Video Interview with Ric Leutwyler, President of Utell Hotels & Resorts

Last week at the World Travel Market, I had the opportunity to spend a little bit of time with Ric Leutwyler, the newly appointed President of Utell Hotels & Resorts (part of Pegasus).

Topics covered:

- Is Utell a hotel chain or a representation company or both?
- What is a difference between Unirez and Utell?
- What's new with the reservation platform?
- How their B2C hotelbook.com can compete with the big OTAs of this world with a much largest budget in terms of advertising (PPC campaigns, offline...)

- Can any hotel join Utell?
- How do they advise hotels to pay attention to hotel reviews
- What are the key selling points for a travel agent to book Utell hotels vs other hotel chains
- How the Utell brand is presented at the hotel property

Enjoy. As always, if you wish to be interviewed by Hotel Blogs, drop me an email. If you wish to view the video in High Quality click on the HQ button on the right hand side of the video player.

Interview Ric Leutwyler, Utell Hotels & Resorts
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Comments

[Betty]

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[Guillaume Thevenot]

Sorry Discover Lugano,

I don't see the relevancy of your comment vis a vis this interview. This is not a place where you can advertize your company as you wish.

Guillaume