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Mr. Storey

Thomas W. Storey

President of Hospitality, SONIFI Solutions

Thomas (Tom) W. Storey is President of Hospitality for SONIFI Solutions and is responsible for leading all of the Company's hospitality related strategic initiatives and operational activities. Mr. Storey is a seasoned hotelier with an extensive hospitality background based on almost 30 years in the industry. Most recently he served as Executive Vice President Business Strategy for Fairmont Raffles Hotels International (FRHI), a leading global hotel company with over 100 hotels worldwide under the Fairmont, Raffles and Swissotel brands. He was instrumental in the development of FRHI and he helped steer the business through an important period of growth during his recent tenure as President of Fairmont Hotels & Resorts. Other companies and brands for which he has worked include Marriott Hotels, Carlson Companies, Promus Hotels Corporation and Doubletree Hotels. Through various senior management roles, Mr. Storey has made significant contributions in the areas of business development, strategic planning, hotel technology and sales and marketing. As a testament to his contributions, Mr. Storey has been honored with numerous awards and acknowledgements which include being named to the list of The Top 25 Industry Leaders for Business Travel News and Travel Agent magazine as well as appearing on the Marketing 100 list as awarded by Advertising Age magazine. As a leading voice within the hospitality industry, he has also been a member of various organizations including the American Hotel & Lodging Association (AH&LA) and the Travel Industry Association of America (TIAA). Mr. Storey holds a Master's of Business Administration degree from the Johnson School at Cornell University and a Bachelor's degree in Economics from Bates College.

Mr. Storey can be contacted at 605-988-1510 or publicrelations@sonifi.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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