Ten million tourists are expected in London for the 30th Olympiad from July 27 to August 12, 2012. That’s enough to make the candidate cities that weren’t chosen green with envy… However, as the British capital pulls out the stops to welcome its many visitors, its neighbors are preparing to get even!
Solare Hotels & Resorts expands nationwide development by Adding 3 New Hotels
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.
Caribbean Cruise Ships The Imbalance of Risk / Reward and A Trojan Horse
By Robert MacLellan: April’s annual Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Investment Conference in Puerto Rico provides a highly appropriate time and venue to raise questions about the future of the cruise industry in the Caribbean and its impact on the region’s hotel sector.
Getting Ready for Enterprise VoIP
By now, you’ve read all about VoIP’s potential to cut phone service and equipment costs, provide a more efficient converged voice/data network and offer enhanced call routing and management. You’re convinced that the technology is a good fit for your enterprise. All that’s left is to develop and deploy the system. That’s easier said than done, of course. But developing a VoIP system also isn’t as daunting as many potential adopters believe.
The 3 Words Guaranteed To Grow Your Business Next Year
Next year is going to be the best ever for your business. But only if you enhance your company's usage of the following three words: knowledge, reassurance and conversations. By Scott Ginsberg
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
Hotel Body Language
Today's Discussion Article: If it seems hotels have become better, they have. Maybe not the economy motels of the world, but from Holiday Inn on up, hotels seem to be performing better than five years ago. By Josh Noel
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.
Helsinki Hotel offers mores than a life sentence!
Helsinki’s historic Katajanokka prison will open its doors to paying guests on 1 June when it commences its new life as a luxury hotel for business and leisure travellers. Hotel Katajanokka is architecturally unique and surrounded by a beautiful park, with 106 rooms as well as restaurant services, conference facilities, and an idyllic summer terrace. The Hotel will also be the venue for all sorts of events from seminars to concerts and summer festivals.
New Tourism School catalyst for Solomons economic future
A new School of Tourism & Hospitality in Honiara has been established as part of the Solomon Islands National University campus.
