Tuesday 27 September 2011

Holiday Trade or Business Traveller?

this is one of the things you have to be clear on when setting up your policies ie business trade usually needs an early start, holiday people prefer a lie in. Business travellers will need stong wi-fi and preferably in their room so they can work in the quiet. If you have conference trade like I do I have to have all my people through for breakfast by a set time (ie all have to be at an event at the same time) and so on. This will also affect how you market and what upselling opportunities you will have. I would say business people's needs and holiday people generally overlap but I would say business people tend to be more demanding of their facilities where are holiday people tend to be more demanding on your time.

Trip Adviser Attractions

Just this week took a look on Trip Adviser to see what attractions were showing -ie attracting people to my town and there was hardly any , 5 of which are pubs apparently! So have spent all this week applying for attractions to be accepted which now shows a lot better for example our theatre, museums, art gallery etc. I am also now getting anyone with a trip adviser account who has been to any of our attractions to review them to give a good accounting of their displays etc. If you have a B&B etc take a look at your town you will be shocked what is missing!