Hospitality Sales in the Digital Age


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This new textbook has been designed for use in hospitality programs as well as for practitioners in the industry. The book includes case studies, critical thinking exercises, Q&A sections, recommended reading, recommended viewing (via YouTube or other resources), and assignments. In this first edition Howard Feiertag, one of the most recognized and honored sales professionals in HSMAI history, teams with career hotelier John Hogan and Kathleen Hogan, the co-founders of HospitalityEducators.com, to jointly create a new book on selling in the hotel industry. This book fills a void in the market for both academic hospitality programs and for industry training as there are relatively few offerings that specifically address the entire cycle of sales in hotels. This book addresses many how-to topics, from research to prospecting to negotiations to closing. It covers understanding different market segments, revenue management, profitable pricing, and the need to have customer-oriented sales professionals who succeed by serving the needs of the customer as well as the hotel. This book offers a balanced approach to understanding how to succeed in the methods and best practices of effective hotel sales. By "telling it like it is" with real-world examples and solutions, readers will gain confidence to be able to take hold of the entire selling process and what it takes to succeed.




Digital Media Marketing Hotels


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As the digital revolution has dominated the modern business world, successful online marketing is made a necessity, not a luxury.If you're determined to embark on digital marketing for your hotel or tourism company, but you 're deterred by the complexity of the task, we have news! If you're set on giving your business THAT upward trend, with most efficient digital marketing strategies, this book is exactly what you need! Get Your Hands On A Rich Collection Of Marketing Wisdom!A pioneer in Digital Media and Technology, founder of Barbados.org, most popular Caribbean travel site for Barbados, best-selling author of Website and winner of the Atlantic Canada Award for Innovation in Technology, featuring in New York Times (NYT 2011 nytimes.com/2011/04/19/business/19hotels.html) & The Financial Post, on Canadian TV and countless media...... Ian R. Clayton, author of Marketing Hotels & Tourism Online needs no further recommendation! And he is sharing with all ambitious hotel & tourism business owners a wide range of life-changing tools, tips and techniques to expand your customer base through the smart use of the social and digital media.Get On The Map, Ensure High Ranking & Skyrocket Your Bookings!If you think it's time to save time and tons on money on poor or zero result marketing strategies, you're definitely in the right place!No more theories! Get the first-hand knowledge you need to embark on successful online marketing through tried, tested and proven marketing techniques, precious tools and sound promotion advice:- turbocharge your business digital potential with the high traffic it deserves- get highly ranked and easier to find - build a stellar reputation- get featured in the press- get in charge of the marketing game and ahead of the pack! Walk Your Path To Success With Confidence!Easy-to-follow and comprehensive, this book is a real gem for practical guidance with the last trends in digital marketing, which will help all hotel and tourism professionals feel inspired, supported and empowered to start their own success story!Order Yours NOW & Turn Over A New Leaf On Your Hotel Or Tourism Business! ### Authors Notes The Marketing Hotels and Tourism Online Series are three books, WEBSITE, DIGITAL MEDIA & TECHNOLOGY, that provide simple but powerful, practical and actionable advice and know-how for hotel and tourism professionals, owners and marketers. These books will get you inspired, focused and ready to take direct control of your online marketing, reputation management, and public relations. All Books include actual case studies, illustrations and examples from tourism. The strategies, tools and resources apply to any business and the book is especially reliant to small business owners, manager and industry professionals. Book 1 is for digital novices are requires little or no knowledge of the internet. It explains how to perfect your website for the digital age. Book 2 digital media is still at the introduction level but it introduces more advanced topics featuring what you need to do to drive traffic to your website and build your brand online. All at a easy to follow level. Book 3 is the most advanced level and build on book 1 and book 2. It looks at Artificial Intelligence and technology to Build your brand, market, engage, inspire and close business.




Digital Marketing Strategies for Tourism, Hospitality, and Airline Industries


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The growth of internet access and the entry of smartphones into everyday life has provided a revolutionary way for consumers to interact with businesses throughout the tourist industry. As a result, numerous companies are utilizing techniques and concepts designed to communicate directly with potential clientele all over the world. Digital Marketing Strategies for Tourism, Hospitality, and Airline Industries provides innovative insights into how digital marketing can influence the consumer relationship at every stage of the tourism process and features emerging tools and techniques to establish better connections with consumers. The content within this publication examines topics such as branding strategies, social media, and influencer marketing for maximum content exposure. This information is designed for marketing managers, executives, event planners, tour developers, hotel managers, airline managers, program directors, advertisers, restaurateurs, students, business professionals, and researchers.




Hotel Pricing in a Social World


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Take control of revenue management in the new hotel economy Hotel Pricing in a Social World: How to Drive Value in the New Hotel Economy is an insightful resource that provides guidance on improving organizational decision making to keep your hotel relevant, from a pricing standpoint, in the often chaotic hotel landscape. This groundbreaking book clearly showcases the current environment of the hotel industry, and describes new and emerging trends that can impact your revenue management tactics. This essential text prepares you to survive and thrive in today's highly competitive market, and outlines the best approach to building profitable pricing strategies that follow both tactical and strategic best practices. Revenue management has become a key activity in the highly social environment of today's hotel industry, thanks to mobile technology and social media. Though relatively new, revenue management is a quickly-evolving discipline that requires precision if you want to maintain your hotel's relevance in the market. Leverage original research, case studies, and industry examples to understand the practical application of key concepts Explore current market conditions that have an impact on revenue management Consider how advances in data management, analytics, and data visualization can impact revenue management practices Identify how revenue management can help you take advantage of market opportunities and overcome challenges Hotel Pricing in a Social World: How to Drive Value in the New Hotel Economy is an essential text for hotel CFOs, CMOs, revenue managers, and operations managers who want to leverage revenue management techniques to keep their hotel competitive.




Marketing for Tourism, Hospitality & Events


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Framed within basic marketing principles, Marketing for Tourism, Hospitality & Events highlights the global shift in tourism demographics today, placing a particular emphasis on the role of digital technology and its impact on travel products and services. Covering developments across a broad range of topics such as contemporary tourism marketing, understanding today′s consumer, and the importance of public relations and personal selling, key industry changes are captured throughout the text. ′Lessons from a Marketing Guru′ feature personal insights from real world practitioners, and ′Digital Spotlights′ highlight the ways in which social media and the Internet have transformed tourism, hospitality and events the world over. These features are further enhanced by ′Marketing in Action′ case-studies in each chapter that highlight the international realities of tourism, hospitality and events marketing in practice. These include: Spiritual Tourism in Tamil Nadu, India Social media listening at Marriott’s headquarters in Hong Kong The Deer Hunt Festival in Winneba, Ghana Music-themed hotels in Prague, Amsterdam, Berlin and Mexico The promotion of Hawaii through film and television Dark Tourism in Vietnam The book is complemented by a companion website featuring a range of tools and resources for lecturers and students, including PowerPoint slides, an instructor manual, a test bank of multiple choice questions and author-curated video links to make the examples in each chapter come to life. Ideal for undergraduate and postgraduate students looking for an introductory text to marketing for tourism, hospitality and events.




HOSPITALITY 2.0: Digital Revolution in the Hotel Industry


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This book is about the past, present, and future of hospitality. It presents a comprehensive study on the state of the industry by describing the challenges it has been dealing with, major disruptions in the recent years, effects of tech evolution, cloud computing, alternative accommodations and COVID-19, with a glimpse into what the future holds in the next 5-10 years and how we can get there faster and more efficiently. It contains exclusive interviews with industry leaders and technology founders who share their stories about what inspired them to start their companies, how they overcame the challenges presented by the hospitality industry, and how they developed their products into key elements of the hospitality ecosystem. You will also find interviews with companies like Google and AWS where they share their vision on how to move the industry forward through technology and what they are already doing in that area. This book is best suited for: hotel owners and managers, executives of hospitality companies, technology founders, investors, hospitality professors and students as well as anyone else who has an interest in the hospitality industry and shares my passion for its evolution. Regardless of your current experience and knowledge level, you will learn many new things about the industry. At least one ‘Aha!’ moment per chapter is guaranteed.




Digital and Social Media Marketing


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This book examines issues and implications of digital and social media marketing for emerging markets. These markets necessitate substantial adaptations of developed theories and approaches employed in the Western world. The book investigates problems specific to emerging markets, while identifying new theoretical constructs and practical applications of digital marketing. It addresses topics such as electronic word of mouth (eWOM), demographic differences in digital marketing, mobile marketing, search engine advertising, among others. A radical increase in both temporal and geographical reach is empowering consumers to exert influence on brands, products, and services. Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) and digital media are having a significant impact on the way people communicate and fulfil their socio-economic, emotional and material needs. These technologies are also being harnessed by businesses for various purposes including distribution and selling of goods, retailing of consumer services, customer relationship management, and influencing consumer behaviour by employing digital marketing practices. This book considers this, as it examines the practice and research related to digital and social media marketing.




International Tourism and Hospitality in the Digital Age


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Tourism is one of the most rapidly evolving industries of the twenty-first century. The economy of many countries all over the world depends on their ability to attract visitors and maintain a distinct edge in a highly competitive market. International Tourism and Hospitality in the Digital Age brings together the best practices for growth, development, and strategic management within the tourism and hospitality industries. Highlighting comparative research that explores the cross-cultural contexts and societal implications of tourism, this book is an essential resource for professionals, researchers, academics, and students interested in a contemporary approach to promoting, managing, and maximizing profitability of leisure and recreation services.




Hospitality Management and Digital Transformation


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Hospitality managers are at a critical inflection point. Digital technology advancements are ramping up guest expectations and introducing nontraditional competitors that are beginning to disrupt the whole industry. The hospitality managers whose organizations are to thrive need to get their organizations into a position where they can effectively leverage digital technologies to simultaneously deliver breakthroughs in efficiency, agility, and guest experience. Hospitality Management and Digital Transformation is a much-needed guidebook to digital disruption and transformation for current and prospective hospitality and leisure managers. The book: • Explains digital technology advancements, how they cause disruption, and the implications of this disruption for hospitality and leisure organizations. • Explains the digital business and digital transformation imperative for hospitality and leisure organizations. • Discusses the different digital capabilities required to effectively compete as a digital business. • Discusses the new and/or enhanced roles hospitality and leisure managers need to play in effecting the different digital capabilities, as well as the competencies required to play these roles. • Discusses how hospitality and leisure managers can keep up with digital technology advancements. • Unpacks more than 36 key digital technology advancements, discussing what they are, how they work, and how they can be implemented across the hospitality and leisure industry. This book will be useful for advanced undergraduate and postgraduate students studying strategic management, IT, information systems, or digital business–related courses as part of degrees in hospitality and leisure management; as well as practitioners studying for professional qualifications.