by Sheila Scarborough | Oct 24, 2016 | Hospitality and Hotels, Tourism Marketing on the Web, Web Communications
I’m in a big city for a conference. My original hotel plans for my last night in this city fell through – a local college football game drove up prices in my preferred area to insane levels that I would not pay. There is another hotel available not too far... 
by Sheila Scarborough | Mar 4, 2014 | Hospitality and Hotels, LinkedIn, Meetings and Conferences, Web Communications
It is your organization’s public storefront on the oldest and biggest social network for business, with over 277 million people in 200+ countries. It’s a LinkedIn Company Page, and too many of them are sad, pathetic, ignored bits of online real estate.... by Sheila Scarborough | Jul 7, 2013 | Blogs, Hospitality and Hotels, Reaching out to bloggers and travel media, Travel and Travel Media, Web Communications
This comment in a Facebook Group is why I worry about objective coverage from press trips and fam tours: Travel blogger: “We had a AWFUL stay at a well-known place. I told the PR person that I could write about it honestly and it wasn’t going to be pretty... by Sheila Scarborough | Jun 7, 2013 | Economic Development, Hospitality and Hotels, Meetings and Conferences, Tourism Marketing on the Web, Travel and Travel Media, Travel Post Friday, Web Communications
(Part of my very occasional Travel Post Friday series here on the blog) By the time you read this, I’ll be in the Kerala region of India for a conference about travel, technology and tourism: ICTT 2013, the International Conference on Travel Technology India.... by Sheila Scarborough | Nov 27, 2012 | Blogs, Economic Development, Hospitality and Hotels, Reaching out to bloggers and travel media, Tourism Marketing on the Web, Travel and Travel Media, Web Communications
How often as a traveler have you gone to a country where you were warned not to drink the water, not to swallow any when you brush your teeth and not to get any in your mouth as you shower? Many of us do not give much thought to the miracle of a clean, reliable water... by Sheila Scarborough | Nov 20, 2012 | Hospitality and Hotels, Video, Web Communications
As I write this, my husband is watching a show that aired on TV last Thursday, but with our cable company’s DVR box, he’s watching it on the following Tuesday. He likes the show “Elementary,” but he wants to watch it when HE wants to watch it....