Which has been the most striking development in search engine marketing, especially from the travel sector perspective, in the last six months or so? In order to know more, EyeforTravel spoke to two executives from search marketing specialist and tec ...

Images not only help engage your visitors but you can also achieve high rankings within the search engines for images and pictures you have on your site. So how do you optimize images for SEO?

Hotel industry news in brief...................

As a connoisseur of risk, I have seen my fair share of glory and agony within the walls of lady luck. In Latin America, the casinos feel seedy and desperate, and a shower always seems to be good idea after leaving these smoky dens. Singapore casinos ...

A new type of hotel is cropping up across North America that's far from the traditional definition of lodging. By Elianna Lev

A leap in the number of business travellers using wi-fi has been accompanied by increasing unwillingness to pay for it.

My friends from Tsinghua University ran a training program last week for Citi executives interested in doing business in China, and asked if I'd share some of my experiences with the group. The Citi execs were particularly interested in learning ...

The rate of change within the online travel landscape shows no sign of relenting in 2011. Game-changing mergers & acquisitions, giant leaps in travel technology and constantly evolving consumer behaviours mean that the online travel model continu ...

You have a marketing plan and communicate regularly with your (potential) clients yet your sales stagnate? By Gaby Feile

I have always appreciated the value and importance of a proper, thorough orientation for new employees, regardless of the level of your position when joining the company. A proper, well thought out orientation is no less important to the manager join ...

Global Staff Movements for March 2011 provided by Spectrum International.

Addressing the most complex challenges in the 21st century, former Managing Editor of WIRED Magazine Peter Leyden speaks on 'The Next Tech Paradigm Shift' during the Tuesday, June 21 general session of the 2011 Hospitality Industry Technology Exposit ...

China National Conference Center Grand Hotel installs EzRMS™ to help drive business more efficiently, paving the way for further contracts of this type in the region

Everyone?s got an image to protect. As the hotel industry becomes increasingly subjected to the world of customer reviews, hoteliers have developed a term for protecting that image - it?s called ?managing your online reputation.?

Expedia FriendTrips is not only the largest sweepstakes ever hosted on Facebook, it is the largest promotion in Expedia?s history, the company says. The promotion will run for six weeks. At the game?s conclusion, the vacations will be awarded to the ...

Jetsetter likes to think they are pioneering a new category in the online travel space. One that returns to the expertise and high touch customer service of offline agencies, coupled with the ease of booking and pricing transparency of a travel site.

LivingSocial's most successful promotion ever was a "daily deal" that sold $20 of Amazon.com merchandise for $10. That makes USA Today's Barbara De Lollis wonder how successful LivingSocial packages that cost $200, $600 or more will be.

Focus entirely on what you're trying to accomplish with your social media program or campaign and then identify the Key Performance Indicators that will tell you, over time, whether you're getting there.

There are so many reasons to make your website faster: Higher conversion rates, lower bandwidth costs and yes, higher rankings in organic search. Here?s a list from easy to not-so-easy, of 29 ways you can get things running faster on your website.

Hotel industry news in brief...................