By Alan Campbell: Architectural style may get you a multitude of visitors but in order to turn those visitors into guests, you have to provide them with something more than sights. You have to provide them with another kind of style, and that is Style with a capital S, and I mean Style in all its guises: chic, panache, elegance, bravura, flare, smartness, polish, grace, class; all performed by a well-trained staff in such a manner that the guest can feel he or she is receiving the finest service from the staff willingly and with gusto.
Self-Confidence and Your Personal Brand
By Ken Sundheim: Self-confidence, while hard to build, is a key component to any personal branding. In nearly any type of business, successful job search or fulfilling career, when we are confident in our personal brands through a strong sense of self-worth, our capabilities are as limitless as our imagination.
Down with Love: World’s Least Romantic Hotels
By Kristen McKenzie: It's Valentine's week. For those who feel like curling up into a giant cringe, here are a few places to escape the sugary madness.
Five Oscar-Worthy Hotels
By Caroline Patek: Feb. 24 marks the 85th Academy Awards, and Hollywood’s elite will gather to celebrate 2012’s best movies, actors, directors and screenwriters. While the stars are the ones honored on this annual night, we want to highlight some of the top hotels that have played roles in legendary films.
Sustainable Tourism: Myth or Reality?
By Gavin Landry: If you ever travel, you are either wittingly or unwittingly part of a delicate and complicated morass facing today's tourism destinations: how do we attract and service the greatest number of tourists without causing irreparable change or damage to the destination's resources? A question that is still begging for an answer: Is tourism sustainable? Before we look at a few examples; let's look at some issues related to sustainable tourism.
Ten Most Common Hotel Marketing Mistakes
By Larry Mogelonsky, MBA, P. Eng: Marketing dollars are precious and scarce. No one wants to pilfer resources away towards programs that fail to deliver a solid return on investment. As a general manager, here are ten thoughts to keep in mind as your hotel marketing team prepares to execute this year's plan.
It’s Story Time: Just Doing My Job
By Steve Cokkinias: A veteran of the hospitality industry, Steve has many entertaining stories up his sleeve. Each Wednesday he will share a story on ehotelier.
Hotel Capitalization Rates Stabilize as Market Forces Create State of Equilibrium
By Suzanne R Mellen, CRE, MAI, ISHC, FRICS: Hotel capitalization rates are stabilizing due to the counter balancing forces of a healthy transaction market, a shortage of product for sale, the low cost of capital and the slowing of net income gains. This article discusses these forces and presents data illustrating these trends.
Eight Ways To Be a Happier Entrepreneur
By Mike Michalowicz: Many people go into business to make money so they can use it to do things that make them happy. Other people go into the same line of business because it actually makes them happy. Guess what? The people who are happy are making a lot more money than the people who are just focused on the money.
Trend Watch: Just-for-Men Spa Treatments
With celebrities setting the bar high, ultra-competitive workplaces and the desire to look young, more men than ever are heading to spas to fulfill their grooming and pampering needs. In response, spas are offering special treatments tailored to men's specific skin, body and relaxation needs. In fact, Spa Finder Wellness' annual Spa and Wellness Report named men's spa treatments as one of the top ten trends to watch in 2013. From facials to pedicures, below please find an overview of men's only treatments offered at spas worldwide.
