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January 29, 2021 23 mins

“Optimism or reality, what should we really be planning for?"

Hello everyone and welcome to Hospitality Marketing the podcast, I am your host Loren Gray and this is episode #286 where each week we spend around 20 to 30 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;



00:01 — Our tools for review this week are; https://www.sparkchart.com/ https://surveys.google.com/ https://typeform.com/

00:06— Our Technique this week is; “Optimism or reality, what should we really be planning for?"

00:14 — News and Show Review

CoHosts

Dean Schmit

Robert Cole

Adele Gutman

Amy Infante

Show Notes

00:02 — Roberts list of reality and numbers

00:42 — how do you start with a new client about new business for group

00:57 — What is the value of Culture tools like https://trainual.com/

01:14 — Hospitality Sales Planner: https://gitgocoach.com/ordercgk0u99 / Hospitality Sales Planner: https://gitgocoach.com/ordercgk0u99 / https://basecampmeta.com/meta-educational-series

01:44 — Bidding Farewell to The Standard Hotel After Its 22-Year Run

01:54 — Microsoft Patent Shows Plans to Revive Dead Loved Ones as Chatbots

02:06 — Show Ends

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