Nisbet Plantation is a 36-room luxury resort on Nevis. A tiny resort on a very small island with no direct air service from the US, UK or Canada. The resort has faced numerous challenges – it’s small size, limited budget, remote location, air access and the great recession.
Nonetheless, Nisbet has weathered the economic downturn exceptionally [...]
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As a regular reader of Hospitality Marketing Blog you know we have recommended hotels Advertise Aggressively in a Recession. We wrote an article about it on February 16, 2009 and followed it up with Advertise Aggressively in a Recession – Part 2 two days later.
There are numerous other articles on this blog, all full of [...]
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What hospitality marketing professional hasn’t been caught up to some degree in Twitter Mania? Let’s sell some rooms! So & So just sold 400 room nights through a promotion on Twitter. We should be out there.
I’ve read the same articles you have about a hotel that unloaded gobs of rooms through Twitter (usually at a steep discount). But what I haven’t read yet is an authoritative Twitter Case Study showing the manpower investment actually provided an acceptable ROI.
I did however read an interesting story in Brand Week saying major marketers are somewhat under whelmed with Twitter. According to the article:
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Many readers have ask which Hospitality Marketing Blog posts were the most widely read in 2009. So, by popular request, here is a list of the Magnificent Seven. Please enjoy the practical advice and marketing insights as you gear up for 2010.
Hotel Case Study – Prospering in difficult Times – Good news was hard to [...]
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As promised – here’s the Nisbet Plantation Case Study that Jamie Holmes and I presented at the Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Association meeting in St. Thomas last month.
It’s good news that proves you can market your way around a recession.
Here’s what Nisbet Plantation Beach Club, an intimate luxury resort in the Caribbean, did to [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 7th, 2009
Last week I was in St. Thomas speaking at the Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Association (CHTA) Small Hotels Retreat and have to admit it was one of the best conferences I have attended in quite some time.
Sponsored by HSMAI there were more than 250 attendees including hoteliers, allied members and suppliers. What impressed me most [...]
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