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“How B&Bs Can Benefit From A Group Booking Site” (Guest Blog) 25 Jun 2013 | 03:56 pm
Last year, Neil Taylor of the Torcroft Hotel in Torquay wrote a terrific GUEST BLOG for us on “How to Live with Booking.com” Now Neil and other members of the Torbay Booking Association are finding st...
*STOP PRESS* TripAdvisor is Now a Booking Site 7 Jun 2013 | 02:50 pm
What does this mean for YOUR B&B? Well, there have been rumblings about it for some time, but now it’s official. TripAdvisor – originally just a review site – is turning into a booking website, where...
“Heroic B&B Friendliness” 30 May 2013 | 04:55 pm
In a welcome change from all the woes that review sites like TripAdvisor sometimes cause for B&B owners, travel guru Rick Steves has created a great section on his website called “Heroic B&B Friendlin...
Some Great Mobile Website Tips 24 Apr 2013 | 04:23 pm
How hospitality businesses can get the best out of mobile. There’s a short but eminently clear and to-the-point article on – of all places – the State of Indiana local government homepage about mobil...
How B&Bs Can Help Save Britain 18 Apr 2013 | 01:50 pm
VAT rates throttle UK B&Bs “Any ful kno” (as Nigel Molesworth used to say) that one of the most effective ways to get an economy out of a slump is to boost exports. One way to do this is to devalue y...
The New York Times Loves B&Bs! 9 Apr 2013 | 03:00 pm
B&Bs in the NYT! There’s has been some interesting bed and breakfast-related stuff in the New York Times over the past couple of weeks. Nancy Galloway and Andre Laporte – a retired couple who run the...
What Do B&B Owners Want From Directory Sites? 25 Mar 2013 | 02:00 pm
B&B owner Rupert Richardson “I’ve been thinking about this a lot recently. All these directory sites with “Gold”, “Platinum”, “Silver”, “Bronze” categories – as well as a free listing – are missing ...
5 Big Mistakes B&B Owners Make 6 Mar 2013 | 04:03 pm
Yvonne Halling: B&B Marketing Guru Yvonne begins by describing the difficulties she found herself in just 3 years ago and how she overcame them: “My room occupancy rates were completely in line with ...
Social Media & Mobile: the B&B future? 25 Feb 2013 | 03:42 pm
A torrent of stats from theBandBer.com today, all about the impact of social media and mobile on the accommodation sector. The dominant theme is that big hotel chains are investing more and more heavi...
Google Warns On Fake Reviews 6 Feb 2013 | 07:18 pm
Google Plus is getting tougher on fake reviews Google are warning business owners, including hotel and B&B owners, that “fake glowing testimonies” written by reputation management companies on Google...
