September 15, 2010
FORUM
What’s On the Horizon?
OPINION: Issues Facing the Hotel Industry in the Coming Months
In many ways, Labor Day marks the beginning of the new year. Tourists are gone, kids are back to school and summer heat turns to fall crispness. For hotel owners, it’s also a time to reflect on 2010 as it fades and plan for the next calendar year....
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A Hotel Comes Back From the Dead
FEATURE: Turnaround Team Revives Property With Hard Work, Common Sense
Morris Lasky, the self-proclaimed “hotel doctor,” likes a challenge, and he found one in the Drawbridge Inn, a once-sparkling, now-fading full-service hotel across the river from Cincinnati in Ft. Mitchell, KY....
Boutique/Lifestyle Hotels Highlight Conference
NEWS: 2nd Annual Event Focuses on Development Opportunities
The upcoming Lifestyle/Boutique Hotel Development Conference promises to be the ideal meeting place for developers, owners, brand companies and lenders looking to enter or expand in this segment of the industry. ...
Everyone Likes Free Stuff
OPINION: Wealth of Industry Data Available Online at No Cost
I don’t know of anyone who doesn’t like to get something for nothing. While the old adage, “you get what you paid for” might turn some people away from accepting free stuff, there is actually a lot of great information and data that can assist ...
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Dolce Stays Ahead of the Curve
FEATURE: Brand Refines the DNA of Meetings Hotels
Dolce Hotels and Resorts is extending its reach to make itself the go-to meetings hotel brand by managing state-of-the-art complexes geared to a new business order. ...
TECHNICALLY SPEAKING
Top-Drawer In-Room Entertainment at Mandarin Oriental
Q&A: How a Luxury Brand Adjusts to Changing Guest Needs and Demands
Luxury hotel chains constantly struggle to provide guests with the latest amenities, services and gadgets. After all, someone paying $600 a night for a guestroom wants to be wowed as much as possible. At the very least, they want the same amenities—...
Think Hospitality Technology, Not PMS
John Denver doesn’t like to call what his company sells “property management systems.” Rather than PMS, IQware markets what he simply calls “hospitality technology.”...
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Products Sept. 15, 2010
New and innovative products for the lodging industry....
