Category Archives: livestream

Live Show 153 July 13th 2018

“Special Guest Co-Host Max Starkov Founder & Director of HeBs” Live Show Player Co Hosts Special guest Max Starkov Robert Cole Holly Zoba Valyn Perini Stuart Butler Show Notes 00:02 The real realities of the current limitations of blockchain functionality 00:07 current transition per miner validation is 10 minutes and 9 need to be done …

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Live Show 152 July 6th 2018

“Summer promotion ideas and early budget ’19 discussion” Live Show Player CoHosts Edward StOnge Stuart Butler Topics for those who haven’t seen it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WMZyw5lPKgE We could also throw in the Facebook ad that is literally everywhere right now: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q4zd7X98eOs

Live Show 151 June 29th 2018

“Whats unethical and what isn’t when it comes to marketing?” Live Show Player CoHosts Edward StOnge Robert Cole Tim Peter Stuart Butler Show Notes TOPICS – LIVE SHOW #151: Top Story 1. Modern Travel Marketing 1. Part 1: SEO strategy https://www.phocuswire.com/Digital-marketing-series-part-1-SEO 2. Part 2: Social media https://www.phocuswire.com/Digital-marketing-series-part-2-social-media 3. Part 3: Email campaigns https://www.phocuswire.com/Digital-marketing-series-part-3-email 4. Part …

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Live Show 150 June 22nd 2018

“Post HITEC and ROC week in review” Show Player TOPICS – LIVE SHOW #150: Top Story Travelers losing interest in home-sharing, Google gaining ground as travel resource https://www.phocuswire.com/MMGY-Global-portrait-of-american-travelers-2018 As MMGY has strict copyright/reproduction rules on its annual Profile of the American Traveler report, you’ll need to listen in to learn why Robert disagrees with the …

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Live Show 149 June 15th 2018

“HITEC and ROC and AAHOA next weeks Prep show” Live Show Player Co Hosts Robert Cole Edward StOnge Tim Peter Stuart Butler Show Notes 00:01 — HITEC, what to expect and what to look for 00:26 — should social be combined with call center? 00:45 — Navis as a partner, and other resources to get …

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Live Show 148 June 8th 2018

“Special Guest Co-Host Harper StOnge” Live Show Player CoHosts Harper StOnge Robert Cole Show Notes TOPICS – LIVE SHOW #148: Top Story 1. Debunking the Impact of Blockchain on Hotel Distribution https://www.hebsdigital.com/blog/impact-of-blockchain-on-hotels/ 1. How Blockchains Are Changing the Hotel Industry https://www.nasdaq.com/article/how-blockchains-are-changing-the-hotel-industry-cm963808 2. Blockchain comes to travel; disruption may ensue http://www.travelweekly.com/Arnie-Weissmann/Blockchain-comes-to-travel-disruption-may-ensue Brands 2. CEOs discuss demand, …

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Live Show 147 June 1st 2018

“Airbnb, where do they get all those cool toys for there IPO?” Live Show Player   CoHosts Edward StOnge Robert Cole Stuart Butler Show Notes 00:02 — AirBnB IPO plans 00:32 — Micro influencers and how to work with them 00:53 — Marriott says to attach hotels to malls, really? 01:08 — Meekler report review …

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Live Show 146 May 25th 2018

“Happy GDPR Day!” Live Player CoHosts Edward StOnge Robert Cole Valyn Perini Tim Peter Stuart Butler Show Notes 00:02 — GDPR overload of late compliance emails 00:10 — Red Lions decision to offer enhanced meeting planner commissions 00:20 — Facial recognition software sales from Amazon to the government 00:41 — voice activation use in hotels, …

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Live Show 145 May 18th 2018

“Guest CoHosts Griffin Sandberg and Tom Dibble from Screen Pilots” Live Show Player CoHosts Griffin Sandberg Tom Dibble Robert Cole Show Notes TOPICS – LIVE SHOW #145: Top Story 1. US Travel 2018 – Trends & Insights (Similarweb) https://www.similarweb.com/blog/us-travel-2018 1. 3 big ideas for 2018: Airbnb unstoppable, battle for TripAdvisor is over and new players …

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Live Show 144 May 11th 2018

“GDPR rules the day” Show Player CoHosts Edward StOnge Robert Cole Tim Peter Show Notes TOPICS – LIVE SHOW #144: Top Story Hotel direct distribution benefits “debunked” https://www.phocuswire.com/Hotel-online-travel-agency-direct-report-ETTSA OTAs Using “Voodoo Science” in an Attempt at Discrediting the Value of the Hotel’s Direct Channel https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/otas-using-voodoo-science-attempt-discrediting-value-hotels-starkov Brands Marriott CEO Fires a Salvo: ‘We Can Deliver a …

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