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Sojern
JANUARY 18, 2022
From more than half a million votes submitted by hoteliers across 127 countries to Hotel Tech Report’s annual awards, Sojern is thrilled to be recognized as one of the best in Metasearch and Ad Tech category. At Sojern, we understand how important it is for hotels to utilize metasearch in their multichannel marketing strategies.
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Hotel Engine
MARCH 27, 2023
The post Our Top 5 Features for Simplifying Hotel Booking appeared first on Hotel Engine.
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Hotel Engine
APRIL 3, 2023
The post Hear From Our Customers: How Hotel Engine Simplifies Lodging for TechServ appeared first on Hotel Engine.
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Hotel Engine
APRIL 20, 2023
The post Hear From Our Customers: How Hotel Engine Simplifies Booking and Fraud Protection for Bandera Networks appeared first on Hotel Engine.
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Hotel Engine
MAY 3, 2023
[link] The post Hear From Our Customers: How Hotel Engine Saves PRO Building Systems Nearly 20% and Countless Hours appeared first on Hotel Engine.
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Hotel Engine
MARCH 27, 2023
Audrey Fairbrother Content and SEO Manager Audrey Fairbrother is the Content and SEO Manager at Hotel Engine. She spends her days writing about all things business travel, researching topics that are important to Hotel Engine’s audience and cultivating the company’s brand voice.
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Smart Meetings
MARCH 15, 2024
Acquisition accelerates growth of lifestyle market Thursday, Hilton announced it had agreed to purchase the Graduate Hotel brand for $210 million. In addition to operating the hotels under franchise agreements, Hilton will lead the brand’s future growth. The deal gives Hilton rights to 35 properties in college towns across the U.S.
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Smart Meetings
MARCH 5, 2024
A Colorado pop-culture hotel supports women and the LGBTQ community through CSR Innovative ideas and progressive inclusivity are gaining more awareness than ever in the hospitality industry, and sometimes original ideas need the support of an established brand. Q: What attracted you to the Curtis Denver-a DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel?
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Hotel Engine
APRIL 3, 2023
Cara MeglioCara Meglio is a Copywriter at Hotel Engine. She assists with content creation, researching and writing articles to help businesses improve their travel experience and discover helpful solutions with Hotel Engine. Cara has a passion for travel of all types. Based in Denver, CO, Cara loves exploring the Mountain […]
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Smart Meetings
MARCH 18, 2024
We are highlighting women who have worked their way up and earned the position of General Manager (GM) to show our appreciation for their dedication to hospitality, their genuine passion for helping others and for standing strong in an industry where men still dominate the majority of leadership roles. Also, work/life balance.
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Hotel Engine
APRIL 20, 2023
Audrey Fairbrother Content and SEO Manager Audrey Fairbrother is the Content and SEO Manager at Hotel Engine. She spends her days writing about all things business travel, researching topics that are important to Hotel Engine’s audience and cultivating the company’s brand voice.
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Smart Meetings
OCTOBER 23, 2023
A Renewed Group Focus “Just hold the contracted meetings that are on the books and minimize the cancellations that have occurred in prior years due to the pandemic, economic uncertainty and a general reluctance to hold in-person meetings,” said Dan Piotrowski, senior vice president of operations for Omni Hotels. “If
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Hotel Engine
MAY 3, 2023
[link] Sara KernSara Kern is a Copywriter at Hotel Engine. She worked as a writer in the tech and apparel industries for almost a decade before joining the HE family, but also has experience coordinating business travel for fast-moving nonprofits, so she knows firsthand how hard it can be. She […]
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Dana Communications
MARCH 5, 2024
At Dana, our core belief is this: A brand is not just a logo, symbol or tagline – it is a living entity, a collection of perceptions and beliefs that live in the hearts and minds of your customers. Sometimes the need for change is obvious (check out our Brand Reckoning blog here ). Other times, not so much. We’re looking at you, Tesla.
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Smart Meetings
MAY 25, 2023
Cvent has just published its list of Top Meeting Destinations and Top Meeting Hotels for 2023: Nashville and San Diego moving up to the second and third spots after Orlando. Fortunately, destinations and hotels alike have seen a dramatic comeback from pandemic lows as they benefitted from the pent-up demand for in-person experiences.”
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Smart Meetings
APRIL 18, 2024
The word “partnership” gets thrown around a lot in the events world, but when there are too few ballrooms for too many functions being planned, meeting planners and hotel and destination counterparts often find themselves on the losing end of negotiations that could be win-wins. Then she was blunt. “We
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Smart Meetings
JUNE 27, 2023
But entering a new relationship with a hotel usually comes with a detailed contract of agreements and stipulations. year period of time have shifted into the future years causing a significant demand and compression issue when contracting with hotels,” Payne said. “All Hotels want to make up for lost time, lost money.
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Smart Meetings
FEBRUARY 8, 2024
Meet with Momentum debuted in May 2021 to promote the distinction among Marriott CRN’s leading hotels and resorts, and each event is different. Room availability is a challenge; hotels are struggling to manage huge demand. In the face of these challenges, hotels are reimagining how they do business. And prioritize.
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Smart Meetings
FEBRUARY 16, 2024
Non-Traditional Venues Muir, Autograph Collection Our teams have received increasing requests for nontraditional venues, outdoor setups and reimagined creative spaces. After being apart for a few years, customers are showing significant energy surrounding meetings, and that’s evident in our group bookings.
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Smart Meetings
DECEMBER 30, 2022
Smart Meetings has been covering the airline and hotel industry closely this year, both in our weekly travel reports designed specifically for meeting planners and in our feature coverage. Hit Refresh: New and Renovated Hotel Trends. Our July issue covered the hottest hotel trends in the industry.
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Smart Meetings
SEPTEMBER 28, 2023
From flamingo yoga and CBD massages to IV therapies, spas offer more than a rub down Incorporating wellness into your programs may be as easy as leaning on the resources at your hotel partner’s spa. DH: Flamingo Yoga is so popular and makes up 60-80% of our fitness revenue.
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Smart Meetings
MARCH 12, 2024
Women’s History Month is a fitting time to look at the leaders in our midst—regardless of their title—and learn from their heroic approach to hospitality innovation. We asked three women at three powerhouse meetings hotels about their approach to bringing everyone along and were impressed by the passion that unites them.
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Smart Meetings
SEPTEMBER 1, 2023
Omni Hotels & Resorts supports September Hunger Action Month Some families are welcoming the plentifulness and bountifulness that is associated with fall and its connotation as the precursor to the excitement of the holidays, yet it is also a time for our industry to remember those who are less fortunate.
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Smart Meetings
MARCH 22, 2024
Our team of experienced planning professionals is ready to make your job easier. Your guests will also appreciate how simple our airport is to navigate. They’ll also be relieved to know that they’re only 15 minutes from over 15,000 hotel rooms and a wide range of world-class dining and entertainment options.
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Motivation Excellence
JANUARY 22, 2024
We recently wrote about our take on the strength of incentive travel in 2024 (spoiler, it’s good!). Things Are Already Bustling in 2024 Our sales team is already busy with site visits (Australia, among others) and programs operating in warm weather areas in the Caribbean. resorts like the Montage Palmetto Bluff in South Carolina.
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Smart Meetings
MARCH 1, 2024
We’re very good at rallying our community and bringing the hospitality community together. Kevin Ferguson, our vice president of external affairs, is working with our member community and NFL on that….You Kevin Ferguson, our vice president of external affairs, is working with our member community and NFL on that….You
Smart Meetings
SEPTEMBER 18, 2023
Italy does not have a lot of large hotels so if your program requires a peak of more than 100 rooms on a five-star category I suggest anticipating as much as you can the hotel sourcing and contracting, especially if you travel on shoulder and peak seasons. Start Early The first tip is to book early and contract early!
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Smart Meetings
MARCH 4, 2024
Smart Meetings founder Marin Bright built her career in hospitality, first in luxury hotels at Mandarin Oriental and then in the meetings and events B2B publishing industry. The seeds of that powerful community were planted nine years ago in a ballroom at The Ritz-Carlton, Denver. She loved everything about the business.
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Smart Meetings
JUNE 5, 2023
When we look at our forward bookings, particularly in the group segment, which has been remarkably strong, we’re just not seeing it, yet.” The other thing we’re trying to do with the board is to bring [employees] closer to our culture and our core values and help them understand our business better,” he said. “We
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Smart Meetings
JULY 5, 2023
Sheraton Phoenix Downtown Embraces CSR and Afghan Refugees The staffing crisis decimating hotel services due to the slow return of employees to front desks and housekeeping carts added to the already brutal disruption in occupancy levels from the global pandemic. We’ve changed our menus in the cafeteria to match their dietary restrictions.
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Smart Meetings
SEPTEMBER 3, 2023
Our feathered friends joined the festivities. To find out what changing occupancy rates across the country will mean for booking hotels in the future, CoStar Group Director of Hospitality Analytics Daryl Cronk shared insights from the STARreport , the essential measure of the health of the hospitality industry.
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Smart Meetings
APRIL 22, 2024
When does a headquarters building look more like a hotel? A cafe in the lobby with generous seating could be mistaken for a grab-and-go outlet in any Marriott hotel. The campus includes Marriott Bethesda Downtown at Marriott HQ hotel, a 245-room property separated from the HQ building by a courtyard. Tag along to learn more.
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Smart Meetings
APRIL 10, 2024
Hotel del Coronado continues its legacy as a premier destination for meetings and events with a renewed focus on personalized, boutique meeting experiences with the launch of its new “ Plan With Ease: Boutique Meetings ” program. For more information, visit the Boutique Meetings page on our website or contact SANQQ-SALESADM@hoteldel.com.
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Smart Meetings
APRIL 10, 2024
Hotel del Coronado continues its legacy as a premier destination for meetings and events with a renewed focus on personalized, boutique meeting experiences with the launch of its new “ Plan With Ease: Boutique Meetings ” program. For more information, visit the Boutique Meetings page on our website or contact SANQQ-SALESADM@hoteldel.com.
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Smart Meetings
NOVEMBER 1, 2021
You might want to take a second look at big city venues, where the access is convenient, amenities are abundant and hotel partners are eager to welcome you back. We are currently seeing mostly small corporate and association groups using the hotel with a primary goal of reconnecting with either customers or their own associates.
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Dana Communications
SEPTEMBER 19, 2023
Techy Travel in 2023: What Resorts & Hotels Need to Know Have you noticed how much easier it is to travel nowadays? This technology allows hotel guests to check in and pay using their mobile devices, saving them time and providing a seamless customer experience. Check out our blog on augmented ads here.
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Smart Meetings
OCTOBER 9, 2023
Smart Meetings spoke with event psychology advisor, Victoria Matey, co-founder of Matey Events , to learn more about how we can improve our mental and behavioral health and what team building and wellness activities can do for meetings. When our behavioral health is good, we feel calm and happy. of indoor and outdoor venue space.
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Smart Meetings
JUNE 21, 2022
IHG Hotels & Resorts announced a new collaboration this week with Unilever to replace travel-sized toiletries with a less wasteful alternative. Rather than replacing amenities after every guest, Dove (Unilever’s biggest brand) will provide hotels with full-size products that can be refilled as needed.
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Smart Meetings
OCTOBER 5, 2022
With so much young talent entering our industry, we wanted to create an easy and free way for our clients to train new team members and to provide continuing education for more experienced planners,” said GDP President and CEO Catherine Chaulet in a press release. Read More : Sustainable Hotel Certification, Explained. “As
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Smart Meetings
APRIL 20, 2023
Food sustainability, clean oceans and repurposed rainwater Compared to the largely unexplored universe we inhabit; our little blue and green shimmering marble is small. On Saturday, April 22nd we take a day to appreciate our planet and remember our resources are finite and depleting. The Summit totals 563,770 sq. million sq.
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Smart Meetings
MAY 24, 2023
Their time is their own, whether they want to head back to their hotel room, grab a quick bite off site or explore the area on their own. may want to check out Figleaf Bar at Zena Hotel. of bright, artsy space, while the entirety of the Zena Hotel offers 5,758 sq. The Gates Hotel South Beach contains 1,453 sq.
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Smart Meetings
AUGUST 21, 2023
She noted she has gotten more pushback from hotels on the request to waive room rental fees in the last year. Ultimately, the dynamic between hotels and event planners has shifted since the pandemic. Hotels have really tightened up. We’ll stuff a thousand envelopes with our two person staff the night before.
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Smart Meetings
JULY 18, 2022
In honor of August being National Dog Month, we have rounded up some of the most pet-friendly hotels to host your meetings at and please your pet-owner attendees. . Kimpton Hotels & Restaurants. With 80 locations scattered throughout more than 55 cities, Kimpton Hotels & Restaurants are some of the most pet-friendly out there.
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Smart Meetings
AUGUST 30, 2021
IHG Hotels & Resorts ( formerly InterContinental Hotels Group ) launched luxury and lifestyle brand Vignette Collection , the company’s 17th brand in the more than 100 countries in which the company has a toehold. The [new] brand will be key to delivering our ambition of industry-leading net rooms growth.”.
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