Solare Hotels & Resorts Co. Ltd.will begin construction of three new roadside hotels in Okayama, Iwate and Nagano Prefectures from January 2008. The opening of these 3 hotels is scheduled from September through November 2008.
Hotel Lawyer: Protect Your Hotel Business with Captive Insurance
Are you thinking about setting up a captive insurance company? Maybe you should be. By Jim Butler and the Global Hospitality Group® Hotel Lawyers
The “all star” fundamentals of hospitality
By Tim Millett: Regardless of a hotel's star rating, minimum standards for all properties involves showing respect for one's guests, providing for their needs, and treating them with dignity and professionalism.
Seventeen Guestroom Pet Peeves
By Feature Writer Larry Mogelonsky, MBA, P. Eng: The guestroom is the crux of the hotel experience, and there are many small things that can set a guest off but are often overlooked. Call this my pet peeve list, but see if you don’t agree.
Hotel Marketers: Where Are You Now?
I strongly believe that hotel marketers need more empowerment and trust from their employers and/or owners. By Guillaume Thevenot
Opening a hotel in China: Purchasing
By Yoland Perras: Sampling from a guest perspective prior to buying is a critical step for all items on your Hotel Operating Equipment (HOE) list.
Hotel Labor & Employment UNITE HERE goes too far. Class action suit by employees for invasion of privacy provides critical limits on union organizing activities.
It has now been several years since UNITE-HERE targeted the hospitality industry with its organizing efforts. Their tactics have been extremely aggressive. At a macro level, the unions have poured resources into political campaigns across the country and are not shy about calling in favors from those they help elect. And of course, in 2006, we saw the fruits of a huge effort to time union contract expirations to hit at the same time in order to maximize leverage. By Jim Butler, Hotel Lawyer
Hilton, Marriott, Hotel Giants Get In Bed to Count Carbon
By Sustainable Business News: Until now it has been a challenge to compare hotels because they all measure their carbon footprint differently. Therefore, 23 global hotel companies put their competition aside to develop a standard way to measure this – the Hotel Carbon Measurement Initiative.
Guest Engagement Stories from the Taj
The Taj presents a collection of wonderful guest service stories to inspire.
The secrets to public speaking
By Matthew E. May: Most people will never give a TED talk, but everyone who gives a presentation can learn valuable skills from the world's brilliant innovators and thinkers who give sensational presentations on the TED stage.
