April 20, 2021 · Pete DiMaio
Author: Pete DiMaio
View All
April 14, 2021 · Pete DiMaio
Fuel Hotel Marketing Podcast: Episode 183 – Three Easy Steps To Build Your Disaster Communications Plan
Thankfully we are seeing travel coming back in an incredible way. In fact we’re seeing many examples of hoteliers even breaking their 2019 numbers. This is great news for everyone who has struggled up to th...
September 18, 2020 · Pete DiMaio
How To Increase Hotel Occupancy When Demand Is Down
The leisure travel market has seen wholesale shifts in behavior, technology, expectations, the economy, and more. As a result, hoteliers need to reinvent their marketing strategies to find and attract guests to fill rooms. In the past hotel ...
April 10, 2020 · Pete DiMaio
Surefire Strategies To Recover Your Hotel’s Lost Reservations
If there is any silver lining in being in a very significant down market is that there must be a recovery on the horizon. And in these times we can work to refine our systems to engage every possible customer in every possible way. Waste can not b...
March 26, 2020 · Pete DiMaio
The Definitive Guide To COVID19 Policy Updates & Communication
In times of disaster and social upheaval, such as the COVID-19 struggles today, hoteliers must be both adaptable and transparent with their guests. When we're in a time of uncertainty, providing customers with a little clarity can go a long way ...
March 20, 2020 · Pete DiMaio
It’s Not Just Coronavirus, It’s Change
How Hoteliers Handle That Change Will Dictate The Future Yes, we could tell you about our COVID-19 response here at TravelBoom. We are washing our hands, we’re working from home, and we’re practicing social distancing. We’re ...
February 6, 2020 · Pete DiMaio
5 Things Every Small Hotelier Needs To Be Doing To Compete Today
Today's small hotelier has more to deal with than ever before. OTAs are a must... but eat into the ever shrinking margin. The flags are getting more aggressive in creating a unique experience. The technology is getting more complicated. Howeve...
July 12, 2019 · Pete DiMaio
Jeff Bezos’ Secret To Hotel Marketing Success
Jeff Bezos’ famous quote on the success of Amazon is “The secret to that is to focus on the things that don’t change in your business.” The example he specifically used was, “So people today want fast shipping. And they’re going to w...
April 13, 2018 · Pete DiMaio
What’s Really Happening at TripAdvisor? 3 Questions We Can’t Answer…
It's renewal time for TripAdvisor's Business Listings for many properties and the prices are going up significantly. However, that's not all that's in the news, we at Fuel have been seeing a lot of odd happ...
February 21, 2017 · Pete DiMaio
How Hotels Can Adapt To A Dramatic 88% Drop In The Number Of Sites A Traveler Visits Before Booking
Shocking as it sounds, the latest research by Fuel Travel and Flip.to shows that on average leisure travelers are only visiting 4.4 unique sites before booking. This is a massive decline from the past where ...
January 27, 2017 · Pete DiMaio