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Public Content Global Congress on Travel Features Best Practices for Lodging Operators
Jul 12, 2011
Hear from industry leaders, such as Brad Bonnell, Director of Global Security, InterContinental Hotels Group and Alan Orlob, Vice President, Global Safety and Security, Marriott Lodging, International. The Congress is an excellent opportunity for lodging professionals to share and benchmark their legal, safety, and security experiences and best practices.


Stephen Barth, Founder of HospitalityLawyer.com
Member Content Hotel Security and Safety: Considerations of a CCTV System
Jul 12, 2011

 The importance of a security strategy can never be underestimated.  For the most part, there usually are two approaches taken:  proactive or reactive.  Each of them has definite strengths and limitations and should be carefully analyzed.
Member Content USA Today Hospitality Columnist Warns of Hotel Identity Theft Dangers
Jun 29, 2011

Hackers growing more sophisticated

Part of the problem for hotels is that hackers have been creating more sophisticated software.
Public Content The State of the Hotel Industry
Jun 12, 2011

Hospitality Lawyers on the State of the Hotel Industry.

  • Where are we in the hotel cycle?
  • What's happening with corporate profits, job growth and lodging demand?
  • What's the effect of the housing problem?
  • What is the forecast? (Good and getting better)
  • What's the impact of oil prices on lodging demand?
Public Content New ADA regulations take effect in March 2012
Jun 10, 2011
 New ADA regulations take effect in March 2012
How much do you really know about complying with the new ADA regulations?
 It's time to test your knowledge -- visit www.ahla.com/knowledge for six key questions your property must know how to answer. You'll find additional resources to walk you through the process as well.
Public Content Hotel Lawyer with nuggets from JMBM's Meet the Money® 2011
Jun 8, 2011

Hotel Lawyer with nuggets from JMBM's Meet the Money® 2011

  • Who is financing?
  • When do we hit the peak?
  • Are market values running ahead of fundamentals?
  • How do you price deals today?

These are some of the questions that continued to surface through various panel discussions and hallway conversations during the conference. For some pertinent nuggets, read on.
Public Content What is happening with the condo hotel sector?
Jun 1, 2011
Jim Butler Checks Out The Condo-Hotel Niche       
In concept, condo-hotels represent the best of both worlds (in this case, the worlds of residential and commercial real estate). In reality, however, this niche sector experienced the worst of both worlds during the economic crisis. But with commercial real estate recovering at a faster pace than residential real estate, how will this niche respond? MortgageOrb speaks with Jim Butler, chairman of the Global Hospitality Group at Los Angeles-based Jeffer Mangels Butler & Mitchell LLP, on the near-future of condo-hotels.
Member Content How to build, operate and finance GREEN hotels now.
Jun 1, 2011

This 2008 session from Hotel Lawyer on The Hotel Developers Conference™  addressed an entire conference to GREEN hotel development, construction, rehab and operation. This was a "Gen 2" conference -- moving beyond the basics and into the practical guidance and war stories from the veterans in the trenches.

The Hotel Developers Conference™ even had a great panel on the unique aspects of financing and underwriting the green hotel premium, but of course hotel finance -- green or otherwise -- is the entire subject of JMBM's industrial strength event.
Member Content 5 Best Practices for Scoring Corporate Performance
May 27, 2011

Top organizations use scorecards to show how their operations compare against their standards. However, many scorecards focus too much on financial performance, while ignoring other key areas in the business. This white paper discusses how the use of a balanced scorecard can help integrate operations data, employee data, and financial data to allow managers to create an accurate macro-level view of an organization’s performance.
Member Content Illegal Immigration: Today’s Challenges and a Way Forward for Hospitality Employers
May 24, 2011

Illegal Immigration: Today’s Challenges and a Way Forward for Employers | By Charles A. Conine, SPHR

The hospitality industry is under increasing pressure from a dramatic shift in US government strategy to enforce existing illegal immigration law. While a new federal immigration policy remains elusive, what practical options are available to hospitality employers who seek to build a strong, tenured - and legal - workforce? One promising alternative: transformative HR practices.
Member Content Loss Prevention & Risk Management
May 20, 2011
HospitalityLawyer.com - worldwide provider of legal, safety, and security solutionsHotel and Restaurant Loss Prevention and Risk Management Newsletter
Public Content The Impact of Terrorism and Economic Shocks on U.S. Hotels
May 18, 2011
Using data on 34,695 hotels from 2000–09, this study examines how the external shocks of the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, and the financial crisis of late 2008 affected aggregate occupancy, price (average daily rate), and revenue per available room (RevPAR) within the U.S. lodging industry.
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