In response to this great article, although with no action plans, my mind just raced and raced with questions about the Chinese (and India & Brazil) tourist sectors. So little is known about these

Anyone notice that Google Alerts are basically broken? https://www.forbes.com/sites/kashmirhill/2013/07/30/google-alerts-are-broken/ Thank goodness for Revinate! If anyone has any info on great

As of now, the only commission free booking engine I know of is buuteeq’s, which doesn’t interface and provides a nightmare for inventory management. The only interfaced to PMS, commission free booking engine that I have ever heard of or known is Mirage Hotel Systems, who built their own that they offer with their PMS, which is also my favorite. I wouldn’t hesitate to buy it, in a heart beat. It’s astonishing more PMS don’t do this to secure more clientele.

If Tripadvisor’s popularity index can be equated to revenue, then paying to increase your popularity seems very, *VERY* much a grey area.

This Quora question here finally provided me an outlet to sum up all my tired cliches. The best in this business are constantly innovating, but here’s why the overall industry is a conservative bunch