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Hotel Fines Newlyweds $500 For Negative Reviews – What Were They Thinking?

Melissa Agnes

Union Street Guest House, a hotel in Hudson, New York, is being slammed for a policy they put in place in order to prohibit wedding parties from posting negative online reviews about them. ” Sorry, but who writes something like that on their website sales page? ” Are you kidding me? Need I state the takeaways?

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Back to the Basics in Leadership and Life with former EVP of Operations for the Walt Disney World Resort Lee Cockerell

Consulting Matters

Lee has held various executive positions in the hospitality and entertainment business with Hilton Hotels for 8 years and the Marriott Corporation for 17 years before joining Disney in 1990 to open the Disneyland Paris project. Related Blog, Video, or Podcast Episode: The Balanced Way to Achieve Scale and Sale with CEO Mark Johnson.

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Who is undermining your brand?

Seth Godin Blog

And then a lazy brand manager decided to plaster “Sale-A-Bration” signs all over their windows. Or perhaps it’s the front desk person who can’t be bothered to bring the extra energy that the architect, real estate professionals and builders brought to the hotel you just opened.

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Achieving Startup Success via Product-Market Fit

Tom Spencer

Achieve product-market fit, sales will follow Product-market fit is the stage in a startup’s life cycle where the company has created a product that addresses customers’ pain points effectively. For example, the hotel industry was disrupted by Airbnb , which achieved product-market fit soon after launch.

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5 Reasons Why Consulting Jobs are Not As Glamorous As Advertised

Tom Spencer

Sure, you may be flying business class and staying at some of the finest hotels. But usually, what you will see of a city is the airport, your hotel, and the office you are working from. In many marketing and sales related roles, for instance, you could immediately handle entire products, campaigns, clients, or deals by yourself.

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Staying in Touch with Clients

Alan Weiss

All of us here at The Crowne Plaza Greenbelt are very grateful to everyone that has stayed in our hotel, dined in our restaurant, or had a drink in our bar. Jim Day, Director of Sales and Marketing. The hospitality industry is not just a career but it’s our passion and lifestyle. Stay safe, stay healthy, and stay strong!

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More Universities Need to Teach Sales

Harvard Business

For decades, Sales and Academia remained worlds apart and the business world did fine. But Sales is changing, Academia is out of touch, and this is bad for business and the academy. Sales was traditionally seen as a form of service work, with an emphasis primarily on developing moral character.

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