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Swiss School Students Create Crowdsourced Apple iPhone App

JJ — Fri, 04 Feb 2011 00:00:56 +0000

For the past few months some 80 international students of more than 20 different nationalities who currently study at IMI University Centre in Luzern, Switzerland have collected data to create the the world’s first crowd-sourced student guide. The iPhone App is a collaboration with Luzern Tourism which also has its own tourism city guide and [...]

Study Clean – Stories from Swiss Hotel School Students

JJ — Fri, 28 Jan 2011 13:42:44 +0000

Study clean could be the slogan of IMI BA student Agnes Chee. She was surprised about the cleanliness and the well organized lifestyle during her studies in Switzerland cleanest city Luzern. For a project during her Bachelor Studies at IMI University Centre, she started a blog on cleanliness in Switzerland. One of the subjects to [...]

Bolsters in Switzerland – Stories from Swiss Hotel School Students

JJ — Fri, 14 Jan 2011 13:36:20 +0000

First of all what is a bolster? A bolster is a long narrow pillow or cushion filled with cotton, down, or fibre. In western countries, it is usually placed at the head of bed and functions as head or back support. Since approximately the 1960`s bolsters are also used in yoga classes. In order to [...]

The Future of Spa Design

JJ — Sun, 19 Sep 2010 18:39:27 +0000

Question: How have spas been affected as a result of the recession and how are they evolving? Clodagh: Spas are becoming more versatile and mutable because of the combination of the economic downturn and the increasing time poverty of spa goers. Rents are high, so to achieve a reasonable return you will find locations like [...]

Green Hotels – Marketing and Profitability Advantages of Environmentally Friendly Practices

JJ — Sun, 15 Aug 2010 16:16:43 +0000

Going Green Again – The marketing (and profitability) advantage of environmentally friendly practices By Jennifer Rodrigues, TravelInk’d It may be hard to remember, but not too long ago environmental awareness was the hot topic in the hospitality industry. Everywhere you looked there were hotels and restaurants ‘going green’ and executing ‘sustainability’ campaigns. Then, of course, the recession [...]

How Big Hotels Can Learn From Small Hotels

JJ — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 19:38:05 +0000

“How The Big Can Learn From The Small” by Paul White from the Bed & Breakfast Club, a blog aimed at small hoteliers, explains how large hotels can learn quite a lot from Britain’s B&Bs The good thing about B&Bs is personal service. Your innkeeper is basically a guide, host, friend, maid and chef all [...]

Hotel Public Relations – Marketing Against External Factors like the BP Oil Spill

JJ — Sat, 19 Jun 2010 20:09:17 +0000

With the BP oil spill in mind, how can hotels effectively market themselves amidst factors beyond their control? By Jennifer Rodrigues, TravelInk’d The BP oil spill has dominated headlines lately for many good reasons. It is the largest environmental disaster in the history of the United States; it has caused untold ecological destruction to wetlands, [...]

Dealing with the Downturn

JJ — Thu, 06 May 2010 19:19:13 +0000

A verdict comes in on how hotels handled the demand conditions caused by the recession By Jennifer Rodrigues, TravelInk’d The Cornell Center for Hospitality Research issued a report last week that indicated that though discounting was the most prevalent tactic used to offset the demand-killing effects of the recession, hotels were unlikely to repeat this [...]

Hotel Stories – Exceeding Expectations with Exceptional Service

JJ — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 19:55:51 +0000

Exceeding Expectations every day – every stay, by Fritz Gubler Here is Fritz’s latest Young Hotelier exclusive…hotel stories about exceptional service that inspire! As is the norm with Fritz, he’s also been busy publishing new books for eager hoteliers to benefit from. His latest, which he co-authored, is called ‘The Salt Book’. The Salt Book [...]

Hotel Marketing and Public Relations Myth Busters

JJ — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 19:25:48 +0000

Mythbusters, TravelInk’d Style By Jennifer Rodrigues, TravelInk’d A confession: I engage in plenty of guilty pleasures. Among the cheaper ones (that is, discounting my yearning for Miu Mius and beachside mojitos) is an irrational affinity for the Discovery Channel’s Mythbusters. I suppose the show’s a bit more high-concept than The Office, but it certainly doesn’t [...]