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David Pledger

Associate, Full House Hotel Software

David Pledger devised and built the software tools necessary to market his hotel online. Upon retiring he moved the suite of tools to a private company and modified them for general use. Day to day he now oversees their development and their application in the hospitality industry. He is also the editor and contributes to marketing-your-hotel.com, a new blog. Mr. Pledger has been associated with the hospitality industry as a supplier and operator for over thirty years. In 2002 he took over a closed independent hotel in Somerset, England and built it up into a successful accommodation, restaurant and function business, along the way gathering four star awards for accommodation and rosette awards for food. Mr. Pledger also had experience of programming and the internet, born out of building the second largest amusement machine company in South West England. He used this background to build the hotel marketing toolset now called Full House, evolving step by step as internet and mobile technology also evolved. He is in no doubt that the application of technology to marketing his hotel on line and locally was a major factor in the success enjoyed by the hotel.

Mr. Pledger can be contacted at +44 174-983-8833 or [email protected]