Hello everyone and welcome to Hospitality Digital Marketing the podcast, I am your host Loren gray and this is episode #117, we are airing Friday, August 19th, 2016 where every week we spend around 20 minutes sharing the most interesting tools, news and techniques being used in digital marketing for the hospitality industry. We also do a quick recap of our weekly Live Video show “This Week in Hospitality Digital Marketing” which also airs every Friday at 10:30 am Central US Time. SO let's get started;

Tools--

Doodly.com — sketch animation tool — youtu.be/2TZ0OLA5DUQ

Ibooks Editor like app called Designrr — designrr.io/ make brochures of your website, your menu’s make custom destination brochures for categories of travel — I.e soft adventure, cosines, romantic family. etc.,

News —
Our data shows that hotels globally are achieving 1.8 times more, on average, for accommodation booked via their own direct website than via OTAs and other third-party channels.

HEI Hotels & Resorts, has had a security breach of data

5 New Travel Startups Helping Travelers With Their Health and Wellness Goals

For the first time, Wyndham Rewards tops the list for theBest Hotel Rewards Programs. 
Techniques --

Shift to video: Pinterest Starts Selling Video Advertising

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