New York Hospitality by Vijay Dandapani tag:typepad.com,2003:weblog-263658 2013-05-18T15:00:00-04:00 A hotelier's outlook on NYC, travel and the hospitality industry with an emphasis on New York City TypePad Hidden fees: theft in plain sight? tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451c59469e201901c4888c6970b 2013-05-18T15:00:00-04:00 2013-05-17T16:07:19-04:00 With the summer travel season a couple of weeks away the menace of hidden fees gets more attention in the press leading to the somewhat misleading notion that the add-ons are merely a summer practice. Instead, less light is shone... Vijay http://www.vijaydandapani.com/2013/05/hidden-fees-theft-in-plain-sight.html Customers' conscience: An avenue for boosting sales or a deadend? tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451c59469e2017eeb04d9f9970d 2013-05-11T11:47:00-04:00 2013-05-11T18:34:58-04:00 Online purveyors of the "disruptive technology" model espoused by the likes of airbnb and onefinestay have taken to suggesting that their enterprises serve a social purpose beyond their brazenly illegal (in New York and Amsterdam) conduct. Lobbyists seeking to overturn... Vijay http://www.vijaydandapani.com/2013/05/customers-conscience-an-avenue-for-sales-or-a-deadend.html Cross platform selling: Helicopter advertising? tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451c59469e201901bbf5898970b 2013-05-04T04:16:00-04:00 2013-05-10T13:00:43-04:00 Cross platform marketing whereby marketers track consumers over multiple platforms across the digital space seems to have arrived. The Wall Street Journal has a somewhat ominously headlined report "Online Ads Can Now Follow You Home." The holy grail for digital... Vijay http://www.vijaydandapani.com/2013/05/cross-platform-marketing-helicopter-advertising.html An(other) Orwellian tax on consumers tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451c59469e201901b9b7627970b 2013-04-27T03:16:00-04:00 2013-04-26T16:42:37-04:00 That the US Congress' penchant for unintended irony is inexhaustible can be seen from its choice of names for bills. A recent entrant to that pantheon of hypocrisy is the "Marketplace Fairness Act" which seeks to "grant states the authority... Vijay http://www.vijaydandapani.com/2013/04/another-orwellian-tax-on-consumers.html The technology dividend: a gift that keep on giving tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451c59469e2017d42beae8e970c 2013-04-13T13:29:00-04:00 2013-04-12T15:36:41-04:00 A slew of new apps in the travel sphere look to ensure that the high watermark for the industry will remain a moving target. That is an outcome that almost always will accrue to the benefit of consumers and travel... Vijay http://www.vijaydandapani.com/2013/04/technology-dividend-consu.html