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Hotel Manager Talk: Issue #27 for the week 12/14/08

Hotel Manager Talk: Issue #27 for the week 12/14/08
Stories Read:

STR Report Update for US
Found on Smith Travel Research

Unsigned Contracts Free up 4,500 Area Hotel Rooms
Article by Michael E. Ruane found on WashingtonPost.com

Hilton Tells Employees to Stay Home
Article by Glenn Haussman found on HotelInteractive.com

Hotels Struggle, But Guests Less So
Article by Joe Sharkey found on NYTimes.com

Mounting Job [...]

What is the future of the hotel minibar?

How I see it as a young, small fish in an old, large pond…
What is the future of the hotel minibar?
From the Front Desk view, and the Housekeeping view- I hate the minibar. It will never be a make-or-break for the reason a guest books a room with you.  It leads to bill discrepancy which [...]

Hotel Manager Talk: Issue #26 for the week 12/7/09

Hotel Manager Talk: Issue #26 for the week 12/7/08
Stories read:

STR Report update for United States
Found on SmithTravelResearch.com

Help Wanted: Waiters, bellboys, bartenders
Article by Missy Frederick found on BizJournals.com

Small Hotels, Motels Losing Sleep Over Empty Beds
Article by Sara K. Clarke found on OrlandoSentinel.com

Unleash the Potential!
Article by John Hogan found on HotelNewsResource.com

People Lucky Enough to Get 2010 Olympics [...]

Dallas Expands Smoking Ban

How I see it as a young, small fish in an old, large pond…
Dallas Expands Smoking Ban
Hi America, where did your freedom of choice go? Where did your freedom to make a mistake go? Where did your freedom to run a business that you pay taxes for, pay to operate, pay to own go? Maybe [...]

Hotel Manager Talk: Issue #25 for the week 11/30/08

Hotel Manager Talk: Issue #25 for the week of 11/30/08
Stories read:

STR Report update for United States
Found on SmithTravelResearch.com

Analysts Say It Will Be Difficult to Shield Luxury Hotels From Terrorist Attacks
Article by Keith Brandsher found on NYTimes.com

Hotel Reflaggings
Article by Joe Brancatelli found on WashingtonPost.com

Hotels Making Noise About Eradicating Noise
Article by Caryn Eve Murray found on HotelInteractive.com

Top [...]

New York City Hotel Tax Hike Would Devastate Tourism Industry Costing City Jobs and Business

How I see it as a young, small fish in an old, large pond…
New York City Hotel Tax Hike Would Devastate Tourism Industry
Another tax increase? Anything anyone can do about it? Probably not.  An increase of the hotel tax from five to six percent is estimated to cost the region 3,716 jobs.  What happens if [...]

The Weight of the Wait

How I see it as a young, small fish in an old, large pond…
The Weight of the Wait
This is a great piece about the consequences of making guests wait as well as the value of having them not wait.  Roberta Nedry focuses mostly on restaurants in this article but the same applies to the rooms [...]

Hotel Manager Talk: Issue #24 for the week 11/23/08

Hotel Manager Talk: Issue #24 for the week 11/23/08
Stories read:

America’s 50 Best Hotels
Article by Bob Harris found on MSNBC.com

Comp Seekers Out of Luck
Found on NJ.com

Consumers Will Travel; Spend Less for Holidays
Found on HotelsMag.com

Supervisor Work/Life Training Gets Results
Article by Ellen Kossek and Leslie Hammer found on Harvard Business Online

How to Assuage Irate Clients
Article by Hal Becker [...]