By Pamela Whitby: Geo and hyper-locality is the hottest trend of the year in digital media. We take a look at what the Wyndam Hotel Group is doing in this space, whether content can deliver ROI and more.

Josiah Mackenzie: Review analytics provide insight hotel buyers can't afford to miss and are becoming a vital part of the due diligence and deal negotiating process.

Tourism Accommodation Australia reveals that hotels have the choice of reducing services or sustaining losses over Easter/Anzac Day holiday period

Besides helping travellers make informed choices, PrivacyAtlas also makes it easy for the consumer to directly book their stay at a compliant property by offering a link to the properties booking engine directly from the PrivacyAtlas results page.

EcoRooms & EcoSuites new Board of Advisors hopes to raise the environmental standards of the hospitality industry, educate consumers and differentiate green from ‘greenwashing.’In the past few years, most hotels have adopted some kind of “green” policy, asking guests to conserve energy, water and re-use bed linens  and towels. For both the environment and the hotel’s bottom line, it’s a positive step. However, the greening of the hospitality industry shouldn’t stop there.

EcoRooms & EcoSuites new Board of Advisors hopes to raise the environmental standards of the hospitality industry, educate consumers and differentiate green from ‘greenwashing.’In the past few years, most hotels have adopted some kind of “green” policy, asking guests to conserve energy, water and re-use bed linens  and towels. For both the environment and the hotel’s bottom line, it’s a positive step. However, the greening of the hospitality industry shouldn’t stop there.

By Tim Millett: Quite apart from actually asking for the business, when it comes to winning the business, there are a few other things that any salesperson needs to keep in mind.

By Rochelle Castillejos: Do not waste all the effort you have invested in winning RFPs by failing to properly set up these accounts in your system, otherwise you could be losing tens of thousands of dollars.

HTL has shown that hotel operators globally are more optimistic than in 2012 or 2013.

at-visions has announce that its ONEvision Hotel IPTV solution is now also available as managed service offered by telco companies.