Before you ask — no, I’m not in the business of rating blogs. But I’m a panelist at the Historic Hotels of America annual meeting at the Don CeSar Beach Resort on St. Petersburg Beach, Fla., tomorrow, and have been asked to name some of the hotel bloggers that are worth following.
Here’s my list, in alphabetical order, of the hotel blogs I’m bookingmarking for 2008:
Gridskipper — The “urban travel guide” spends a lot of bandwidth covering hotels, and does it extremely well. (Probably my biggest oversight on the 7 most influential travel bloggers list I just published.)
The Lobby — Starwood’s corporate blog is a seductive showcase of its hotel properties. I like.
Hawthorne Hotel — How does a historic hotel connect with guests? These guys wrote the book. I mean, the blog.
Hotel Blogs — A blog about hotel blogs. Great idea, and nicely executed. (The blog’s author,
HotelChatter — Irreverent and authoritative, HotelChatter is among the most influential blogs in the hotel industry. It’s also a fun read.
Hotel Hotsheet — Covers lodging trends and breaking news as only USA Today can.
LA Times Daily Deal Blog — Although not exclusively a hotel blog, this site features solid lodging deals and lots of compelling hotel biz posts.
Vacant Ready — A fascinating insider look at the hotel industry.
And no, I didn’t leave out Bill’s blog. I got him the last time around.
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I hope Blog on Travel will be worth bookmarking soon! ;)
Thanks, Chris, I’ll definitely use a few of these sources. Can you recommend web sites that have the best hotel rates?
Hello there!
Hotel Blogs = a blog about hotel blogs
Well not just this I believe. I write about the online hospitality market in general with some focus on web 2.0.
Thanks for mentionning my site though.
Kind regards,
Guillaume
Founder and Editor of Hotel-Blogs.com
I am looking for a hotel blog that deals with sales and marketing ideas for hoteliers.Any ideas?
For you Anna and others in the travel , hotel, and lifestyle industries, you might want to check out my blog on luxury travel and lifestyle trends (www.kwegroup.com/blog). No “plugs” and no ads and information no one else is writing about.
Hello
very interesting list. May I suggest http://www.hoosta.com, a blog with regularly updated informations about unforgettable hotels carefully selected in Europe. More than 400 hotels are in this unique collection (it is not a network, and it is free for internauts with direct access to hte hotels webistes). Made by Modern Urban Nomads for Urban Modern Nomads. The best way to pick up the right place at the right moment. We are passionated by design, luxury , charming or boutique hotels only in big cities or just around them.
And to see more around the world and knowing the hotelier have a look on http://www.hoostamagazine.com
Orso Filippi, founder of hoosta.com
It’s useful to have a list of good hotel blogs, and more interesting to add blogs that cover hotels in different countries. I hope this idea can be extended to blogs about other types of accommodation. One suggestion – my own blog about home exchange, the free accommodation option:
http://homeexchangetravel.blogs.com
Cheers,
Lois
Here’s an insightful blog about Hampton Inn and regular people’s feelings and experiences with the chain.
http://hamptoninnblows.blogspot.com/
My hotel is a member of the Historic Hotels of the Benelux association, an association which works together with the Historic Hotels of America, but covers an area that is even smaller than the state New York:-).
Great list! There’s two I hadn’t bookmarked yet’! Thanks for sharing, and keep up the good work!
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