OUR BLOG FOCUS
Travel and Technology
Hospitality: Restaurants and Lodging
Events and Attractions
Media, Publishing and Sales
News from our Home Office and
some of our Markets
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Travel and Technology
How to Have a Stress-Free and Enjoyable Business Trip
by: Amos Faulkner at: DoMoneyWell.com
Business trips can be a great way to network, gain new perspectives, and meet potential partners and clients. However, they can also be exhausting and overwhelming. That’s why it’s important to find ways to make the most of your business trips so you can come back feeling refreshed and ready for the next one. Continue Reading
Tips to Make Sure Your Pets Are Looked After While You Travel This Summer
by: Amos Faulkner at: DoMoneyWell.com
Summertime should be a time to travel and take a happy break to visit loved ones. Yet, for pet owners, there is always the worry of finding good, inexpensive pet care. However, as Front Desk USA points out, that need not be the case. Continue Reading
5 Ways to Secure Your Home for a Seriously Stress-Free Vacation
Are you planning a trip soon? Worried about how to keep your home safe while you are away? Spending time worrying about your home is no way to spend your vacation. Luckily, there are some fairly simple steps you can take to secure your home before you leave, and make sure you have a stress-free, safe trip: Continue Reading
Greg Brannon, Director of Automotive Engineering for AAA, recently shared expert tips on Renting an EV with @AARP's @JaimieSeaton Renting an Electric Vehicle 101 What you need to know before your next road trip www.aarp.org Congratulations to this month’s AAA Diamond properties, including Five Diamond resort @SandyLaneHotel in Barbados! Check out which other hotels and restaurants made the list. (Photo credit: Sandy Lane) Join AHLA & @TheOfficialMRLA for the FREE Michigan Hotel Conference taking place June 13 at Saint John’s Resort. Hoteliers will gather for an afternoon of networking & learning about the latest policy issues impacting your hotel. Register: https://www.ahla.com/mihc #OTRMI On #MemorialDay, we pay tribute to the courageous men and women who gave all to protect our nation and our freedom. 
https://newsroom.aaa.com/2023/05/barbados-resort-receives-aaa-five-diamond-designation-for-20th-year/
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Hospitality: Restaurants and Lodging
We launched Kids LiveWell to help families identify “better-for-you” kid's menu options when dining out. 🍽 Operators, join us on Thursday, 6/01 for our webinar to hear insights from top international brands on why they joined the program! Sign up today: https://bit.ly/3MhnkXf 🗣 Event reminder: The post-pandemic economy is showing signs of stability, but financial concerns remain. Association President & CEO Michelle Korsmo will join @TheHillEvents for The Economic Snapshot tomorrow, 5/31 to discuss the economy. To register. ⤵️ The Economic Snapshot: CEO Summit REGISTER The post-pandemic economy has defied expectations repeatedly. The U.S. labor market and consumer spending are ... bit.ly Let the summer travel begin! There's no better place to kickoff the season than the hottest rooftop bar at @thewitchicago.
Can't make it to Chicago? Learn how to make the perfect summer cocktail at home.
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Events and Attractions
To celebrate Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month, a few of our @DisneyPlus faves showed us how they spend a day at @Disneyland. ✨ Check out their adventures and learn more about what their heritage and this month means to them: http://di.sn/6019OSNmt
Life is the bubbles! Check out what's splashing over to #Disneyland Resort. 🫧
Disney Parks has officially kicked off their celebration of #TheLittleMermaid! 🫧 Check out all the treasures and thingamabobs we have in store - and be sure to see Disney’s "The Little Mermaid" NOW in theaters! http://di.sn/6014Oozo4
What is your go-to park food? Enjoy your favorite UNLIMITED meals or snacks with our NEW Unlimited Dining Deal!
Check out what's splashing over to Walt Disney World 🫧
Disney Parks has officially kicked off their celebration of #TheLittleMermaid! 🫧 Check out all the treasures and thingamabobs we have in store - and be sure to see Disney’s "The Little Mermaid" NOW in theaters! http://di.sn/6014Oozo4
What’s your glow-to: a thrilling slide, lazy river ride, tasty treat or satisfying sip? Splash into Disney H2O Glow After Hours, select nights at Disney’s Typhoon Lagoon! Get details at http://di.sn/6017Octjl.
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Media, marketing, publishing and sales
Video Marketing 101 for Hotel or Hospitality Management Businesses
by: Amos Faulkner at: DoMoneyWell.com
Video marketing can be a fantastic and cost-efficient tool for people in the hotel and hospitality management business. According to Forbes, short-form video content is especially marketable and popular thanks to its universal accessibility. Video marketing is also a great way to get more backlinks, increase conversions, and generate more leads. That said, creating effective videos requires time and effort. Here’s how it’s done. Continue Reading
Essential Tips for Buying Your First Investment Property
By Erin Reynolds, diymama.net
There are many great reasons to invest in a rental property—passive income, predictable cash flow, tax benefits, and real estate appreciation to name a few. However, buying a rental does come with its fair share of work. To ensure your rental business is a success, you’ll have to calculate the costs involved, make a plan to mitigate risk, and determine how you’re going to manage your rental as efficiently as possible. Continue Reading
Small Business Owners are always running low on time! These Apps can give some back.
by: Amos Faulkner at: DoMoneyWell.com
As a small business owner, you likely spend more time at work than you do with your family. You have to use your 24 hours wisely, but it’s difficult when you have customers, vendors, and employees coming at you from all directions. Fortunately, technology is here to help. Continue Reading
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News from our Home Office and some of our Markets
We trust our team of publishers to create the products and services that help millions of guests who use our maps to have a more enjoyable stay in the community they are visiting. We take a lot of pride in offering the best possible product to our hotel partners. And working with the area’s best businesses is a lot fun. Our brands offer significant income potential to publishers because our advertisers see significant return on their exposure to hotels guests looking for their products and services. We’re looking for more like-minded entrepreneurs who want to join us.
You can learn more about our Product, Process and People here.
Social Media plays a big part of our digital product. Each map area manages a Facebook page that highlight their sponsors/community Facebook posts. Below is our Facebook company page and several of our map area pages. Which can also be viewed on each map area page.
Here is a new feature we all can appreciate. Every seat on Southwest's Boeing 737 MAX aircraft will soon feature USB-A and USB-C charging ports.
Southwest now has its 1st plane outfitted with power ports - The Points Guy
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Every seat on Southwest's Boeing 737 MAX aircraft will soon feature USB-A and USB-C charging ports.
Here’s an idea, while on your next trip use postcards to document your experiences. Then when you get home put them in a scrapbook to share with others and enjoy forever.This is a great idea!
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Front Desk USA is more than a pretty piece of paper
It means business for your business. With over a 1,000 hotels currently using Front Desk USA maps and tens of thousands being viewed by hotel guests each day, Front Desk USA is the, “go-to” visitor information guide for hotels. The maps are designed to assist hotel guests with questions they may have about the area around the hotel. Our maps are custom drawn to be specific to a geographic area. This means an advertiser can reach a specific number of hotel guests in their area. Front Desk USA maps focus on categories that are most important to hotel guests such as where to EAT, where to SHOP and where to PLAY. Publishers monitor hotels to ensure adequate inventory at all times. Hotels can order additional maps anytime at no charge. Now we have added custom welcome website pages creating even more opportunity for exposure from additional marketing and promotions using social media. Just search Facebook for Front Desk USA.
About Front Desk USA:
Hotels have at their fingertips all of the information they might need to guide their guests. Our maps can answer almost any question a guest might ask the hotel staff about the area around them. Many of our maps cover large metropolitan areas, and our maps assist guests with making their way to airports, etc. The maps pinpoint selected area restaurants (EAT) that are family-friendly fun and which have the best tasting food in the area of course. The maps also include shopping areas (SHOP) and pinpoint pharmacies and hospitals, etc. Area attractions (PLAY) are also are pinpointed, like museums, golf courses and parks and amusement venues.
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