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Number of #Smartphone Users Worldwide

- 2016... 2,082.7m

- 2017... 2,292.5m (+10.07%)

- 2018... 2,480.4m (+8.20%)

- 2019... 2659.4m (+7.22%)

Time Spent on #SocialNetworks in US: #Mobile vs #Desktop

- #Facebook

Mobile: 68%

Desktop: 32%

- #Twitter

Mobile: 86%

Desktop: 14%

- #Youtube

Mobile: 40%

Desktop: 60%

- #Instagram

Mobile: 98%

Desktop: 2%

- #Linkedin

Mobile: 26%

Desktop 74%

- #Pinterest

Mobile: 92%

Desktop: 8%

- #Tumblr

Mobile: 46%

Desktop: 54%

- #Snapchat

Mobile 100%

Desktop: 0%

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SocialMediaToday

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How To Have More Time

- Do fewer things

- Sell your brain, not your time

- Do one big thing a day

- Don't be busy for the sake of busy

- Be with people who value time

- Assume things will take longer than planned

- Spend your time to buy more time

- Think ahead of your time

- Stop watching time when you rest

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Social Media Trends - '#GenerationZ'

Born between 1995 & 2012, are considered as the 'True #DigitalNatives'.

-) 31%...YouTube

-) 24%...Instagram

-) 14%...Snapchat

-) 11%...Facebook

-) 8%...Tumblr

-) 5%...Twitter

-) 5%...Others

-) 2%...Pinterest

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These were the numbers expected for 2018, how different do you expect 2019 numbers to be?

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SocialMediaToday

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If the World were 100 People

What would their #Occupations be?

- 26% (1.7billion) Too Young to #Work

- 24% (1.7b) Work in #Services

- 20% (1.4b) Work in #Agriculture

- 11% (800m) Work #Industrial Jobs

- 8% (577m) Older than 64

- 6% (430m) #Unemployed

- 5% (400m) #Entrepreneurs

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cia.gov

Census.gov

#Diversity #Hotelment

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Finding Your Window of Opportunity

The Best Times to Start a Business

- Just got a Laptop:

You have about all the equipment you need to start

- Just Quit your Job:

You have more time to work on your idea

- Just Lost Everything:

Great, you have nothing to lose, so risk big

- Just Graduated:

You studied enough, use what you know

- Just fell in Love:

Doing business is sexy

- Just got Hired:

Learn everything there is to learn & leave

- Just Moved:

Now that you are in a better place, do things better

- Just Life as Usual:

When life is stable, you can easily focus on one thing - Business

- Just got Married:

You got yourself a Co-Founder

- Just came into this World:

You got more windows of Opportunity than the rest of us. Don't waste your time

- Just got Fired:

They made leaving the job easy for you. Now you have your life Back. Get to work

- Just got Sick:

Now that you are comfortably laying in bed, you have time to think up a business plan

- Just Died:

The window just closed on that one

- Just got a Kid:

Now you have someone to be a role model for. Do something Great!

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How to Be a Good Partner

- Say what your Intentions are

- Be Honest

- Don't Promise what you can't do

- Volunteer to do what you can

- Don't put your Interests above your partners'. They'll see it.

- Accept Responsibility, it'll catch up with you

- Don't Pretend you are bigger than you are

- If they are wrong, don't go wild

- Watch what you say. You can't take it back.

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Pinterest Creatives

#Partner #Hotelment

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Top 25 Parent Hotels by Rooms

-) 886,308 - Marriott International

-) 703,238 - Hilton

-) 546,716 - Wyndham Hotels & Resorts

-) 482,743 - Choice Hotels International

-) 463,111 - InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG®)

-) 185,609 - Best Western® Hotels & Resorts

-) 139,391 - Hyatt Hotels Corporation

-) 120,239 - G6 Hospitality LLC

-) 80,544 - RLH Corporation

-) 69,318 - Extended Stay America

-) 59,860 - Radisson

-) 59,782 - Red Roof Inn

-) 29,352 - Accor

-) 24,909 - InTown Suites

-) 24,629 - Posadas

-) 24,373 - Walt Disney World

-) 21,897 - Omni Hotels & Resorts

-) 20,190 - Drury Hotels

-) 16,450 - Hoteles City Express

-) 10,921 - RIU Hotels & Resorts

-) 9,895 - Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts

-) 9,800 - Loews Hotels & Co

-) 9,567 - Hard Rock International

-) 9,286 - Sonesta Hotels

-) 8,063 - Barcelo Hotel Group

***Top 25 Hotel Brands by Rooms shown below

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Published: 5th June 2019

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How To Relax Fast

Scientific Ways to Destress within 5mins

- Binaural Beats: Listen to Binaural Beats through headphones (otherwise you can't hear it)

- Progressive Relaxation: Squeeze, Release, Repeat (used by actors)

- Nature Observation: Watch a plant or an animal, notice how relaxed they are

- Deep Breathing: Fill your chest & stomach full of air

- Mental Image: Visualize what you want to happen to you

- Body Scan: Think of every part of your body one by one

- Punch: Let your stress out into a big soft object

- Journaling: Tell a piece of paper how you really feel

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#Destress #Hotelment

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Top 10 Small Business

Issues, Priorities, & Challenges 2019

- Business Issues

1. Increase #Profitability

2. Increase #BusinessGrowth

3. Attracting & Retaining #NewCustomers

4. Improving Workforce #Productivity

5. Keeping Pace with #Competition

6. Reducing #OperationalCosts

7. Attracting & #RetainingEmployees

8. Improving Products/Processes #Quality

9. Managing #Uncertainty

10. Driving #Innovation

- IT Priorities

1. #Cloud

2. Collaboration

3. #MobilitySolution

4. Managed Services

5. #SecuritySolution

6. Virtualization

7. #VoiceAssistants

8. #Analytics

9. Digital Unified Space

10. Open Source Solutions

- IT Challenges

1. #CloudSecurity

2. Budget Constraints

3. Maintaining Current #ITinfrastructure

4. Controlling Costs & Improving Financial Justification for Continued IT investment

5. Finding Qualified & Trained People

6. #DataProtection/Recovery/#BusinessContinuity

7. Mobile Device Security

8. Migrating to More Modern Hardware and/or Software Platforms

9. Managing #DataGrowth

10. #SocialNetworking

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27 Social Media Post Ideas

For Your Boutique Hotel

- Be Helpful & Informative

1. Give Dining Tips

2. Ideas for Day Trips

3. Reading Recommendations

4. Share a Recipe

5. Give a Weather Report

- Connect with Other Users

6. Connect with Influencers

7. Run an Influencer Campaign

8. Use Pet Influencers

9. Make a Space 'Instagrammable'

10. Repost a Guest Review

11. Repost Editorial Reviews/Blog Posts

- Add a Human Touch

12. Staff Profile Photo

13. Behind the Scenes Look

14. Community Event Photo

15. Staff Raising Funds for Charity

- Share Your Local Context

16. Local Holiday Tradition

17. Wildlife Video/Photo

18. Celebrity Photos from an Event

- Showcase Special Features

19. Introduce a Feature

20. Show Followers a Property VideoTour

21. Introduce Regular Menu Offerings

22. Promote a Special Event/Menu

- Discount & Offerings

23. Discount/Promotional Deals

24. Offer Specific to a Channel

- The Pure Asks

25. Vote for Us

26. Announce an Award Win

27. Come to Our Event

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Small Realizations for Big Entrepreneurs

- Immigrated from India

- Bought dump truck, made $400

- Dropped out of college

- Medidates in India for 12 years

-Resells plastic chairs

- Realized that chemicals are much cheaper than products made from them

- Tried a drink at trade show

- Manoj Bhargava - Founded "5-Hour Energy" - $1 billion worth

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- Immigrated from Iran

- Said he was a journalist and got a visa to U.S.

- Becomes a rug salesman around Silicon valley

- Realized people who buy carpets are investors, so he insists to meet them at their homes and asks about their jobs

- Invites immigrant investors to mingle at the rug shop & starts investing with them

- Pejman Nozad - $50 million

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Classic vs (Digital) Marketing

Type of Marketing:

- Uniform, Structured, Clear

- (Dissected, Spread, Unclear)

Direction of Communication:

- Unidirectional

- (Multidirectional)

Scheduling:

- Long-Ranging

- (Spontaneous)

Communication with Consumer:

- Well-considered & Reviewed

- (Fast & Public)

Availability:

- During Working Hours

- (Permanent, 24/7)

Scope:

- Specific

- (General)

Wealth of Experience:

- Analog

- (Alternating, Innovative)

Supervision:

- Consumer Protection

- (Users, Platforms)

Language:

- Formal, Legally Safe

- (Genuine, Direct)

People Involved:

- Marketing Dept.

- (New Media Marketing Dept.)

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STR April Hotel Performance 2018/19

#Occupancy (%)

+4.1 Middle East

+3.3 Northern Africa

+0.9 Eatern Europe

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-2.8 Southeastern Asia

-4.1 Caribbean

-9.6 Central America

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#ADR (€)

+14.1 Caribbean

+11.2 Northern Africa

+8.9 Central America

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-1.5 Australia & Oceania

-7.1 Middle East

-22.2 South America

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#RevPAR (€)

+14.9 Northern Africa

+9.4 Caribbean

+8.4 Southern Europe

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-3.2 Northeastern Asia

-3.3 Middle East

-24.0 South America

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How to Sell Anything as an Entrepreneur

- Let your clients trust you - to buy is to trust

- Let them talk 90%of the time

- Be transparent about you & your product

- Don't sell ice in the Himalayas

- Be optimistic not realistic

- Stand up when you are selling on the phone

- Follow up until you drop

- Give time for them to decide

- Calculate how many No's you will hear until you get a Yes

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How to be Wise as an Entrepreneur

- Everything started as Nothing

- "Whether you think you can or think you can't, you're right."

Henry Ford

- "Working on the right thing is more important than working hard."

Caterina Fake, Flickr Co-Founder

- "If you are not embarrassed by the first version of your product, you've launched too late."

Reid Hoffman, LinkedIn Co-Founder

- "The more you sweat, the luckier you get."

Ray Kroc, McDonald's Founder

- "Every No gets me closer to a Yes."

Mark Cuban, Dallas Mavericks Owner

- "When you are ready to quit, you are closer than you think."

Bob Parsons, GoDaddy Founder & CEO

- "Sometimes life hits you in the head with a brick, don't lose faith."

Steve Jobs Apple Co-Founder

- "It is never too late to be what you might have been."

George Eliot, Author & Poet

- There is no finish line, so enjoy the journey."

David Weekly, Hacker Dojo Founder

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Good, Fast, and Cheap

Good + Cheap = Not Fast

Good + Fast = Not Cheap

Fast + Cheap = Not Good

Fast + Cheap + Good = Impossible

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#Choices #Hotelment

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How to Decide Faster

A mindset for making faster decisions

1) Limit your options

2) Draw a hard line between Good & Bad choices

3) Listen to the gut feeling

4) Remember that indecision kills

5) Think of your time as your money

6) Know that decisiveness grows with each decision

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