sales & marketing
8 New Trends Revealed in HSMAI Foundation’s Annual State of Talent Report
The HSMAI Foundation | March 9, 2023
McLean, VA (Mar. 9, 2023) The Hospitality Sales & Marketing Association International (HSMAI) Foundation is thrilled to announce its second Annual State of Talent report. Released with the support of the Foundation’s corporate talent partners, the report highlights eight trends that are impacting the talent within sales, marketing, and revenue optimization departments. The result of hundreds of hours of research, dozens of Executive Roundtables, eight Academic Forums, three major U.S. conferences, three global conferences, and more, HSMAI Foundation provides insight into attracting new talent, developing emerging talent, and engag...
A Time for Hotel Growth: Interview With Ryan Hamilton, CEO/Co-Founder of SalesAndCatering.com
SalesAndCatering.com | March 8, 2023
By Alan Young There is no denying that 2021 and 2022 were challenging years for the hospitality industry. While hotels remained shuttered and planes remained uncharacteristically desolate amid the COVID-19 pandemic, hoteliers and hospitality technology vendors contemplated the same question – what would the post-pandemic landscape look like, and when would it (finally) come into view? The long-awaited period of industry revival is now undeniably upon us, and hospitality brands have surged back to life as travelers worldwide look to make up for lost time. In many ways, though, the pandemic served as an opportunity for recalibration acr...
San Diego Claims Top Event Market and Technology Leads as Industry Driver in February
Knowland | March 8, 2023
Data reveals the return of meetings and events in the technology segment, and smaller markets are realizing the most significant percentage of growth ARLINGTON, Va. — March 8, 2023 — Knowland, the world’s leading provider of data-as-a-service insights on meetings and events for hospitality, announced today that the San Diego market led the U.S. meetings and events industry by volume for February. Second place went to Chicago, with Dallas in third. The leading industry driver for meetings was Technology and Healthcare across four of the top five markets. This data is a subset of Knowland’s pipeline generation platform designed t...
Cendyn Launches eInsight Sales, the First Fully Integrated Sales & Marketing CRM Platform for Hospitality
Cendyn | March 7, 2023
Together, Cendyn’s eInsight™ Sales and eInsight™ CRM create a single and revolutionary platform for sales and marketing teams that intertwines generating demand, building pipeline, enhancing guest satisfaction, and driving loyalty. March 7th, 2023 – Boca Raton, FL – Cendyn, a catalyst for digital transformation in the hospitality industry, is excited to announce the launch of eInsight Sales, a new B2B sales automation solution available as a hospitality-centric add-on to Cendyn’s industry-leading eInsight CRM platform. Driven by the same PMS data that powers eInsight CRM, eInsight Sales enables hoteliers ...
Sojern Recognized for Excellence in Digital Marketing by Hotel Tech Report
Sojern | March 2, 2023
We’re excited to announce that Sojern has ranked amongst the top Digital Marketing Agencies globally in the 2023 HotelTechAwards. The HotelTechAwards are produced by Hotel Tech Report, the leading authority on hotel software and digital transformation in the hotel industry. The HotelTechAwards rank the world’s best hotel software companies and products based on authentic, timely reviews from real users. With over 2,412 software companies on Hotel Tech Report, Sojern is honored to be recognized in the competitive Digital Marketing Agencies category for 2023. “This recognition from Hotel Tech Report validates the work we’re doing ...
What Hotels Should Know About Apple Business Connect
Cendyn | March 2, 2023
Picture this, you’re looking for a restaurant close to where you are. You pull out your iPhone and start looking at Apple Maps to find a spot that has what you’re looking for. You see a restaurant that has a great description, pictures of mouth-watering food, and it’s only a few blocks away. You click on a tile to call the restaurant to make sure there’s availability, you book a table, and head on over. Now, imagine potential guests having this same capability for your hotel. Apple recently launched Apple Business Connect which gives businesses, and in this case hotels, the opportunity to make both their hotel and hotel ame...
Knowland Expands Presence in the Middle East
Knowland | February 28, 2023
Rapid regional growth and demand from major global chains spur expansion of leading business intelligence provider into Doha, Qatar ARLINGTON, Va. — Feb. 28, 2023 — Today, Knowland, the world’s leading provider of data-as-a-service insights on meetings and events for hospitality, announced its expansion in the Middle East to include Doha, the capital of Qatar. Knowland’s extension into the Middle East will continue throughout 2023 to accommodate the demand and competition facing new hoteliers. The Middle East is one of the fastest-growing hospitality markets in the world. This has created several challenges including steep compe...
Quarterly Traveler Insights Report: New Year, New Outlook
Jennifer Andre | February 24, 2023
By Jennifer Andre Each quarter, we share traveler insights based on Expedia Group first-party data and research to better understand traveler behavior to help our marketing partners reach and convert travelers. In the last report covering Q3 2022, we saw reassuring signs of enduring enthusiasm for travel despite growing economic headwinds, pointing to the resiliency of the travel industry. As we begin 2023, we’re taking a closer look at how insights from the last quarter of 2022 may inform traveler behaviors in the year ahead. In Q4 2022, we saw an increase in search volume globally, signaling strong demand and sustained interest fro...
1
Technology
2
Appointments/People on the Move
3
Operations
4
Industry Happenings
5
All Things Independent
Today's News
Cloudbeds Launches Inaugural State of Independent Lodging Report
Travel and Tourism Industry Deal Activity Sinks by 60.4% YoY in February 2023, Reveals GlobalData
New WTTC Environmental Data Reveals Italy’s Travel & Tourism Sector’s Climate Footprint
Baird/STR Hotel Stock Index Fell 2.5% in February
As the first news aggregate for the hotel industry, Hotel-Online is the industry’s must-read daily news source for everything hotel curated for busy professionals. Sign up today for industry news delivered to your inbox.