Vijay Dandapani
Vijay Dandapani
Since August 1993, Vijay Dandapani, the President and Chief Operating Officer of Apple Core Hotels, has been instrumental in the company's growth and development, including acquisitions, six hotel renovations and the implementation of state-of-the-art computer systems. A hotel industry veteran, Dandapani, is also a member of the Board of Directors for the following associations: Hotel Association of New York City, NYC & Company, NYSHTA (New York State Hospitality & Tourism Association), and the International Hotel Motel & Restaurant Show at Javits.
The lingerie economic bellwether
Earlier this week the Wall Street Journal carried an interesting report on how savvy industry analysts scour retail aisles to sniff out nascent signs...
Gaining an edge on paying it safe
Earlier this year, a report from SpiderLabs came up with the startling fact that data within hotel computer systems were breached more than...
Mark Twain on Hotel Brands
The Vancouver Sun newspaper reports that the UGC behemoth Tripadvisor has come out with a survey that forecasts "a nose dive in hotel brand...
Magnetic marketing
That technology can and often is dizzyingly dynamic is taken as a given nowadays but nothing seemingly moves faster than the terminology that goes...
m-Commerce on the move
Market research firm, IDC Retail Insights, predicted that of the $447 billion in predicted U.S. holiday spending this season approximately 28% will be using...
Ratings: Seeing stars over too few star stars.
The largely US centric Forbes Travel Guide formerly known as the Mobil Travel Guide just announced its list of four and five starred hotels...
WTM notes the smart(phone) trend
WTM, the premier travel show in the UK, just concluded with record attendance figures of over 45,000 from the industry alone. Among the thought...
Pricing power on the rebound?
At the onset of the financial crisis many hoteliers forswore that they'd hew to a strong pricing strategy. It quickly fell by the wayside...
Brand building: Digital vs Direct
The digital versus traditional marketing debate is not new but it is likely to be settled before long if trends in a number of...
The global brand race
A few weeks ago Interbrand, the world's leading brand consultancy came up with their annual list of top 100 brands. American brands made up...
The Mommy Market: reaching out to Mama bloggers
The original Mommy Market is a 1993 movie about 3 children who erase memories of their disgruntled and harried mother via magic to get...
Room makeover: tech that’s down the pike
A sneak preview of new age gadgets and services to come that were on display at Demo Fall 2010 and TechCrunch Disrupt, was reported...
Price fixing via rate parity
The Times of London reports that the UK's Office of Fair Trading is investigating allegations that hotel chains are colluding with one of the world’s...
Google Instant: Instantly changes positioning?
Google launched yet another innovation to its continually evolving search engine aptly naming it Google Instant. And it is all about instant gratification, the...
Standing Four Square behind Foursquare
Advertising Age, a leading advertising industry publication was one of the first to carry the story on Forrester Research's new findings on location based...
Illegal hotels – New York leads the way
The Daily News reports that New York's governor signed into law a bill that makes it easier for the city of New York to...
Customer retention strategies as premium travel reverts to mean
The Wall Street Journal last week carried a report headlined "Premium Traffic Returning for Airlines". The article notes that Qantas and other Asia-Pacific airlines...
Hotel rates – slip sliding away?
With few exceptions hotel rates around the world seem to echo the lyrics of the 70's Simon and Garfunkel song, Slip Sliding Away where...
Top guest disincentives: High fees and taxes
The anemic economic expansion continues to keep room rate growth around the world largely flaccid at best with some jurisdictions like Florida even offering...
Boosting loyalty programs via location based services
VentureBeat, a website that "provide news about innovation for forward-thinking executives" has a story on a hot new virtual intermediary promises to be the...