In short, “Napa Valley” is being hidden by Tripadvisor, and almost all searches end up in Napa, the city.  This means 30 hotels are being listed, when there’s 65 options throughout the Valley, and the searching consumer may not be savvy enough to understand “Napa” isn’t the region, but just the city (as proven by…

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Remember… I’m not a blogger, a marketer, or a web guy. I am a hotel ops guy, and I’m just trying to produce content at my leisure, as best I can.  So with that out of the way, there’s 2 things I am worried and confused about, and I hate being alone on an island,…

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These things have come so far. these will be TVs, billboards that direct NFC advertise to guests, or provide personalized information (or both), coupled with being moving art, and then simply a mirror.   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ApG4sw0sK0U small demo   insanely

Someone explain this.  Someone else compile your data.  What is all the “Year of Mobile” nonsense for the last 10 years if the data doesn’t suggest it’s that big a deal? Is it that marketers can’t