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PR & Marketing Tips for Smaller Hotels Oct 8, 2013: ReviewPro PR & Marketing Tips for Smaller Hotels from Renata Parolari Fernandes

Every once in a while, we like to bring in guest experts to provide you with another perspective and some fresh ideas. Today, Renata Parolari Fernandes, the founder and director of Five Star Magazine, an award-winning publication about unique luxury hotels, shares her experience promoting smaller hotel properties. Enjoy!

What Is Equity Investment? Oct 6, 2013: How the Debt-to-Worth Ratio Affects Your Loan Application

Hospitality CEOs Score Highly in Emotional Intelligence Oct 5, 2013: Hospitality CEOs Score Highly in Emotional Intelligence, Says New Insight from HVS Executive Search.
Over the past two decades HVS Executive Search has interviewed and assessed exceptional talent from the global hospitality industry. Using our proprietary assessment tool 20|20 Skills^TM we ran an analysis of over 420 hospitality leaders (CEOs, Managing Directors, Regional Vice Presidents) from around the world and created an aggregate profile of their predominant skills and character traits.¹

A 20|20 SkillsTM assessment provides feedback on ten crucial performance characteristics:

Buy-or-build issue creates options Oct 2, 2013: During a panel at the Hotel Data Conference, several experts discussed three major issues to consider when deciding whether to buy an existing hotel or build a new one.

Why Brands are Becoming Publishers [video] Oct 1, 2013: Is content still king?

SEEING DOUBLE: DUAL-BRANDED HOTELS ACROSS THE WORLD Oct 1, 2013: SEEING DOUBLE:
DUAL-BRANDED HOTELS ACROSS THE WORLD

In-room technology changing Hotel landscape Sep 28, 2013: We live in a world full of change. It's one of the constants we can be certain of, and a catalyst to that change rests with technology. Considering this in the context of hotels, one of the significant changes taking place right now is how a guest interacts with the hotel.

The Internet was once seen as a key piece to this, and that has now shifted to the device used to access the Internet. We first experienced the Internet through the computer, and today, the smartphone and tablet have come to the forefront.

Hotel Impossible - Do's and Don'ts Sep 25, 2013: Master the Art of Hotel Do's and Don'ts with help from "Hotel Fixer' Anthony Melchiorri, who joins Kristen to help travelers avoid the heartbreak hotel experience.

HP Rama honored for going the distance in philanthropy at the Lodging Conference Sep 24, 2013: HP Rama tutors an after-school student at the Frazee Dream Center.

HP Rama honored for going the distance in philanthropy at the Lodging Conference in Phoenix, AZ…

The History of Distance Learning [INFOGRAPHIC] Sep 13, 2013: Distance Learning [INFOGRAPHIC]
It is always interesting to see where we came from in the realm of distance learning. Most people think that the entire distance learning concept came about with the internet, but it is clear that it has existed well before we had the online social constructs of today. When I see infographics such as this, I’m always curious to know what the history will look like 50 years from now as technology continues to advance. Until that time, we can appreciate where we are today and where we have come from – both of which will shape our future.