October 1, 2006
Articles
Be Kind to a Tourist Today
It's both sad and exhilarating that private industry in this case, the hospitality business may be able to accomplish what heads of state, politicians...
RENAISSANCE THINKS OUTSIDE ITS BOX
The Renaissance Schaumburg Convention Center is an oddly appealing duck indeed, linking a 500-room, uniquely styled Renaissance hotel to a convention...
BRANDING BRIEFS
Best Western International Recent additions to the membership group include the Best Western San Isidro Inn in Laredo, TX; the Best Western Bandana Square...
HILTON'S POST-PROMUS MILESTONE
The smartest thing Hilton Hotels ever did was purchase Promus Hotels in 1999 and integrate its high-powered brands like Hampton Inn and Embassy Suites...
BRAND CHANGES AT THE TOP
Two hotel companies one a behemoth and one a start-up have new leaders. Last month, Choice Hotels elevated Joe Squeri to president and chief operating...
DON'T IGNORE BOOMER WOMEN
Urgent memo to hotel marketers: Baby Boomer women spend well over a trillion dollars a year on goods and services and demand your attention. In your efforts...
Plains of Africa in Ohio
Africa is the theme for the NIA Center, a newly opened meeting space at Kalahari Resort in Sandusky, OH. With 95,000 square feet of ballrooms, boardrooms...
Don't Cut Out Distributors
Editor: I'm astonished that you would write an article (Aug. 2006, pgs. 56-58) encouraging the industry to go direct with purchasing and look to overseas...
ANTI-PORN ACTIVISTS TARGET HOTELS
Pornographic movies are as common in hotel rooms as hair dryers and coffee service, and they're a huge moneymaker for many operators. It's also an amenity...
IS IT TIME FOR ADULT MOVIES TO GO?
Hotel companies have realized they risk becoming commodities unless they forge emotional connections with their customers. Hotel brands are increasingly...
LODGING EXECUTIVE SENTIMENT EDGES UP
The Lodging Executives Sentiment Index (LESI) edged up ever so slightly this month to 79.3 from 79.2 last period and 89.5 during the same year-to-date...
TOP FIVE HOTEL DINING TRENDS
Bob Zappatelli, vice president of food & beverage for Benchmark Hospitality International, has his finger on the pulse of lodging dining trends. Here's...
HOSPITALITY PEOPLE IN THE NEWS
Marshall Management added Benjamin N. Seidel and Patrick Welton to its senior management team. Seidel is executive vice president, Welton director of...
Timeshare Grows and Grows
The success story that is vacation ownership continues to produce new chapters. Sales for the segment rose nine percent last year to $8.6 billion, according...
REACH OUT TO THE BEST
Many years ago I noticed something that has continued to interest me ever since: Those who clearly need help don't ask for it, while successful people...
A Day in the Life of a Hotel
Inside a Superstar Best Western Aguest driving up to the Best Western Sterling Inn, Banquet & Conference Center probably won't be impressed. The architecture...
Romancing the Hotel
In their book, The Experience Economy: Work Is Theatre & Every Business a Stage, B. Joseph Pine and James H. Gilmore note that Commoditized (is a) word...
A-1 TEXTILES & HOSPITALITY PRODUCTS
Linen and hospitality provider A-1 Textiles began with two staff members inside a 2000 sq. ft. industrial office space in Chatsworth, CA. Within the first...
Expanding the IH/M&RS Constituency
Expect a full house Nov. 11 when former New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani addresses the 91st annual International Hotel/Motel & Restaurant Show. A...
Capitalizing on a Contrarian Market
Hotel developers eyeing metropolitan Milwaukee are defying conventional wisdom by proposing new properties in a market many already consider overbuilt....
LAUNDRY PRODUCTS SHOWCASE
Washer-Extractors Continental's Pro-Series washer-extractors, available from 18-255 pounds, require no bolt- down or concrete foundations. The freestanding...
Guest Security Concerns Spotlight In-Room Safes
In-room hotel safes have changed from amenity to necessity. Travelers carry more electronic devices, accessories and jewelry than ever and are more concerned...
REVENUE A DIFFERENT GAME FOR CASINO PROPERTIES
While room sales drive revenue for most of the hotel industry, a guest's value on the gaming floor is the real payoff at casino properties. That does...
INNOVATIONS IN HOTEL PRODUCTS AND SERVICES
GUIDING DEVELOPERS THROUGH THE PROCESS Charlottesville, VA-based Management Services Corp. owns and manages 4,000 apartments and 500 mobile home pads...
Vendor News
David Altobello recently joined real estate broker Molinaro Koger as vice president. Altobello, who is based in the firm's Washington, DC office, had...
