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...
by Bruce Turkel | Mar 6, 2009 | Branding, Bruce Turkel
Bruce just finished keynoting for the Illinois Governors Conference on Tourism in Chicago, and accompanying him on stage was an incredibly gifted graphic interpreter by the name of Brandy Agerbeck. What came out of their time together was unanimously agreed to be...
by Bruce Turkel | Feb 27, 2009 | Uncategorized
Randy Gage wrote this and it’s the best thing I’ve read about Twitter yet. I think it’s so good I’m reprinting it in its entirety. Thank you, Randy. By Randy Gage February 27th, 2009 So last December I loaded up the car with books, CDs and...
by Bruce Turkel | Feb 26, 2009 | Uncategorized
Maybe you’ve noticed the cryptic messages just to the left of this column. And maybe you’ve wondered what they are. Let me tell you — they are my Twitter posts. Every year on the Internet, something breaks out in a huge way. And those that ride it...
by Bruce Turkel | Feb 26, 2009 | Uncategorized
Today I spoke at a combined meeting of the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce and Convention and Visitors Bureau. My talk was on Building Brand Value and how to use branding to sell tourism in tough times. I brought along a few of my latest book, but certainly not enough...
