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July 11, 2008
- Would have put this into my HITEC Odds & Ends, but I didn't see it in time: Here's a nice video of a presentation by Terence Ronson to the International Branded Hotels of Shanghai, summarizing HITEC. If you didn't make it to HITEC but wish you did, it's definitely worth a look ...
- Author and former hotel GM Daniel Edward Craig blogs about the pros and cons of having celebrities staying in your hotel. Among his pieces of advice for GMs: Believe it or not, Beyonce doesn't care whether she meets you ...
- With the soft economy, apparently it hurts business in Germany for a hotel to be regarded too highly. Some 5-stars are ditching amenities in an effort to drop their star ratings to appeal to suddenly cost-conscious business travelers. If that actually works, that is both clever revenue management by the hotels and some incredible obliviousness by the travelers ...
- Forbes lists the 25 most influential women in travel. Starwood, Ritz-Carlton, Fairmont and Four Seasons are represented ...
- So you're a pretty good hotelier in real life, are you? Well, how are you at hotelkeeping in the virtual world? Find out with Hotel Giant for Nintendo DS. Talk about taking your work home ...
- You know who thinks he's a pretty good hotelier in real life? Donald Trump. He also has a private jet, don't you know. See just how proud he is of himself in this New York Times Q&A ...
- Four Points' Chief Beer Officer has an intern ...
- An elevator cable snapped at Paris Las Vegas, sending guests plummeting about 15 stories before emergency brakes kicked in. Nobody was seriously hurt, thankfully, but that probably wasn't the unforgettable Vegas vacation those folks were hoping for ...
- This is a couple years old, but I missed it the first time around: discount booking site Hotels.nl used sheep to advertise. Not like as spokesanimals; more like as billboards ...
- Anybody looking for a hot pink Circus Circus pillbox cap? Ebay has one ...
Posted by Adam Kirby on July 11, 2008 | Comments (0)
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