By Dennis Schaal: TripAdvisor is advising its hotel customers that they should definitely fine-tune their mobile offerings, but should probably steer clear of mobile apps.

By Stephanie Hilger: Recently, Pinterest gave business-orientated users the long awaited insights they’ve been looking for by rolling out “Pinterest Web Analytics.” The Pinterest facelift (which is still slowly revealing itself to users – Mark Zuckerberg style) was generated with users in mind and to differentiate businesses from individuals.

Savvy digital marketers are relying on analytics to improve their mobile portfolio. Be it for scrutinising tablet and mobile traffic or ascertaining engagement levels, travel companies can delve into analytics and online data in order to help make sound decisions. EyeforTravel’s Ritesh Gupta delves deeper.

By Mike Michalowicz: Use this simple technique, asking just two questions, to close more sales.

Internet access is the hotel amenity prized above all by affluent U.S. travelers – more than the beach, cuisine, privacy, proximity to shopping and unique activities, according to the Resonance Report on Affluent Travel and Leisure.

By Emily Price: Last-minute hotel booking app HotelTonight is adding a new feature to its iOS app Wednesday: the ability to add your own photos. After a user books a hotel through the app they’ll be given a photo scavenger hunt of sorts that they can complete during their stay: 6 pictures of locations around the hotel such as their room, bathroom, view and the hotel bar.

By Karen Fredrickson: New chairs, called "GoSleep" chairs, were unveiled on Sunday in Terminal three at the Abu Dhabi airport, according to the Telegraph. The chairs feature a sliding door/roof, which is designed to either partially or fully enclose passengers within the chair, similar to a pod. This is to shield passengers from unwanted noise, light and crowds.

By Rob Lovitt: Bring on the flappers, the swell fellas and the well-heeled hoofers doin’ the Charleston. With “The Great Gatsby” set to hit theaters on May 10, it seems Baz Luhrmann isn’t the only one hoping to recapture a bit of the Roaring '20s. From New York to Portland, Ore., hotels are rolling out Jazz Age packages that even F. Scott and Zelda would consider the cat’s meow.

Hotels handle information on internal servers and record customer visits through booking and in house data systems. Migration to the ‘Cloud’ is rapidly changing this. Cloud systems decrease the cost of entry to hotels and provide an extended arm of computer power which makes the service unilaterally accessible and can be summarised through these primary benefits.

A new survey from NewYorkHotels.org has revealed this finding after comparing the hotel rates of all luxury hotels in NYC over the past 12 months.