November 1, 2007
Articles
Do You Stink?
The latest faux amenity to hit the lodging industry is aroma. A number of major brands W and Westin and a few smaller ones and individual properties believe...
Tom Bodett: A Legend Reflects
You want to hear Tom Bodett's voice like you have on the Motel 6 ads he's been doing on radio for 20 years. But business is pressing, so you have to settle...
Branding Briefs
AKA The brand recently opened properties in Philadelphia and suburban Washington, DC. The AKA Rittenhouse Square in Philadelphia features81 studios and...
Daniele Spurs Corporex Select Service
Dan Daniele has been named president of Corporex Select Service Hotels. The former president of Baymont Franchises, Daniele joined Covington, KY-based...
Advertorial
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Keys to Effective Management Contract Negotiations
Booming hotel and resort mixed-use projects present significant opportunities for hotel developers, but the developer-owner must retain critical rights...
Surprise Stay Greets Family
To celebrate more than $100 million in collective upgrades and improvements at the Downtown Disney Resort Area hotels, Orlando, seven Walt Disney World...
Transactions
Comfort Suites Austin The Mumford Company arranged the sale of the Comfort Suites at the Austin, TX airport to SK Hotels, LLC for an undisclosed price....
Sentiments on Downward Path
The Lodging Executives Sentiment Index reading is still slipping. For the current period, it's 69.6, as against last period's 72.3 and 79.3 during the...
Hospitality People In The News
Global Hyatt Corporation has established a real estate and development team dedicated exclusively to the Americas. Reporting to Steve Haggerty, Global...
Summit Eyes Midwest Lodging
The Midwest is a hot lodging market, and a new Lodging Hospitality-sponsored conference next year will explore the developmnent, ownership and management...
Conference Confronts Legal Issues
In an increasingly litigious business environment, it's important for hotel owners and operators to keep tabs on the latest trends in hotel law. They'll...
Tasty Dining Trends
Benchmark Hospitality's top five dining trends for '07 come courtesy of those on the culinary frontlines: the management company's seasoned team of f&b...
Industry Events
NOVEMBER 7-9 America Resort Development Association fall conference, Fairmont Hotel, Washington, DC. Information: www.arda.org NOVEMBER 9-13 AH&LA Fall...
Leaders VOIC Optimism
A It's difficult to find a discouraging word whenever a group of timeshare executives get together. Such was the case at last month's Vacation Ownership...
Timeshare/Resort Briefs
Wyndham Vacation Ownership purchased 100 vacation units at the Emerald Beach Resort in Panama City Beach, FL. It also signed a contract to purchase another...
Timeshare People
Promotions in Interval International' resort sales and service department include Marcos Agostini to assistant vice president for Latin America and Dimitri...
Disney Hits the Beach
The Disney organization is stepping a little outside of its comfort zone for its next development project: an 800-unit oceanfront resort on the Hawaiian...
Big Box Strategy
As with the retail products industry, there are winners and losers in the hotel industry. We're all familiar with winners in the retail industry, including...
Director Denise
Denise Browning is the general manager of the Radisson on John Deere Commons-Moline, a 162-room, six-story, 10-year-old hotel at the hub of the Quad Cities,...
How To Target The Niche Market
In recent years, the hotel trade has focused increasing attention on what marketers call the niche audience. Brands have tailored their messages to attract...
What Credit Crunch?
Joe Champ is an experienced developer with a proven track record in the hotel industry. For him and scores (maybe hundreds) of lodging developers, the...
Fitness Matters
For contractors and developers building in the hospitality industry, it's critical to carry a solid understanding of the operational model and how design,...
High Design From the Inside Out
Ask a dozen people, including professional designers, lodging industry owners and developers, and hotel guests, What is high design? and you are likely...
Condo-Hotel Correction
In late 2004, condo-hotels were touted as the next big thing in hospitality. Word was they would give hotels greater flexibility and prove a boon to developers...
How to Reduce Your Stewarding Costs
Stewards are typically a forgotten group of hospitality workers; that is, until you get a negative kitchen inspection or your silver inventory suddenly...
When Aspiration Meets Opportunity
One of the most satisfying and heart-warming experiences of my life has played out over the last 32 years and continues today. It goes back to my Marriott...
A Nip and a Tuck
Effective website management requires an extreme central reservation system makeover. Earlier this year, industry sources reported that CRS reservations...
Tech Bytes
SoftBrands introduces Mosaik CRM, a companion to Mosaik BI, its business intelligence solution. The new profile and customer relationship management solution...
Working from the Same Page
Stephen J. Gordon views himself as a middleman. As Loews Hotels' first director of website management, the marketing and entrepreneurship specialist must...
Innovations in Hotel Products and Services
GUESTS CONSIDER BED BUGS Two independent polls of hotel consumers and hotel managers released by pest control company Orkin show that the bed bug resurgence...
Vendor News
SmartCube replaced AutoClassic as the number-one fully automated minibar for the U.S. hotel market, says Minibar Systems. Over the past 12 years, Minibar...
Literature Showcase
FREE MILNOR LAUNDRY FILE Free guide contains checklists, rules of thumb and article reprints on planning and arranging a laundry. It also gives tips on...
