Hotel Manager Talk

Hotel Manager Talk: Issue #23 for the week 11/16/08
Stories Read:

STR Report update for United States
Found on SmithTravelResearch.com

5 Reasons Gen Y May Survive Recession and Layoffs Better than Gen X and Baby Boomers
Article by Meredith Levinson found on CIO.com

New Room Pipeline Starts to Shrink
Article by Carl Cronan found on GlobeSt.com

Study Finds Hotel Guests Watch More Television [...]

Hotel Manager Talk: Issue #22 for the week 11/9/08
Stories read:

STR Report update from previous week
Found on SmithTravelResearch.com

Hotel Rooms Vanishing Quickly for Inauguration
Article by Brian Westley found on YahooNews.com

Travel Companies Detail Layoffs
Article by Mary Ann McNulty found on Management.Travel

Forget the Front Desk
Article by Greg Kumparak found on WashingtonPost.com

Doubletree Hotels Introduces Request Upon Arrival Guest Service Program
Found [...]

How I see it as a young, small fish in an old, large pond…

Hotels Join the Airlines in Fine-Print Fees
Cancelations fees, no-show charges, smoking charges, share-with fees; all basically free money. Not only do these have very low, if any, cost to the hotel involved, every guest (ideally) is made aware of each of [...]

Hotel Manager Talk: Issue #21 for the week 11/2/08
Stories Read:

STR Report update from previous week
Found on SmithTravelResearch.com

The Obama Effect on Lodging Industry Issues
Article by Glenn Haussman found on HotelInteractive.com

Atlantic City Delays Smoking Ban
Found on USAToday.com

Four Key Questions Candidates Should Ask Potential Employers
Article by Jim Houran and Whitney Harper found on HTrends.com

Seeking Renewable Energy
Article by Patrick [...]