2017

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Cookies, Creative and the CMA: News for Hotel Marketers

Dialed Labs Hotels

In the first of a new series of industry news, updates and insights into what we’re experimenting with at Rank Defender we look at three topics: Facebook Dynamic Creative – a new tool with some great potential for boutique hotel marketing. EU ePrivacy Law – know your cookies ahead of new regulations coming in May 2018. Investigation into Hotel Booking Websites – are OTAs breaking the law?

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Don’t leave your Amazon S3 buckets exposed

BizBash

As long as you know the right URL, anyone with access to the internet could retrieve all the data that was left online by marketing analytics company Alteryx. This is the second major exposure of data stored and improperly managed in the Amazon Web Services S3 storage service. In the Alteryx case, it was apparent that the firm had purchased the information from Experian, as part of a data set called ConsumerView.

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Designing a Creative Boutique Hotel Marketing Campaign

Dialed Labs Hotels

Has an enticing email ever gained your attention among all the clutter of your inbox? Did you click-through to a captivating video or engaging blog post, and later see that same messaging displayed in social media ads? Did you consume it all and think, “This is great. This is what I want for my next boutique hotel marketing campaign?” Of course, not all marketing experiences are so positive.

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Independent Hotel Marketing: How to Get Started

Dialed Labs Hotels

As an independent or boutique hotelier, you may feel like a very little fish in a very big, densely populated pond. Worries of the disadvantages of a smaller budget, lack of resources or an unknown brand may plague you as you contemplate your approach to independent hotel marketing. But it’s not all set backs and insurmountable challenges. Focus on the specific qualities that make your property.

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Less Stress, More Success: Accounting Best Practices & Processes for 2025

Speaker: Amanda Adams, Fractional CFO, CPA

Are you ready to elevate your accounting processes for 2025? 🚀 Join us for an exclusive webinar led by Amanda Adams, a seasoned fractional CFO and CPA passionate about transforming back-office operations for finance teams. This session will cover critical best practices and process improvements tailored specifically for accounting professionals.

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Top Hotel Management Blogs to Add to Your Reading List

Dialed Labs Hotels

As a member of a hotel management team, you have work cut out for yourself. With ever changing immigration policies affecting your workforce, shifts in consumer demand and increasingly strict policies from some of your sales channels – it’s a tough gig. The good news is, dedicated writers and content producers are trying to help, providing inspirational resources for you to use in the management.

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Hotel Conversion Rates Explained

Dialed Labs Hotels

When it comes to marketing your hotel on the internet, it’s natural to assume “the more people who see our website, the better” As a general rule, this is a good thing. But if you’re collecting water into a leaky bucket, would you say the solution is to find (and often pay for) more water, or fix the bucket first? Hotel content marketing, Google ads, organic social media marketing.

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Boutique Hotel Marketing Plan Template [Free Download]

Dialed Labs Hotels

With recent success, you’ve are now looking to spend some marketing dollars to build on and improve your hotel’s popularity. Or, perhaps, your marketing efforts to date have felt more like doing whatever it takes to keep your head above water, rather than a planned and well-executed swim. Whatever your motivation, this boutique hotel marketing plan template will help drive your marketing success.

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27 Boutique Hotel Social Media Post Ideas

Dialed Labs Hotels

Looking for hotel social media ideas? You’ve come to the right place. Today we’re going to dig more deeply into the practical nuts and bolts of using social media as a boutique hotel operator. In previous posts we covered the social media marketing ideas needed to build a strategic framework and the key elements of a hotel social media campaign.

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5 Steps to Creating a Boutique Hotel Marketing Plan

Dialed Labs Hotels

If you operate a boutique hotel, you probably recognize the need for marketing. And if you have any inclination towards marketing whatsoever, you know that you can’t do ‘good marketing’ without a plan. But why is a carefully crafted boutique hotel marketing plan essential for success? And what exactly should that plan include? If you’ve been following our blog, you’ll remember I made the clear.

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Food & Beverage Industry Report 2024

Driven by a diverse and exciting ecosystem of passionate, ambitious, and often young entrepreneurs, the Food & Beverage (F&B) sector is a highly competitive environment full of immense challenges and exciting opportunities. Expert Market’s 2024 industry report, sponsored by Toast, is informed by a survey of 522 U.S. food and beverage professionals, from restaurant owners to food service managers, providing insights into the real-time challenges and opportunities within the industry.

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18 Charging Stations To Power Up Your Event

BizBash

Charging stations are the new event tech accessory that goes down well with attendees and shows them you care, here are some ways to integrate them into your next event. Give attendees all the juice that they need by incorporating a charging station into your event planning. In the age of digital we all carry […]. The post 18 Charging Stations To Power Up Your Event by EventMB Team appeared first on [link].

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Get Inspired by These 18 Thanksgiving-Theme Food and Decor Ideas

BizBash

Thanksgiving calls for a classic blend of autumnal color palettes, elegant sit-down dinners, and, of course, delicious food and cocktails.

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New Study Shows Brands Expect to Invest More in Events

BizBash

Brand experiences—from trade shows and sponsorships to virtual- or augmented-reality experiences and pop-ups—are an essential part of the marketing mix.

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Microvideo Strategies for Rockstars

BizBash

Chunking, bite-size, and micro: These are all terms you’ve seen in training magazines and blogs, but what does it mean to shorten the length of training content—specifically video? At our DevLearn 2017 eLearning Rockstars stage, Josh Cavalier of Lodestone covered what it takes to successfully implement an end-to-end microvideo strategy. Watch the video below to learn strategies for planning, creating, and distributing microvideo content that will make you an L&D rockstar!

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Why Every Small Business Needs an HCM Solution: A Comprehensive Guide

Managing HR tasks like payroll, compliance, and employee data can overwhelm small businesses. That’s where a Human Capital Management (HCM) solution comes in. Our eBook, Why Every Small Business Needs an HCM Solution: A Comprehensive Guide , shows how an HCM system automates tedious processes, ensuring your business stays compliant and efficient. You’ll learn how to simplify payroll, eliminate costly errors, and empower your employees with self-service tools.

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The eLearning Brothers Games that Won 2017

BizBash

We have over 3,500 library assets in our Template Library, from styles to scenarios to games and interactions. With so many great resources, it’s hard to choose a favorite, but it’s fun to look back at the end of the year and see which assets were YOUR favorites. Today we’re taking a look at the most downloaded games of 2017, broken down by each of the major authoring tools.

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Summer Party Ideas: 10 Rentals for Outdoor Events

BizBash

As summer party season heats up, event planners need to consider possible outdoor issues like stormy weather and lack of.

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The Top 10 Videos for Event Planners

BizBash

Video content is quickly becoming an essential for every event. It is also an essential and modern way to consume content in an easy to digest and convenient format. Last year, we launched the EventMB Youtube channel with the aim to share video content to help event planners to be even more successful. Fast forward […]. The post The Top 10 Videos for Event Planners by EventMB Team appeared first on [link].

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20 New Year Corporate Event Ideas

BizBash

Bring your corporate event to the next level with these inspirational ideas for a memorable new year. There can be a lot of pressure to throw an amazing new year’s party, it creates a lasting memory and can define the atmosphere for the start of the new year. Here are some inspirational ideas to make […]. The post 20 New Year Corporate Event Ideas by EventMB Team appeared first on [link].

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Best Practices to Streamline Compensation Management: A Foundation for Growth

Speaker: Joe Sharpe and James Carlson

Payroll optimization can be one of the most time-consuming and complex factors of small business management. Yet, organizations that crack the code on streamlining employee compensation often discover innovative avenues for growth. With the right strategies in place, outsourcing and streamlining payroll processes can result in substantial time and resource savings.

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3 New Year’s resolutions for the cloud in 2018

BizBash

I’m one of those people who takes time at the new year to define personal objectives for the forthcoming year, some of which I actually achieve. Enterprise IT should be doing the same thing for cloud computing. Here are my three suggestions for IT’s cloud resolutions for 2018. [ Learn all about the cloud at InfoWorld. Start with the basics: What is cloud computing?

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How an Event Planner Used Her Skills to Help Disaster Victims

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When Hurricane Irma barreled toward the Caribbean earlier this month, the roughly 9,500 residents of Vieques, a small island off.

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How Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality Are Transforming Event Venues

BizBash

As the dual trends of people demanding unique and memorable experiences—and the preference for participation over mere attendance—accelerate and continue.

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How AI Chatbots Can Improve Event Management and Guest Experience

BizBash

Case Study: Deploying Sciensio’s EventBot to improve and enhance a major industry trade show. In March of 2017, BizBash, a leading.

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Business Automation in Hospitality: A New World

Dive into the transformative potential of business automation within the hospitality sector. This comprehensive overview showcases how innovative technologies can streamline operations, reduce costs, and elevate guest satisfaction. Discover the advantages of integrating systems like automated check-ins, CRM, and energy management to not only save on expenses but also to provide a seamless and personalized guest experience.

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8 New Rooftop Venues for Summer Entertaining

BizBash

With summer coming up, it’s officially the season for outdoor entertaining. Rooftop spaces offer views that make for memorable backdrops.

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3 Strategies for Infusing Cultural Authenticity in Your eLearning Experience

BizBash

These days it is not uncommon for companies to have global locations and a multicultural workforce. As more companies expand their eLearning programs on a multinational scale, instructional designers are more frequently finding themselves in positions of having to design for learners with backgrounds and cultures very different from their own. Chances are if you’ve designed instructor-led courses, you’ve witnessed those “lost in translation” moments (of hesitation, a lack

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5 V.I.P. Perks Your Meeting Attendees Will Appreciate

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Digital communication dominates the day-to-day life of business people across nearly every industry, yet attendance at meetings, conferences, and trade shows remains.

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How to Build a Video Content Strategy for Your Event

BizBash

When the concept of recording and streaming sessions from conferences and meetings first developed several years ago, the focus was.

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Planning Your Restaurant's Path to Profitability

Speaker: James Kahler, COO of Full Course

Ever wondered where to splurge and where to safely conserve when it comes to operating and growing your restaurant? 🤔 Join James Kahler, COO of Full Course and industry visionary, in this new webinar where he'll talk all about best practices to invest in your restaurant's success! Whether you're a new business or an established restaurant, a seasoned pro or a rookie, you'll learn the keys to sustainable success in this competitive industry.