Hotel guide 2012

Tourism and travel industry is the hottest business so far - both offline or online. Entering this profitable business is very promises since the internet has been changed the way of marketing.

The entire travel vacation industry has been making a rapid transition to online service. A lot of people travel frequently, and they need to arrange their accommodations long before they get to where they're going.

Hotel guides make it much easier for tourists and business travelers to do this, and they are in high demand all over  the world.

The way this business would work is by building a database of hotels in the area you choose. You may choose to build your database of a specific town or city, a specific state, or a specific country. Your site should be set up so that hotels or hostels can add their listing at your website and you can build the database from your end.

The information on each hotel or hostels should include details such as what type of accommodation they have, address, parking, wheelchair access, amenities, number of rooms, nearby restaurants and attractions, and if they have a pool or hot tubs - all the details.

Basic listings are free for hotels, and the revenue can be made by charging a monthly, biannual, or annual fee for a hypertext link from the database listing to the hotel's website. Revenue is generated through the enhanced listings and banner advertising.

This business can be combine with tourist information center.

Please note that, this hotel guide online business is in the high competition on the internet. You can choose small niche with specific targeted market - for example : hotels and hostels guide in orange county, etc ...'Big Fish' in these high competitive market could not reach your niche :-)...

If you choose to use a small niche targeted market, i believe you will dominate and get high revenue from it. but please make some research, accurately before you decide what niche you will choose for this hotel or hostel guide business.