Summary: The 2010 Hotel Internet Marketing Challenge, created by Hospitality eBusiness Strategies, engages hoteliers via an interactive quiz on their eMarketing knowledge in this exciting new sweepstakes. Hoteliers can enter to win a variety of cool daily prizes, including the cutting edge iPad, iPod Shuffle, and a range of essential web marketing tools, online creatives and  marketing credits toward Internet campaigns,  and more.

NEW YORK, NY,  April 14, 2010 � Hospitality eBusiness Strategies (HeBS), the industry's leading full-service Internet marketing services and strategies consulting firm for the hospitality and travel verticals, today launched the 2010 Hotel Internet Marketing Challenge. This new sweepstakes engages hoteliers with an interactive quiz on hotel Internet marketing and offers contestants the chance to win exciting daily prizes. From cool gadgets like the brand new iPad and iPod Shuffle to essential web marketing tools like Facebook Fan Page Workshops and Website Best Practices Utilization Audits, HeBS� sweepstakes offers hoteliers exciting rewards for being Internet marketing savvy.  The sweepstakes runs until May 13, 2010 and provides an engaging way for hoteliers to stay in the know on a variety of web marketing initiatives such as social media, web design, mobile marketing, interactive elements on the hotel website, and more.  

In addition, hoteliers are encouraged to become a HeBS Facebook fan to be entered to win a brand new Apple iPad and have the latest industry research, articles and best practices at their fingertips. There is even cash to be won in the form of a $250 VISA Gift Card for the contestant who refers the sweepstakes to the most colleagues. 

�HeBS anticipates extremely high participation from hoteliers in the 2010 Hotel Internet Marketing Challenge," said Max Starkov, Chief eBusiness Strategist. "HeBS continuously strives to find unique and engaging ways to introduce and teach hoteliers the latest best practices in hotel Internet marketing; we believe this interactive sweepstakes, the first of its kind in the industry, accomplishes this objective. Additionally, our sweepstakes allows hoteliers a glimpse inside the world of the new hyper-interactive travel consumer that hoteliers need to engage via Web 2.0 and social marketing initiatives. We see tremendous results in the form of customer engagement and reach, as well as social media ROI, from similar Web 2.0 and social media initiatives HeBS manages for its hotel clients."

Take the interactive quiz and enter the sweepstakes daily at www.HospitalityeBusiness.com/Sweepstakes to win a variety of great prizes. 

About HeBS
Hospitality eBusiness Strategies (HeBS), based in New York City, is an award-winning, full-service Internet marketing and Direct Online Channel Strategy firm, strictly dedicated to the hospitality and travel verticals. HeBS has pioneered many of the "best practices" in hotel Internet marketing and direct online distribution. The firm specializes in helping hoteliers build their direct Internet marketing and distribution strategies, boost the hotel Internet marketing presence, establish interactive relationships with customers, and significantly increase direct online bookings and ROIs. A diverse client portfolio of over 500 top tier major hotel brands, luxury and boutique hotel companies, hotel management and representation companies, franchisees and independents, resorts and casinos and CVBs has sought and successfully taken advantage of HeBS� firm hospitality Internet marketing expertise. For more information visit HeBS website www.hospitalityebusiness.com. Contact HeBS consultants at (212) 752-8186 or [email protected].