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The Key to Success is Simple - Know What You Want - By Lizz Chambers, CHA/CHE
What profile do you seek to fill your leadership positions? Hopefully, you know because you have profiled your most successful leaders? We all have leaders we wish to clone. In order to duplicate our successes we must know exactly what type of individual we are seeking in the first place. ...more
Mere Battles In The War For Recognition - By John R. Hendrie
Our terminology has become more bellicose and contentious as we compose, frame and wage our efforts for Consumer Awareness and recognition of our various Brands. ...more
Managing Online Consumer Awareness for Your Hotel
In today's online marketplace, it is difficult to keep your hotel in front of the consumer. Consumers have thousands of ways to find your hotel - Search Engines, Online Travel Agencies, Travel Meta Search Engines, Consumer Review Sites, Brand Web Sites, and Individual Property Web Sites. ...more
The All Star Team - By Joe Dunbar
Just a few years ago, I was asked to assist a high profile chef in pricing a new menu for a hotel restaurant in New York. My initial impression still remains with me and I believe there are several points to take from the experience. ...more
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FEATURED SITE
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Accel-Team
Fresh from personal experience of the positive changes that can be brought about in organizational culture and behaviour by changes in processes and methods, the Accel-Team offers to share this with its site visitors. With a background in work study/organization & methods (O&M), industrial engineering and business analysis, site contributors provide a range of analytical tools and resources to promote team building and employee motivation. These two prime silos are well structured and contain a range of information for novices and more experienced managers alike. Free PDF articles on individual development planning, employee coaching and increasing staff efficiency add further interest.
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FEATURED SUPPLIER
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Aumiller Youngquist, P.C. Architects
AYPC Principals Keith Youngquist and Bill Aumiller, recipients of Hospitality Design's Platinum Circle Award, Head up this creative team of Architects and Interior Designers as they create some of the world's most exciting places utilizing their "RETHINK EVERYTHING" philosophy.
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FEATURED MAGAZINE
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 CRM Magazine Is written for executives responsible for moving the enterprise toward a customer-focused approach.
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MARKET RESEARCH
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Membership-basis organization hotels: State Market Index
The metrics in this report cover three year trends in SIC 7041 [Services sector], broken out on a state-by-state basis. Analysis is based on data applied from 2,062 industry firms. Industry market vitality measures for each state are benchmarked against US averages for the industry, creating easy comparison of state-by-state performance. Industry sales are detailed for both company-wide headquarters data and locally generated sales levels. The report also compares proprietary BizMiner measures in each state and the US, including failure rates, entrepreneurial activity and new branch development rates in the industry.
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HEADLINES
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Most viewed headlines this past week at Hotel News Resource. Click on the title to read.
Budget-Conscious Americans Opt for Short Getaways in 2006
Survey - Honeymoon Trends
Travel Prices Increase 7.6 Percent in June
Weekly U.S. lodging performance for the week of Jul 23, 2006 - Jul 29, 2006
Online Travel Spending up 15 Percent
New Orleans desperately seeking tourists
Oberoi announces 12 new projects in India and abroad
Marriott Marquis in Atlanta Starts Phase Two of $100 Million Renovation and Repositioning
Joie de Vivre Hospitality Announces Five New Hotels In California
FAMrates.com celebrates its 5th year online.
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UPCOMING INDUSTRY EVENTS
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2006-09-06
Travel Trade Canada
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2006-09-07
Travel Trade Canada
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FEATURED BOOK
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Emotional Intelligence by Daniel P. Goleman
Through vivid examples, Goleman delineates the five crucial skills of emotional intelligence, and shows how they determine our success in relationships, work, and even our physical well-being. What emerges is an entirely new way to talk about being smart.
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