This Week in Hospitality Marketing Live Show 234 January 31 2020
This Week in Hospitality Marketing Live Show 234
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CoHosts
Stephanie Smith
Kat Mohammad
Robert Cole
Show Notes
00:01 — HSMAI Marketing Conference Revie
00:15 — AAHOA conference
01:15 — Marriott signed record 815 hotel deals in 2019 / Hilton Opened More Than a Hotel a Day, Achieved 6.6 Percent Net Unit Growth, and Reached 6,110 Properties
01:54 — How to delete what Facebook knows about your life outside of Facebook
Topics
Top Story
1. Marriott signed record 815 hotel deals in 2019
a. Hilton Opened More Than a Hotel a Day, Achieved 6.6 Percent Net Unit Growth, and Reached 6,110 Properties
https://www.hotelnewsresource.com/article108983.html
Brands & Product
2. Forecasts reflect slow-to-no growth, supply increases
http://www.hotelnewsnow.com/Articles/300056/Forecasts-reflect-slow-to-no-growth-supply-increases
3. Aimbridge Hospitality And Global Hotel Alliance Form Strategic Alliance
https://www.hospitalitynet.org/news/4096707.html
4. Atari is opening its own hotels in eight US cities
https://www.cnn.com/2020/01/28/tech/atari-hotels-trnd/index.html
Intermediaries & Distribution
5. U.S. AirDNA STR Index: 2019 Year-End Report
6. Wex Buys Enett From Travelport for $1.7 Billion in a Travel Payments Mashup
Wex Buys Enett From Travelport for $1.7 Billion in a Travel Payments Mashup
7. Catherine Powell to Lead Airbnb Experiences
https://news.airbnb.com/catherine-powell-to-lead-airbnb-experiences/
a. LVMH Selects New Hospitality Boss to Lead Experiential Luxe Push
LVMH Selects New Hospitality Boss to Lead Experiential Luxe Push
Marketing & Strategy
8. Trading on loyalty, exchange seeks rewards from points programs
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-exchange-loyalty-idUSKBN15F2SC
9. 5 of the Most Complex SEO Problems & How to Fix Them
https://www.searchenginejournal.com/complex-seo-problems-how-to-fix/344319/#close
10. How To Avoid In-Housing Disaster
https://www.mediapost.com/publications/article/344190/how-to-avoid-in-housing-disaster.html
Tech & Finance
11. Why the smartest AI is still dumber than a toddler — and how we can fix that
12. The ‘hotelization’ of real estate
https://www.hotelsmag.com/Industry/Blogs/Details/89965?loginSuccess
13. Data science: Which technologies are hot (and which are not)?
https://www.techrepublic.com/article/data-science-which-technologies-are-hot-and-which-are-not/
Boop!
14. Photos show the glory days of Pan Am, a symbol of a bygone era of luxurious air travel before the airline went bust 29 years ago
https://www.businessinsider.com/pan-am-photos-show-airline-glory-days-2020-1
Ruh-Roh…
15. How to delete what Facebook knows about your life outside of Facebook
https://www.vox.com/2020/1/28/21112380/facebook-activity-tool-data