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Live Show 136 March 16th 2018
” Is Amazon going to enter Travel again?” Show Player Co Hosts Edward StOnge Robert Cole Stuart Butler Valyn Parini Show Notes 00:07 — Morgan Stanleys perception that Amazon could enter travel in a easy and large way quickly 00:30 — Disney ‘evil empire’? 00:53 — Airbnb Takes on the OTAs – be our friend …
Live Show 135 March 9th 2018
“Rut Roo Week, starting with Uber tweet followed by MIT” Live Show Player CoHosts Edward StOne Robert Cole Tim Peter Show Notes 00:02 – Rut Roo Uber Tweet goes wrong 00:18 – Marriott alone tries to cut meeting commissions – shouldn’t everyone else pile on taking the group away from them. 00:33 – CEO’s balancing …
Live Show 134 March 2nd 2018
“Live From DC” Live Show Replay Co-Hosts Holly Zoba Robert Cole Stuart Butler Top Story Booking Holdings (BKNG) – The Trifecta from a Morgan Stanley Research Note BKNG delivered 1) faster than expected topline growth; 2) better than expected profitability (highest 4Q incremental margins in 6 years); 3) increased shareholder returns. Online travel remains healthy and …
Live Show 133 February 23rd 2018
“HSMAI’s Digital Marketing Conference Recap” Live Show Replay CoHosts Edward StOnge Stuart Butler
Live Show 132 February 16th 2018
“Google is making some moves, Duetto gets more money and HSMAI hands out awards next week” Here is our interactive playback session link where you can ask questions as you review the replay and our hosts will get them and reply. Here is the Facebook Unedited Player CoHosts Stuart Butler Edward StOnge Robert Cole …
Live Show 131 February 9th 2018
“False Starts, and HSMAI Digital Conference Sneak Peek” Co-Hosts Robert Cole Tim Peter Stuart Butler Edward StOnge Isaac Gerstenzag Potential Topics WANT TO SEE THE FUTURE? LOOK AT THE CHIPS https://www.wired.com/story/qualcomm-moves-beyond-mobile/ Google Releases an SEO Tool that Measures 10 SEO Metrics https://www.searchenginejournal.com/chrome-lighthouse/235465/ A reintroduction to Google’s featured snippets https://www.blog.google/products/search/reintroduction-googles-featured-snippets/ Google: Here are 6 Ways You …
Live Show 130 February 2nd 2018
“So What Makes a Good Presentation” Show Player Co-hosts Edward StOnge Robert Cole Valyn Perini Show Notes 00:04 — Hedna Overview 00:08 — what are the worst things about conference presentations — sales pitches from the stage 00:26 — Blockchain what is the real value to hospitality? 00:41 — Create efficiencies to reducing the steps …
Live Show 129 January 26th 2018
Live Show Player CoHosts Darlene Rondeau Tim Peter Robert Cole Show notes 00:02 — Marriott cuts 3rd party commissions, what was the motivations and is that a good thing? 00:17 — Tim Peter’s interview on what is new in Hospitality for 2018? 00:24 — ‘Put more wood behind the arrow’ – Tim make a …
Live Show 128 January 19th 2018
“Seems the mergers and buyouts were not over” Co-Hosts Robert Cole Edward StOnge Tim Peter Holly Zoba Darlene Rondeau Topics Brands 1. Wyndham Worldwide to buy La Quinta’s hotel business for $1.95 billion https://www.cnbc.com/2018/01/18/wyndham-worldwide-to-buy-la-quintas-hotel-business-for-1-point-95-billion.html 2. Hyatt Eliminates CMO Position in Strategy Aimed at Accelerating Its Growth Hyatt Eliminates CMO Position in Strategy Aimed at Accelerating …
Live Show 127 January 12th 2018
“Valyn Perini is our special Co-Host from Nor1” Show Player Co Hosts Special Co-Host — Valyn Perini with Nor1 Robert Cole Tim Peter Stuart Butler Darlene Rondeau Show Notes 00:06 — What does Nor1 do and how does it benefit the Hotel property through merchandising 00:25 — What are some of the most popular upsells …