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2008-02-19 Hospitality Technology Resource

Internet

Black Hat SEO Techniques Will Cost Your Hotel Big Time
Your ultimate goal from your investment in search engine optimization is to gain the best possible organic rankings on as many search terms as possible on as many search engines as possible to help increase the potential for a website visitor and the opportunity for an online or phone sales conversion. Pretty basic, huh? Well, can you imagine the impact on your hotel's business should your search engine results page (SERP) rankings be reduced or eliminated by the search engine? ...more

British on Top With Using Internet Bookings
Stereotypes Disappear Among European Travellers ...more

Hitwise January 2008 Travel Category Report
The Hitwise Travel Report provides marketers an understanding of the competitive online travel landscape in terms of competitive clickstream, including traffic sources and referred destinations. ...more

Should Your UGC Strategy be About Customer Acquisition or Retention?
In a recent interview with EyeforTravel John Lee, VP Brand Marketing and Communications, Embassy Suites, explained the fundamental differences between a UGC retention and acquisition strategy. ...more

Travel 2.0 - So Many Sites, So Little Time
Monitoring the 'Reviewsphere' is overwhelming: focus on key sites is the solution. ...more

Brisas Hotels & Resorts Selects ICE Portal to Produce and Deliver
ICE Portal continues to add big names to its already-impressive clientele list, with Brisas Hotels and Resorts becoming the latest company to opt for ICE's exceptional production services. Impressed with ICE Portal's convenient and user-friendly Content Management System (CMS), Brisas Hotels and Resorts has hired ICE to produce and distribute 360°, virtual tours for all of the company's luxury resort properties in Mexico. ...more

45% growth for FastBooking in 2007
FastBooking, the expert in on-line hotel booking solutions, has announced turnover growth of 45% compared with 2006. The company, which employs over 130 staff, now has 3700 client hotels throughout the world. Five hundred and eighty new establishments joined FastBooking in 2007, including the Hôtel Beau Rivage in Geneva, the Ca'Sagredo Hotel in Venice, the Royal Plaza on Scotts in Singapore, the Rathbone in London and the Hôtel Square in Paris. ...more

Microsoft & Yahoo - Google moans, but what does it mean for the travel industry?
Google has reacted strongly to the Microsoft's move to acquire Yahoo. It has requested the competitions regulator study the proposal carefully. ...more

New Technology for Top Search Engine Results SEO Super Reporter(R) places hoteliers at the top of Internet searches
Hoteliers and Property Management Groups will now have the opportunity to take advantage of a new technology that helps assure their properties' receive high placement on consumers' Internet searches. ...more

Distinguished International Hotels, Residences and Resorts Ltd Launches Its New Website: www.distinguishedhotels.com
Distinguished International Hotels, Residences and Resorts Ltd is proud to announce that its website is officially up and running and ready for business. ...more

EUROMIC Celebrates its 35th Anniversary
EUROMIC-THE Destination Management Partnership in Europe and the Mediterranean announces its 35th Anniversary as one of the premier Destination Management Associations in the world. ...more

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Technology

Asia Viewed as Top Global Prospect for Hospitality Investment
Ernst & Young survey reveals likely targets for hospitality investment in 2008 ...more

MICROS Offers Powerful Direct Connection to Expedia Eliminating the Need for Switch Services
Connection allows hotel to manage rates, availability, inventory and reservations directly from its MICROS Property Management System ...more

Eiffel Tower Restaurant Selects ReServe Interactive
The Eiffel Tower Restaurant in the Paris Las Vegas Hotel Selects Web-based ReServe Interactive Software to Manage Events ...more

IHG Owned and Managed Hotels Standardize on MICROS POS as Preferred Vendor Solution
MICROS Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:MCRS) , a leading provider of information technology solutions for the hospitality and retail industries, is pleased to announce that IHG (Intercontinental Hotels Group), one of the world's largest hotel groups by number of rooms, has selected MICROS 9700 and 3700 point-of-sale (POS) systems as the preferred vendor solution for all of its owned and managed hotels. ...more

Millennium Hotels and Resorts Selects Centrally Hosted, Multi-Property MICROS OPERA and MICROS 9700 HMS for All US-based Millennium Hotel Properties
MICROS Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:MCRS) , a leading provider of information technology solutions for the hospitality and retail industries, is pleased to announce that Millennium Hotels and Resorts has selected MICROS OPERA as the standard property management solution and MICROS 9700 Hospitality Management System (HMS) as the standard food and beverage point-of-sale solution for its 14 Millennium Hotel properties located in the United States. ...more

Some hotel guests can open doors in a blink
Changing technology has hotels looking beyond the traditional plastic key card as a way to unlock guest-room doors. ...more

Fairmont Hotels & Resorts to Offer Passkey in a Landmark Brand-Wide Initiative
Global Brand-Wide Deployment of Passkey Makes its Advanced Group Reservation Technology Available to All Planners Across Fairmont's Portfolio, Reaffirms Fairmont's Global Commitment To Leadership Excellence In The Group/Meetings Marketplace ...more

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