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Ms. Daryadel

Madeline Daryadel

Founder/Director, Wedding QuickQuote

Madeline Daryadel is Founder/Director of Wedding QuickQuote with primary responsibility for Sales and Member Satisfaction. Ms. Daryadel has more than 25 years experience in hospitality sales, specializing in group business, and social markets. She began her career at the Diplomat Hotel in Hollywood, FL., moved to Israel where she assisted the Schiff Hotel Chain in the computerization of their accounting and sales systems. Returning to the USA she held several managerial positions at the Bonaventure Resort including Director of Social Catering and Associated Director of Sales. Answering the call of the Caribbean, she was the Director of Sales and Conference Services at Frenchman's Reef and upon returning to the states became the Director of Group Sales at the Crowne Plaza Miami. In 1997, she recognized the unlimited potential of the Internet, and partnered with Gilda Steiger. They founded MADSearch, one of the first search engines for the hotel industry, distributed MADNews weekly and e-mail advertising to over 50,000 industry professionals. In 2005, they joined with Charles Deyo, President of Cendyn to form MAD-Marketing. Madeline's hospitality experience along with her Internet marketing background inspired the creation of Wedding QuickQuote, an instant answer RFP for the wedding, and social event markets. A graduate of the University of Toledo, Madeline resides in South Florida and is an avid reader, plays a bit of golf and hand builds pottery.

Ms. Daryadel can be contacted at 561-314-3252 or Madeline@MAD-Marketing.com

Coming up in February 2020...

Social Media: Social Listening Tools

The reach and influence of social media is staggering. Nearly 3 billion people use social media daily, posting a range of messages, selfies, images, and everything in-between. According to HubSpot, almost 4 million posts are uploaded to the major social networks every single minute! That's an astounding amount of content and it is crucial for hotels to skillfully use social media in order to effectively compete. From establishing a suitable brand identity and voice to creating content across all the major networks (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest, etc.), the goal is to actively engage consumers and to eventually convert them to customers. Some hotels are initiating online contests as a way to attract new customers, while others are rewarding customers with discounts who subscribe to the their email lists or follow their social media pages. Another recent strategy is to employ social media listening tools that track what people are posting online about their businesses. These tools allow hotels to monitor - or listen to - what's being said about a brand across the entire social web, and this can prove to be very valuable, unfiltered information. Social listening permits hotels to be aware of people's opinions about their business, industry or competitors, and some of these tools even listen beyond social media platforms. They also monitor publicly available information on blogs, forums, news outlets and websites. Some listening tools are more focused on gathering and analyzing data, while others offer more engagement-oriented features, which allow hotels to interact with people right from the platform. Often the information that is gleaned from these listening tools ends up being the most authentic, unbiased insights a business can get. The February Hotel Business Review will document what some hotels are doing to successfully integrate social media strategies into their operations.


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