RESORT MANAGERS FACE FUTURE
Future Shock could have been the theme of the 7th Annual Resort Management Conference, held in March at The Broadmoor in Colorado Springs, CO. A growing...
HOSPITALITY PEOPLE IN THE NEWS
Best Western International named Peter Laigaard Jensen country manager for Denmark and Jurgen Kreipl director of operations for Asia. Jensen oversees...
INDUSTRY MOURNS TWO LOSSES
Two prominent lodging industry executives Jack McHugh of Aimbridge Hospitality and John Whitaker of SICO died last month. McHugh, who was senior vice...
How to Handle a Teflon Employee
Employers frequently believe that they cannot discipline or adversely affect the employment of employees who have complained about violations of various...
A Boutique Blooms in Brooklyn
Manhattan can't quite claim a monopoly on boutique hotel design. Brooklyn's edgy Gowanus district will soon have a design-driven hotel of its own when...
IT'S NOT ABOUT THE ROOM, IT'S ABOUT THE STACK
Room revenue drives financial health in nearly every hospitality segment, but for a notable exception. Casino hotels are unique because rooms are only...
LODGING EXECUTIVES SENTIMENT DROPS
The Lodging Executives Sentiment Index dropped precipitously, with a current reading of 69.8 down from 78.6 last period and 85.9 12 months ago. In addition,...
HOSPITALITY PEOPLE IN THE NEWS
Peabody Hotels veteran Barbara Bowden was promoted to assistant general manager of the Peabody Orlando. She also will continue as corporate director of...
NO WAITING TO EXHALE HERE
Smokers, and some hotel franchisees, can breathe a little easier. Not every hotel chain is jumping on the non-smoking bandwagon, a topic that's generated...
WORDS FOR THE WEALTHY
Advance copies of hot books are the latest amenity at Rosewood Hotels & Resorts. Author presentations and celebrity dinners can even be on the menu. The...
Upcoming Industry Events
APRIL 4 Travel Internet Marketing Strategy Conference, sponsored by HSMAI, Las Vegas. Information: www.hsmai.org APRIL 11 RealShare Hotel Investment &...
HOSPITALITY PEOPLE IN THE NEWS
Allen Mullinix was promoted to vice president of development at Americas Best Value Inn by Vantage, Christopher Foster will oversee ABVI membership development...
Getting Older, Thinking Younger
Never call them old. Don't treat them as old in your marketing, traditional and otherwise. Don't underestimate their hunger for health and fitness, for...
EXECUTIVE SENTIMENT CREEPS UPWARD
The Lodging Executives Sentiment Index registered essentially the same reading for the current period of 78.6 from 77.4 last period and 84.6 during the...
HOSPITALITY PEOPLE IN THE NEWS
Madeleine Kleiner is the 2007 recipient of the Anthony G. Marshall Hospitality Law Award. The executive vice president and general counsel for Hilton...
Chain Leadership Awards
Sometimes it's subtle and even incremental, but innovation is everywhere in the hotel industry. And while a lot of new ideas come from owners and operators,...
Labor Pains
The problem: Labor-related costs are the single largest operating expense for most hotels in the U.S. The costs associated with hiring and retaining qualified...
The Marshall Plan
The hotel industry was built through the ingenuity, fortitude and honesty of families from Marriott to Tisch and Patel to Shah. The family-based entrepreneurial...
BIG EASY MARRIOTTS JOIN FORCES
As the saying goes, there's strength in numbers. That's just what New Orleans-area Marriott hotels are counting on with a new plan to align group sales...
TRAVELING WITH FAITH
The growth of travel and of faith have led to formation of the World Religious Travel Association, a Colorado-based group that aims to foster faith-based...
Upcoming Industry Events
MARCH 18-20 Hotel Investment Conference, Marriott Marquis, Atlanta. Information: www.hotelinvestmentconference.com MARCH 25-27 7th Annual Resort Management...
A Change in Attitude in D.C.?
I know I've written this before, but I've got the feeling again that the tourism industry is at last getting its twin messages across to the politicians...
Upcoming Industry Events
MARCH 4-7 National HR in Hospitality Conference & Expo, Wynn Las Vegas. Information: www.hrinhospitality.com MARCH 4-7 The Show, incorporating the Las...
Hospitality People in the News
Hilton Hotels Corp. President and COO Matthew Hart was elected to the company's board of directors, bringing their number to 11. The company also announced...
TOP OF THE TOP
Top of the Top is a handy resource hotel executives can use to get a grasp on the leaders of the industry. If you're contemplating a brand or management...
