sales and marketing
Going to Texas for The Hospitality Show? What You Need to Know Make the Most of Your Time
Mike Pavicich | October 22, 2024
By Mike Pavicich | Director, Global Sales | SalesAndCatering.com As we get ready for The Hospitality Show 2024, there's a lot of excitement about the sessions, keynotes, and social events that will be happening. It's going to be quite a great event. But you know what, for me as a people-person, the real magic often happens outside the sessions. Ever notice how the best insights come from chatting with interesting people? These folks might share stories that make you laugh, confirm your ideas, or even surprise you with new perspectives. Sessions usually get all the attention, but they can be a bit of a one-way conversation. You can alw...
Knowland Unveils Enhanced Navigation Infrastructure for Improved User Experience
Knowland | July 31, 2024
Updated horizontal design provides an intuitive and efficient way to access features and functionality ARLINGTON, Va. – July 31, 2024 – Knowland, the global leader in data-as-a-service insights for hotels, convention centers, and conference centers, today announced the launch of an enhanced user-friendly navigation infrastructure within its industry-leading platform. This update gives customers a more intuitive and efficient way to access features and functionality. The streamlined horizontal navigation bar, featuring simple icons and clear descriptions, empowers users to quickly access actionable insights and drive sales performance. ...
GCommerce Partners With Jonas Chorum as Its Preferred Metasearch Provider
Jonas Chorum | April 17, 2024
Metadesk, powered by GCommerce, has established a partnership with Jonas Chorum its preferred provider for metasearch management solutions. Jonas Chorum, a subsidiary of Jonas Hospitality, is an industry-leading provider of hotel management solutions, trusted by 1,200+ hotels. Their suite of products includes a hotel PMS, CRS, POS, as well as guest and staff mobile apps. Their commitment to providing distinctive, guest-centric technology resonates seamlessly with Metadesk’s objective of enhancing direct bookings while prioritizing the overall guest experience. Key benefits of the expanded partnership include: Strategic Market...
Knowland’s Market Segmentation Analysis Feature Now Available for Property-Level Hotel Sales Teams
KNOWLAND | October 25, 2023
Add-on feature helps sales teams better understand specific market segment performance, plan account strategies, and gain insight into competitive activities ARLINGTON, Va. — Oct. 25, 2023 — Knowland, the world’s leading provider of data-as-a-service insights on meetings and events for hospitality, announced an add-on feature explicitly designed to help on-property sales teams better understand and target the right group segments booking in their market. Sales teams are often challenged to understand what groups have met in their competitive set. Knowland’s Market Segmentation feature delivers detailed insight into group busi...
Hoteliers ‘Get Hoppy’ Over Reopening of Gregg Hopkins & Associates Consultancy
Gregg Hopkins & Associates | October 10, 2023
Forty-year hospitality industry veteran gets back to doing what he loves most, assisting hoteliers with technology consulting and providing hospitality technology business advisory services [New Smyrna Beach, Fla. — October 10, 2023] — Gregg Hopkins is once again bringing insight, experience and passion to the hospitality advisory services business. Recently the 40-year hospitality industry veteran re-opened his travel and hospitality-focused consultancy, Gregg Hopkins & Associates (GH&A), to serve as a trusted technology advisor for hotels, resorts, restaurants and clubs, and a hands-on mentor for hospitality technology compan...
Sonesta Resorts Sint Maarten Select STS Cloud, ProposalPath and e-Signature to Enhance Group Business Across Oceanfront Properties
SalesAndCatering.com | June 14, 2022
Sonesta Resorts features a duo of stunning oceanfront properties that have experienced great success leveraging SalesAndCatering.com’s suite of hotel sales solutions to drive group business and growth Charleston, SC – (June 14, 2022) - Sonesta Resorts in Sint Maarten has partnered with SalesAndCatering.com to equip their luxury properties with best-in-class sales and catering technology. When considering ways to scale and enhance their industry-leading brand and support growth across both oceanfront properties, Sonesta Resorts selected STS Cloud, ProposalPath, and e-Signature as their platforms of choice. “When vetting prospective...
Invasivorism as the Next Food Trend for Hotels
Larry and Adam Mogelonsky | May 4, 2022
By Larry and Adam Mogelonsky The English language sure loves its neologisms. (Don’t look this one up in your dictionary. It’s not there…yet.) The one in the title adds an ‘ism’ onto ‘invasivore’ where this latter word is ascribed to species that have been accidentally or purposefully introduced into a foreign environment where there are no natural predators to keep their numbers in check, thus diminishing biodiversity. Foremost examples are the African cane toads that have ravaged the Australian continent and the zebra mussels that have similarly become endemic to the Great Lakes. Specific to you, it’s important for hote...
Knowland’s Meetings and Events Report Indicates March Meetings Up 55 Percent From February
Knowland | April 6, 2022
428 percent increase over March 2021 and significant growth for the second month in a row in 2022 marks a turning point for meetings and events market ARLINGTON, Va. — April 6, 2022 — Knowland, the world’s leading provider of data-as-a-service insights on meetings and events for hospitality, today released its monthly meetings and events data for March. Meetings volume from February to March increased 55.5 percent. Even more significant is a 428 percent increase over March 2021. Individual recovery metrics (average attendees and average space used) are level with 2019. Additionally, March 2022 achieved a 47.5 percent recovery of eve...
