http://www.hotelchatter.com/ Hotel Reviews, Hotel Ratings, Hotel Openings en-us Copyright 2008 - SFO Media 2009-11-24T20:32:50Z HotelChatter HotelChatter http://www.hotelchatter.com/images/hcwhite.jpg http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Hotel%20Marketing http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/7/22/101358/766 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/6929/hyattconcierge2.jpg" class="top"> <p>When the <a href="http://twitter.com/hyattconcierge"><b>Hyatt Twitter Concierge</b></a> initially launched, we <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/5/18/1509/73326/hotels/Hyatt_Launches_Twitter_Concierge_for_Your_Less_Than_140_Character_Needs">weren't very quiet</a> about our <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/6/9/85012/85146/hotels/Is_Anyone_Using_the_Hyatt_Twitter_Concierge_">skepticism</a>. After all, it was introduced to the world at the apex of the Twitter Revolution (a.k.a. the media frenzy in which more time was spent talking about Twittering than doing the Twittering itself) and it seemed like a bit of a goofy gimmick to get the big-box hotel brand onto the radar screens of the hip-and-trendies. <p>But now, a couple months later, it's lookin' like the concept is actually &#151; yes, you guessed it &#151; going pretty well. That is: people are using it. Not a lot of people, but, you know, <i>people</i>. Go figure. <p>A quickie look-see at the Jenna 2009-07-22T10:22:03-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/7/17/132847/433 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/6929/doverdownstwitter.jpg" class="top"> <p>Not to be the Regina George-ish types of the hotel Twitterverse, but this mess has officially gotten out of hand. A hotel has just sent around a press release to announce the fact that they are now advertising their Twitter account on a billboard. Did your head just explode? Don't worry about that &#151; because we're pretty sure the world's about to end, too. <p>Last week <b><a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Dover+Downs+Hotel+Casino/ian/249115">Dover Downs Hotel & Casino</a></b>, whose Twitter account we refuse to link to, posted a billboard along Route 50 near Washington, D.C. "instructing passers-by to 'follow' the company" on Twitter. Guh. <p>Per the press release (yes, a press release): <blockquote><p>Dover Downs Hotel & Casino began using Twitter in the beginning Jenna 2009-07-17T13:31:43-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/6/23/133714/477 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/6929/charleshotel1.jpg" class="top"> <p>Ah, the hotel Twitterverse. Such a vast and varied collection of properties, chains and even CEO's truckin' along with their 140-or-less-character musings and magic. But it's hard to keep track of who's who &#151; and gauge who is worth following (seriously, following a bajillion accounts makes your Twitter homepage absolutely unmanageable). <p>We took a quick gander at the <a href="http://twit4.com/travel/hotels">Twit4 Directory of hotels that Twitter</a>, and we found a few new faces (er, avatars?) that you may want to add to your roster of hotels you follow &#151; and a sample Tweet from each: <p>&#183; <a href="http://twitter.com/andazweho"><b>Andaz WeHo</b></a><br><blockquote>Andaz supports the invisible arts: 2nd person to DM us wins tix to Friday's Air Guitar regional competition @theTroubadour</blockquote> <p>&#183; Jenna 2009-06-23T13:41:57-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/6/16/994/08381 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/6929/twitterscreen1.jpg" class="top"> <p>We hate to keep talking about <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/twitter">Twitter</a> (after all, we know you're already on top of it and that you're obviously already following <a href="http://www.twitter.com/hotelchatter">us</a>), but after reading the <a href="http://www.hotelsmag.com/article/CA6665252.html">excellent feature</a> over at Hotels Mag about hoteliers, hotel properties and hotel chains on Twitter, we were inspired to throw in our own two cents about what we've seen going on around the hotel Twitterverse. <p>The <a href="http://www.hotelsmag.com/article/CA6665252.html">article itself</a> explains how Twitter works and points out some of the most creative uses of the social media platform for folks in the hotel industry &#151; and the big takeaway here, more than anything, is that all of this shouldn't necessarily be about posting links to press releases Jenna 2009-06-16T09:20:10-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/6/9/85012/85146 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/6929/hyatttwitterconcierge.jpg" class="top"> <p>Sometimes we think <b><a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/twitter">Twitter</a></b> should market itself with the slogan, "Twitter: The Place to Talk About How We Are Twittering" &#151; because we see so, <i>so</i> many people and businesses using the social media platform to, well, Tweet about how they're using Twitter and how awesome it is that they're doing so. And, many times, we watch those same people and businesses who arrive on Twitter with a big, glitzy "omg-we-are-now-on-Twitter!" blitz sort of let their accounts go stale just as quickly, and we see them abandon the whole thing quietly (or at least scale back on the frequency of their Tweets and user interaction). <p>So we hope <a href="http"//www.hotelchatter.com/tag/hyatt hotels">Hyatt's</a> <b><a href="http://twitter.com/HyattConcierge">Twitter Concierge</a></b> isn't falling Jenna 2009-06-09T09:27:16-05:00 Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/