April 15, 2009
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The Hotel Boardroom Reshuffle
There's been a lot of reshuffling in hotel boardrooms recently. In the past 18 months alone, new CEOs have taken charge at five major hotel brand companies....
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Five-Star Extended Stay
FEATURE: Corporate Apartment Pioneers AKA Take On Manhattan
There’s always been a thin line separating traditional lodging and extended stay. AKA, a four-year-old company with 100 years of history, has added a new dimension:...
New Room Mate in New York City
FEATURE: Spanish Brand Offers High Design with Lower Cost
After building the Room Mate brand to a dozen hotels in Spain, CEO and President Enrique Sarasola recently launched the concept in the U.S. with the opening of Grace in midtown Manhattan.
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Peabody Expansion Stays On Target
Q&A: Orlando GM Updates Progress on Project
It’s been 10-plus years in the planning, but the $450-million expansion of the Peabody Hotel in Orlando is underway and on target...
Canada’s Also Suffering
NEWS: Hotel Transactions Volume Tumbled in ‘08
Times are tough up north, too. Just as in the U.S., the volume of hotel transactions in Canada dropped significantly last year—down 77 percent to $1.1 bullion—and isn’t expected to improve much in 2009. According to a report...
Don’t Try to Time the Market
OPINION: Good Deals Are Out There Now
The silver lining of an economic downturn is the great buying opportunity it creates for those with capital to invest. This down cycle is developing into what will probably become one of best times to acquire hotels since...
Features
2009 Design Awards: Designing Greatness
In a year filled with news of recession, depression and economic disaster, Lodging Hospitality had little trouble finding worthy candidates for its annual design contest...
Six Practices of Hotel Entrepreneurship
We’ve all heard that old saw that "practice makes perfect." This is hardly true. A practice is unlike a rule, guideline, principle or commandment. A practice is what a leader embraces as part of his or her development of their entrepreneurial competencies. The reality is that perfection is rarely the outcome; however, continuous improvement frequently is. ...
Technically Speaking
Revenue Management Is Ripe For Change
I joined Carlson Hotels Worldwide in 2006 with the mission of building an industry-leading revenue optimization capability. Many years of previous experience in the airline and tour operator industries had given me a solid foundation in revenue optimization, but few preconceptions about hospitality. ...
Products April 15, 2009
ATMS ATM Systems provides custom-designed cabinets to blend with any hotel dcor...
One Big Hotel Laundry
The Hilton Americas-Houston, the city's largest hotel, also has the largest laundry facility in the Hilton family of brands...
