Main Photo: A ‘socially distanced’ Sylvan Lake (courtesy @papercandie – https://twitter.com/papercandie) COVID-19 has been a humbling experience for tourism and hospitality owners around the world. Every design, financial and strategic […]
I wrote an article at the end of 2018 about the “Soul of Hospitality”, hoping that our hotel brands would see fit to support franchisees by managing supply growth and reducing […]
Investment in the hospitality business is booming. We continue to see constant transaction activity across the United States. The industry has chosen its darlings – the select service upscale brand […]
There are plenty of things we don’t want to think about in the hotel business. We don’t want to think about what happens in our stairwells. We don’t want to […]
If you’ve ever hired us for hotel procurement you know that we’re quite particular about carpet. As operators we fear it; it stains, wears, and discolors. Our franchises want us […]
Hotel conferences are meant to be relaxing. Spend time with suppliers and friends. Get the ‘rah rah’ speeches from executives. Stay out late. Go home. ‘Networking’ or ‘partying’, depending on […]
We’ve changed as a city. A quick story – a long way to get to my point, but bare with me and I’ll get there: On March 23rd, 2018, the […]
Alim’s Unprompted, Unrequested and (potentially) Ill-considered Opinion on: Economy Brands (and why do people sh*t on them) From time to time I want to use this platform to bitch, complain […]
All good things must come to an end. You’ve made massive (hopefully) amounts of money in your brand-new. Your guests have beaten it to hell, but it still spits out […]