This Week in Hospitality Marketing Live Show 240 March 13th 2020
This Week in Hospitality Marketing Live Show 240
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Co-Hosts
Cecil Staton
Bob Gilbert
Edward StOnge
Robert Cole
Kat Mohammed
Lily Mockerman
Dean Schmit
Amy Infante
Show Notes
00:01 — Intro Discussion with Bob & Cecil
01:02 — Steps to tackle current issues at the property level
01:22 — Amy discusses B2B concerns and keeps a record of what you are doing for future use.
01:30 — Dean discusses the OTA issues on Metasearch
02:33 — Show Ends
Topics
Top Story
1. Digital marketing in the age of coronavirus – what travel brands need to know
Brands & Product
2. Disneyland and Disney World will close for the month over coronavirus
3. IHG Is the Model for Hotel Chains on Cancellations as Crisis Mounts
4. Why Are Dressers Vanishing from Hotel Rooms?
Intermediaries & Distribution
5. Impact of the Coronavirus on Global Short-Term Rental Markets
6. Travel booking site mentions on Facebook have plummeted since coronavirus
7. Groupize Expands Software to Manage Increasingly Complex Meetings Schedules
Marketing & Strategy
8. The Coronavirus Is a Huge Opportunity to Grow Your Business
9. Preparing for loyalty’s next frontier: Ecosystems
10. 4 lessons I learned after spending $6 million on Google Ads last year
Tech & Finance
11. The 10 most innovative travel companies of 2020
12. Will Business Interruption Insurance Provide Coverage for Coronavirus Losses?
a. Three more travel insurers withdraw cover for coronavirus
13. Trump Blocks Chinese Deal for U.S. Software Firm StayNTouch
Boop!
14. 10 of Europe’s best converted and repurposed buildings
Ruh-Roh…
15. Planet of the apes! Hundreds of hungry monkeys swarm across Thai street as ‘rival gangs’ fight over food after tourists who normally feed them stay away because of coronavirus