Hotel marketing

Net-a-Porter partners The Dorchester for first 'micro app'

Online retailer Net-a-Porter has partnered luxury hotel firm Dorchester Collection to create its first "micro app" for a commercial partner.

Jessica Reading, LateRooms.com

Position: director of marketing and user experience, LateRooms.com Date of Birth: 20.8.81 View Jessica's profile on LinkedIn Describes herself as: Loyal, honest, dynamic. Q: How are you changing the media channels you use to better ...

Lastminute.com campaign goes back to basics

Lastminute.com is promising to refocus its business around spontaneous hotel bookings, as the brand launches a 'Love Living Lastminute.com' ad campaign.

Hometown London wins Maybourne Group ad account

Hometown London has picked up the advertising account for Maybourne Hotel Group, the company that owns Claridge's, the Connaught and the Berkeley.

Hotel Chocolat unveils global website

Hotel Chocolat, the luxury chocolate retailer, has launched a global digital platform, which for the first time promotes its full portfolio of products and services in one place.

Marriott London Sevens appoints Partners Andrews Aldridge to TV brief

Marriott Hotels has appointed Partners Andrews Aldridge to handle a TV campaign for its sponsorship of the Marriott London Sevens.

LateRooms.com continues the story of Ben and Lucy

LateRooms.com has released a new ad starring Ben and Lucy, the young couple introduced to viewers last year, which explains how the hotel booking site can serve a couple's changing needs.

Mr & Mrs Smith goes back to its roots with couples-focused push

Mr & Mrs Smith, the boutique hotel-booking brand, is reverting to its roots in a post-Christmas campaign focusing on couples.

JWT scoops £20m InterContinental

JWT London has won the £20 million pan-European advertising account for InterContinental Hotels Group.

New business leagues (2 November 2012)

Walker Media climbs to number four in the media league after winning Center Parcs and Viking River Cruises.

MediaVest lands Travelodge media

MediaVest has picked up the £3 million media planning and buying account for Travelodge, ending the hotel chain's relationship with Carat.

Video: Matt Luscombe on global challenges and IHG's new boutique brand

Matt Luscombe, senior vice president of sales and marketing, IHG, talks to Brand Republic about the biggest challenges facing the international hotel group, discusses Hotel Indigo, the newest addition to its portfolio, and offers some candid advice t...

InterContinental Hotels Group's Matt Luscombe on his post-Olympics strategy

IHG's senior vice-president, sales and marketing Europe, is juggling multiple hotel brands in shifting market conditions.

VIDEO: IHG's Matt Luscombe on London 2012 sponsorship and Holiday Inn's jubilee

Matt Luscombe, InterContinental Hotels Group's (IHG) senior vice-president of sales and marketing, talks to Marketing about the company's sponsorship of the London 2012 Olympics and how real diamonds are being given away for Holiday Inn's 60th birthd...

'The battle in the UK is on price' says Accor marketing chief

Grégoire Champetier, global chief marketing officer for the Ibis, Novotel, Sofitel, MGallery and Mercure hotel brands, talks to Marketing about a number of key issues, including taking on Travelodge and Premier Inn.

New business leagues (21 September 2012)

No changes in the leagues this week, with Wieden & Kennedy remaining at the top of the creative table and OMD UK in pole position for media.

Furlong is top marketer at Europcar as Kempston moves to Travelodge

Europcar, the car hire company, has appointed Andy Furlong as its new director of marketing and ecommerce, replacing Catriona Kempston who quit the car hire brand to join budget hotel chain Travelodge six months ago.

Travelodge tackles debts as it bids for business turnaround

The budget hotel chain is restructuring.

IHG readies Holiday Inn diamond giveaway push

Holiday Inn has unveiled a global marketing campaign to celebrate its 60th anniversary, which will involve it leaving diamonds under pillows in some of its rooms.

Budget brand Ibis revamps to take on Travelodge and Premier Inn

Accor, the French hotelier behind the Ibis, Novotel and Sofitel brands, is overhauling the proposition for its budget and mid-range hotels to meet changing consumer demand.