Hello everyone and welcome to Hospitality Marketing the podcast, I am your host Loren Gray and this is episode #226 where each week we spend around 20 minutes sharing the most interesting tools, news, and techniques being used in marketing for the hospitality industry. We also do a quick recap of our weekly Live Video show “This Week in Hospitality Marketing” which also airs every Friday at 11:30 am Eastern US Time. SO let's get started;

CoHosts
Stuart Butler
Robert Cole
Lily Mockerman
Stephanie Smith
Kat Mohammad

Show notes
00:05 — Expedia Group Announces Executive Leadership Changes
00:34 — Online travel booking abandonment rates reach 90%
00:46 — What Ever Happened to Real Hotel Marketing?
01:00 — Gift Certificates are they a Good Idea
01:10 — Site development
01:21 — Rent the Runway will bring vacation clothes straight to your hotel closet
01:30 — what makes a good conference worth attending
01:37 — Uninstall These Snooping AVG and Avast Browser Extensions
01:40 — Uber releases safety report revealing 5,981 incidents of sexual assault
01:57 — Show ends

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