by Bruce Turkel | Oct 20, 2014 | Branding, Bruce Turkel, Keynote speaking, Marketing & Advertising
The two guys sitting next to me on the plane disrupted my peace and quiet by chattering away like old friends. I couldn't open up my laptop until we “reached a comfortable cruising altitude of 10,000 feet” so I was stuck listening to them even though I really didn't...
by Bruce Turkel | Sep 13, 2011 | Uncategorized
What does Kim Kardashian have that you and I ain't got? Before you hit me with a snide, “go look in the mirror, Brucie boy,” I'll sweeten the pot. What's Donny Deutsch got? How about Thomas Friedman? Piers Morgan? Paris Hilton? What do they have that we don't? Are...
by Bruce Turkel | Nov 9, 2010 | Uncategorized
At 5:45 last Sunday morning, I walked into the lobby of the Hilton Hotel on 53rd Street in Manhattan and joined the crowd getting ready to run the New York Marathon. I was amazed by the energy of groups of nylon-clad athletes waiting to head to Staten Island and the...
by Bruce Turkel | Oct 13, 2009 | Uncategorized
Hadji Williams, a 17-year advertising copywriter, posted this and I thought it was just too damn good not to share. Mr. Williams points out a lot of things I've often thought about, he just says them more eloquently than I ever have. You can reach him at...
by Bruce Turkel | Mar 26, 2009 | Uncategorized
Stanley Turkel, MHS, ISHC.As a hotel industry historian, I was happy to come across a Wall Street Journal front page article dated December 12, 1972. ‘Economy Motels Lure Travelers With Prices as Low as $6 a Room.'What caught my attention was the opening sentence,...