HospitalityEducators.com The #1 Independent Website for Hotel Owners & Managers

Tip of the Week: How to Become Well Connected Dec 7, 2016: Here are 11 ways you can network more effectively and easily at any conference or convention.

Remember and Reflect : Recommended Reading (and a video) Sep 10, 2016: American Lives:
The Stories Of The Men And Women Lost On September 11

HospitalityEducators.com Names Kathleen Hogan as President and CEO Jul 4, 2016: Effective July 4, 2016, the 6^th anniversary of its founding, Kathleen Hogan, MBA CHO will assume the role and title of CEO of HospitalityEducators.com. This will include brand strategy and positioning, as HospitalityEducators.com continues to expand opportunities to deliver hospitality learning, professional certifications and problem solving options and vehicles for hotel owners and managers.

“HospitalityEducators.com has evolved from our original services as a membership site to one that provides a broad range of educational services and specific solutions for hotels,” says Hogan. “Almost 80% of the hotels in the US are under 150 rooms. While many of them are branded, an affiliation alone may not be enough for a small business owner to achieve the level of success they are seeking. In the past six years, we have been repeatedly asked to offer recommendations on ways to improve profitability, to increase market share, to improve guest service or to offer personalized training assistance. The site offers valuable information, but the demand for personalized services has determined our need to expand and vary our delivery of knowledge and expertise.”

Adapting Ozone Laundry - Look at the Savings @Hampton Inn and Hilton Properties Mar 28, 2016: Over the past several years my team and I have worked with hoteliers and ozone technology providers successfully lowering natural gas spend, saving thousands of gallons of water while reducing chemical costs and diverting waste from local landfills. Ozone systems are one of the most proven technologies offering a sustainable alternative to traditional sanitation and cleaning in green hotels.

Recommended Reading: Think Big, Act Small : How America's Best Performing Companies Keep the Start-up Spirit Alive Dec 31, 2015: Think Big, Act Small :
How America's Best Performing Companies Keep the Start-up Spirit Alive
by Jason Jennings

"The answer to business success is in the title!

Interview with Chef Yann Chupin New Executive Chef The Ritz-Carlton, Sarasota Apr 15, 2015: Chef Yann Chupin

New Executive Chef

Increase Hotel Revenue By Using A Multi-Prong Approach Jan 24, 2015: The hospitality industry is slowly waking up from a slumber it was forced into due to the recent economic downturn. Thankfully, things are looking up now and hotels are not wasting time making up for the low occupancy they had to endure. Incidentally, there are number of things that hotels can do to increase sales. The trick is to use a multi-pronged approach.

Discussed here are some strategic ways through which hotels can increase their sales and profit margin:

.Seven Personality Traits of Top Salespeople Jul 14, 2014: HBR Blog Network

Seven Personality Traits of Top Salespeople

If you ask an extremely successful salesperson, “What makes you different from the average sales rep?” you will most likely get a less-than-accurate answer, if any answer at all. Frankly, the person may not even know the real answer because most successful salespeople are simply doing what comes naturally.

ADA REQUIRES REASONABLE ACCOMMODATION, NOT EMPLOYEE’S PREFERRED ACCOMMODATION Jun 25, 2014: With the EEOC presently pushing an enforcement agenda focusing, in part, on claims under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), it is important to keep in mind an often-underutilized legal principle when facing a failure-to-accommodate claim: the law requires only a reasonable accommodation, which is not necessarily the accommodation requested or preferred by the employee.

US Department of Labor "Takes on Small Biz" in Hospitality| Contractor v. Employee Feb 1, 2014

The US Depapartment of Labor has increased their budget and the number of compliance officers to target small businesses who have individuals classified as contractors v. employees.

It seems great to not pay the taxes and the benefits and all of the headaches of having employees but it is a risk because it is illegal. This article includes a checklist from Gary Wheeler, President and CEO of the Virtual HR Director, LLC to see if you are compliant

Writing An Employee Handbook Your Employees Will Read - And Heed, Part 2. Jan 30, 2014

In Part 1 of this article, Atlanta attorney Bert Brannen explained some of the important points to keep in mind when writing an employee handbook. In this conclusion, he covers ten of the most important policies that should be included.