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A Hotelier’s Viewpoint on the Current Status of the Flash Sales Model
Oct 29, 2012

Preparing for a Business Loan
Oct 28, 2012

    Small Business Words of Wisdom | Preparing for a Business Loan

What Franchisors should know about "Material Facts"
Oct 25, 2012

The rigorous disclosure requirements enacted by franchise laws in several Canadian provinces have increased the risks of incorrectly drawing the line on disclosure, and even those provinces without specific franchise laws are coming to demand more disclosure and transparency from franchisors.

Hotel Owners: Better, Worse or About the Same?
Oct 22, 2012

HOSPITALITYEDUCATORS.COM FACULTY MEMBER DAVID BRUDNEY HAS GENEROUSLY AGREED TO SHARE SOME OF HIS EARLIER COLUMNS THAT GENERATED READER FEEDBACK AND INTEREST

Hotel Owners: Better, Worse or About the Same?

 

 

Are You Still Discounting?
Oct 21, 2012

You Might Gain Some Occupancy, But Lose RevPar to Your Competition

why hotel customers are not happy
Oct 20, 2012

A microcosm of why hotel customers are not happy

 According to a recent J.D. Power consumer-satisfaction study, the hospitality industry has reached a seven-year low in the key areas of check-in/checkout, services, facilities and food and beverage. It’s within one point of the low for the guestroom itself.

These results were front and center during the opening CEO Panel at last week’s Cornell University Hotel Research Summit, held in Ithaca, N.Y., and although the reasons for the decline are complex, they can perhaps best be summarized by my recent experiences with Toblerones and Snickers.

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If your hotel ranks top on TripAdvisor, are you not charging enough?
Oct 19, 2012

If your hotel ranks top on TripAdvisor, are you not charging enough? | By Daniel Edward Craig

International Hospitality and Training Institute
Oct 19, 2012

The data presented is courtesy of International Hospitality &Tourism Institute and based on the latest Deloitte Report "Hospitality 2015: Game Changers or Spectators'' as well as in the "Job Opening and Labor Turnover" from the Bureau of labor Statics.

Petition of Hoteliers Against OTA Practices
Oct 18, 2012

  Petition of Hoteliers Against OTA Practices

Dynamics Shifting in OTA-Hotelier Relationship as APAC Hotel Market Matures
Oct 17, 2012

Hotel Industry Prospects for 2013 and Beyond
Oct 16, 2012

Three Nuggets of Information from Vail Brown of STR on Hotel Industry Prospects for 2013 and Beyond

7 areas to negotiate in your next franchise agreement
Oct 16, 2012

Catherine Holmes, participated on the Franchisee/Franchisee Relations panel at the Lodging Conference in Phoenix. Lodging Hospitality's Ed Watkins moderated the panel and reported on the 7 areas where franchisees can negotiate better terms that Catherine identified as critical to owners . His article is reprinted, with permission, below. A few edits and formatting changes have been made to accomodate the blog format.