restaurant both helmed by James Beard Award-winning chef Jason Wilson.” The post Our Favorite Hotels in Seattle Now appeared first on Barokas Public Relations.
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PR Daily
JULY 14, 2016
The company announced via an AdWords blog post new features that will affect how users can search for flights, hotels and broad shopping terms like “women’s athletic clothing” on their mobile devices. On the travel side, users can expect the following updates: Hotel smart filters: These will allow users to filter based on ratings, price or specific hotel features like “pet friendly.”.
5W PR
APRIL 4, 2017
Whether a hotel is small, inexpensive, luxury, a resort, near a national park, or something else, PR should be a primary concern for any destination. For all types of hotels and whether or not a PR professional is in their budget, it’s still important to get the word out and keep getting it out. Either look for or create something unique to your hotel, maybe horse riding lessons or putting that tub with sauna jets out on a private balcony overlooking particularly scenic views.
Communications Conversations
MAY 15, 2015
Facebook wants to be ubiquitous with your entire web experience, but to use another analogy; they’re out to build the web’s version of the Hotel California. Today’s guest post comes from a good friend of mine, Tony Saucier , director of social media at Life Time Fitness. Really good topic–this won’t be the last time we talk about this development.
Melissa Agnes
AUGUST 4, 2014
Union Street Guest House, a hotel in Hudson, New York, is being slammed for a policy they put in place in order to prohibit wedding parties from posting negative online reviews about them. This story has taken off today, making headlines, and the hotel has since removed this policy from their website and posted the following statement to Facebook: “The policy regarding wedding fines was put on our site as a tongue-in-cheek response to a wedding many years ago.
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Norton's Notes
AUGUST 31, 2014
Last weekend I was kindly invited to Ox Pasture Hall to sample the hotel and see what I thought about it and the surrounding area. As I have been blogging for almost eight years now, I do get offered a lot of things to review on the blog but sadly due to time restraints, I don’t tend to take them up very often, but this really seemed like an interesting offer as the hotel looked stunning online. Food Hotels Reviews Yorkshire hotels OX Pasture Hall Scarborough
PR Daily
JANUARY 28, 2020
Hotel conceives a ‘baby-making’ contest for Valentine’s Day. 14 nears, a hotel in Victoria, British Columbia, is taking a different spin on the term “afternoon delight.” Hotel Zed is offering a free hotel room for the next 18 Valentine’s Day holidays to one winning couple who has a baby nine months after their four-hour stay. (So Posted by Hotel ZED on Thursday, January 23, 2020.
HMA Public Relations
OCTOBER 29, 2019
Read more about the crisis efforts of the hotel he was staying in. Crisis Communications Featured PR Observations and Preferences Chile public relations global network Santiago Scott Hanson Singular HotelDuring a recent trip to Santiago, Chile for semi-annual PRGN meetings, Scott found himself in the middle of a state of emergency. The post Real Life Crisis Plans appeared first on HMA Public Relations.
PR Daily
MARCH 18, 2020
Hotels seek $250B aid package. Along with airlines, organizations in the hotel and travel industry, including global chains such as Marriott and Hilton, are struggling with the effects of the pandemic and have asked for government aid as they grapple with massive employee layoffs and billions in profits being lost. The hotel industry said it was expecting to lose $1.4 Travel Association, which also forecasts a 30% drop in hotel occupancy over a year.
Reputation Us
FEBRUARY 20, 2015
Uncategorized Birdman Boyhood business Differentiation Film Grand Budapest Hotel Movies Oscars PR public relations storytelling Takeaways Wes Anderson The Oscars are finally (almost) here! Every year I look forward to the glitz and glamour of Hollywood’s star-studded event. As a PR pro, The Academy Awards provide a wealth of takeaways on real time brand marketing, promotional tactics and more; coincidentally, it also makes for great blogging! This year, I had the privilege of […].
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PR Daily
OCTOBER 25, 2016
Reports say Trump Hotels is among the first to suffer. This week, execs announced that its newest hotels will no longer feature Trump’s name—long a hallmark of the company’s properties. The new hotel line—a luxury brand marketed to millennials—will be called Scion. Here’s insight from hotel booking site Hipmunk : The share of bookings at Trump Hotels on Hipmunk as a percent of total hotel bookings are down, decreasing 58.46
PR Daily
OCTOBER 13, 2016
The move garnered some positive feedback for the hotel chain on Twitter: @Probstisms , maybe we should switch from @Marriott to @HiltonHotels ! Choice Hotels announced that it would extend its parental leave and family care benefits in the United States. In a statement , Choice Hotels HR chief Patrick Cimerola said that the policy reflects “the needs of our diverse workforce and takes a holistic perspective on work/life balance.”.
PR Daily
OCTOBER 28, 2016
For Trump Hotels, it’s everything. What’s the point of staying at a luxury hotel if you can’t Instagram your room’s million-dollar view? The travel site Hipmunk recently announced that Trump Hotel bookings had declined nearly 60 percent in the first half of 2016. From a marketing standpoint, Trump Hotels should consider dropping its name altogether. This doesn’t bode well for the future of Trump Hotels. What’s in a name?
Norton's Notes
DECEMBER 10, 2014
Tony and Jan Jenkinson, had been on their way to Oxford to visit family, when they stopped off at a Blackpool hotel to split up their journey. The couple then felt they received a poor quality of service at the hotel and in turn wrote a negative review on Tripadvisor. The hotel then decided to take £100 off their card as a fine for this review. The Broadway Hotel had imposed the fine on the couple after they described the hotel as a “rotten stinking hovel.”
Norton's Notes
SEPTEMBER 13, 2017
The hotel we were staying in was a five star complex in Cayo Coko and it had everything you normally receive at a hotel in the topics. There is a lot to learn about a communist country, outside of the confines of the hotel it felt extremely controlled and everyone seemed a little sad and rather poor. So we went to the hotel shop to see if we could get one. Take your own butter – I am not sure if it was just us but our butter was almost inedible at the hotel.
David PR Group
NOVEMBER 14, 2014
The event was sponsored by Intercontinental Hotels and Bacardi , and the publicized goal was to choose a signature specialty cocktail that will be showcased in the hotels next year. The hotel chain’s goal was fairly clear to me from the outset. It wants people to know that when you visit one of its hotels, you will have an experienced bartender mixing your drinks.
Agility PR Solutions
OCTOBER 22, 2020
Whether someone is traveling for business or leisure purposes, choosing which hotel to stay in is top of the priority list. They will consider several factors when making their decision including the price and the location, but another key point of comparison is the branding.
Onclusive
FEBRUARY 3, 2015
Last week, I had the pleasure of spending 14 hours talking, thinking, and theorizing about the future of Big Data at Dell’s 1-5-10 Big Data event at San Francisco’s Clift Hotel. The conversations included thoughts and insights from some of … Continued. All About Tech big data data analysis Dell human experience self-actualization
Flatiron Communications
DECEMBER 31, 2014
” Of course, the guy lounging by the Marriott Hotel pool, tablet in hand connected to the Internet via his cellular network, has no intention of fomenting an uprising against hotel management. In his Boing Boing piece titled “Marriott plans to block personal wifi hotspots,” Glenn Fleishman wrote: “The hotel chain and some others have a petition before the FCC to amend or clarify the rules that cover interference for unlicensed spectrum bands.
ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications
APRIL 14, 2020
Hotels open their doors. My personal favorite move from an organization during this crisis is from the hotel industry. The American Hotel and Lodging Association, which includes hotel franchises Marriott, Hilton and Red Roof Inn, among others, has opened up beds free of charge to house health care workers and other first responders during the pandemic.
Prowly
SEPTEMBER 21, 2020
Remember the moral protests that tarnished the reputation of the Beverly Hills Hotel? Slander against brands and bad press isn’t rare. Each year has its fair share of PR faux pas, leading businesses into choppy waters.
Cision
AUGUST 12, 2015
Many are using digital travel technology, a trend that is changing the way consumers interact with airlines, hotel chains and other companies. It’s catching on, and one of the driving forces may be the “MagicBand,” a wrist-worn device that visitors to Disney’s theme parks and resorts that hotel guests get for free and park visitors can purchase for a small fee. While many airlines and hotels have created booking apps, those apps have not caught on.
PR News
JANUARY 13, 2019
For one small boutique hotel, keeping its exterior a perfect shade of white is a full-time job. So important is it that the picture matches the reality that the Katikies hotel has a full-time… Continued. It’s the quintessential image of Santorini, Greece, that of pristine colorful structures hugging the cliffs overlooking the azure blue Aegean Sea. The post Do This One Simple Thing Every Day for a Picture-Perfect PR Life appeared first on PR News Blog.
Ronn Torossian
JULY 25, 2018
Apparently, the owner of the Mandalay Bay Hotel in Las Vegas has filed a lawsuit against more than 1,000 victims of the mass shooting that took the lives of 58 people and wounded many more at a concert back in 2017. As incendiary headlines go, this one is tough to beat. Reaction to the headline, as it made the rounds on social media, was swift and vitriolic. People reacted with rage, directed against the Mandalay, the ownership, and, in general, the class of … READ MORE ».
Ronn Torossian
FEBRUARY 12, 2018
Travel experts and other prognosticators are blaming high travel costs, few hotels, and, of course, the less than cordial relationship Washington DC has with North Korea. The Winter Olympics kicked off in Pyeongchang this week, and there’s no doubt the world was watching… for a lot of different reasons. But, looking into the stands, there was a definite disparity. Relatively few Americans made the trip.
Ronn Torossian
JULY 19, 2017
Even if you only have one location – restaurant, bar, hotel and the like, public relations should be part and parcel of every day. There are some things you should be doing to keep your business in the minds of customers – both current and potential ones. Customer Service. Before you start worrying about anything else, make sure that every person who walks through the doors of your establishment feels at home.
PR Daily
SEPTEMBER 14, 2018
Several organizations in the travel industry, specifically hotels and airlines, are removing fees and loosening rules to help those affected. Some hotels are also offering special rates. Other hotels, including InterContinental Hotels Group, Marriott International and Hyatt, are waiving cancellation fees and relaxing pet policies—or urging the hotels within areas affected by the hurricane do so.
PR Daily
JULY 30, 2015
A general manager’s response to a recent racially charged incident at the Adam’s Mark Hotel in Kansas City may not be enough to stem criticism—or legal action. Jaysyn Craddock, an employee of the hotel, said that on July 21, a white supervisor hung a black “slave” doll from a plastic bag fashioned to look like a noose in the hotel’s break room. White supervisor hangs black slave doll w/ plastic bag noose @ Adams Mark Hotel.
PR Daily
AUGUST 6, 2019
The hotel chain celebrated a century of business growth by shining a spotlight and crafting content around its biggest champions: Its employees and customers. Considering it’s grown from one hotel to more than 5,700 hotels and 17 brands in 113 countries and territories, the chain has a lot to commemorate—but it didn’t want to mark the occasion with only statistics and accomplishments. Without people, our hotels are just buildings,” Dubois says.
Agility PR Solutions
MARCH 17, 2019
It affects the whole workforce—with sectors including retail, hospitality (hotels and restaurants), automotive and […]. As the UK edges towards its exit from the European Union, there is a high degree of uncertainty gripping the nation. This is not just related to CEOs and key decision makers, who are delaying choices based on what happens next. The post Brexit uncertainty calls for targeted, transparent employee communications appeared first on Agility PR Solutions.
Barokas
JULY 17, 2017
June 15 marked a momentous occasion, the Grand Opening of W Bellevue, the newest hotel opening for W since 2010. We were fortunate enough to get a few behind the scene tours as the property came to life to see just how incredible this hotel would be. As we marched toward Opening Day, one thing was clear: our PR approach had to be as non-traditional as the hotel itself.
Agility PR Solutions
JULY 25, 2018
When Mexican vacation and hospitality company Original Group invested $54 million to relaunch Temptation Cancun Resort, one of the first hotels in Cancun, in December 2017, the company engaged Newlink for a 22-month communications campaign. In preparing for the effort, the agency outlined a set of specific objectives to reach key industry and consumer audiences, […].
Barokas
JULY 17, 2017
June 15 marked a momentous occasion, the Grand Opening of W Bellevue, the newest hotel opening for W since 2010. We were fortunate enough to get a few behind the scene tours as the property came to life to see just how incredible this hotel would be. As we marched toward Opening Day, one thing was clear: our PR approach had to be as non-traditional as the hotel itself.
Cision
AUGUST 14, 2015
While most hotels and airlines have yet to adopt wearable technology, one major brand has: Disney. Nothing is more frustrating than arriving at a hotel after a long trek only to find that your room isn’t ready. Starwood Hotels and Resorts achieved the most online discussion on this topic. Now, hotel chains are offering iPads and tablets as part of the in-room experience. Technology has changed the world, especially how we get from Point A to Point B and back.
Reputation Us
OCTOBER 7, 2015
The forum, which was held at the beautiful Hilton Hotel in downtown Portland, featured national and regional healthcare experts discussing the delivery of healthcare in the future- an ever-changing topic. […]. Members of the LTPR team and a few of our healthcare clients and friends recently attended the Portland Business Journal’s Healthcare of the Future forum.
Cision
MARCH 31, 2016
For many, the name MGM Resorts International conjures up images of the big green hotel on the Las Vegas strip, aka the MGM Grand. But MGM Resorts International is actually the brand behind more than a dozen hotels in Las Vegas, including the iconic Bellagio, Circus Circus and Luxor, as well as properties around the U.S. In the case of MGM Resorts International, there are hotels that serve distinct audiences. Hotel chains have operated similar programs for years.
PR Warrior
SEPTEMBER 25, 2018
Check out videos below – Mr & Mrs Smith Travel Club for Hotel Lovers and Mirabeau Wine). When it comes to creating content for your brand, one of my favourite tips I give over and over again is … OVER-INDEX ON HUMANITY. This can manifest itself in numerous ways. For example: 1. Stories. Tell genuine stories. It could be your story on how you’ve got to where you are today and the lessons you’ve learned along the way. Or it could be other people’s stories.
PR Daily
JANUARY 6, 2015
Three months ago, the Federal Communications Commission fined the hotel chain $600,000 for blocking guests’ access to personal Wi-Fi hotspots at a Nashville hotel. As a matter of fact, we invite and encourage our guests to use these Internet connectivity devices in our hotels. To be clear, this matter does not involve in any way Wi-Fi access in hotel guestrooms or lobby spaces. Smartphone users are hopping mad at Marriott.
Cision
MAY 16, 2017
In the travel industry, the IoT is being used in concert with branded mobile apps — typically paired with beacons that track and gather information from customers using mobile devices in airports, hotels, transit centers, etc. With a bit more order and understanding, apps can better predict airfare pricing and trends, while hotels can store and analyze frequent guests’ preferences — via website or app — and implement them for future stays.
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