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Hotel, hospitality & travel
Steven Belmonte's picture

So You're Not Happy with Your Franchise

So you are not happy with your franchise and you are thinking about changing flags? Really??? It is a conversation and a personalized reality check that I have with many clients each and every year.

Hotel Flags Ranked by 2009 Property Earnings

Inside looking up at Atlanta, Marriott
Interior view straight up of Marriott, Atlanta. Photo/Alexbrn
Stan Turkel's picture

The Lincoln Highway

At Lancaster, Pa., on US 30 we saw one of 3000 concrete Lincoln Highway markers which were placed in 12 states by Boy Scouts in 1928.

Fairmont Hotels Offers E-Readers to Guests

With e-reader sales thriving, and 41 percent of iPad owners saying they prefer e-books to hard copy, hotels have started offering e-readers and e-books to their guests.

Stan Turkel's picture

Three Weeks Touring Pennsylvania via Budget/Economy Hotels

My wife and I recently took a three-week automobile vacation through the spectacular mountains and valleys of the state of Pennsylvania.

Stan Turkel's picture

New York's Aberdeen Hotel

New York's Aberdeen Hotel is now called the La Quinta Inn Manhattan, a106 year-old property that was at the hub of a growing entertainment and business district.

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Nine Out of Ten Hotels Lost Profits In 2009

By now everyone has heard just how much U.S. hotels suffered on the top line in 2009. The 16.7 percent decline in RevPAR reported by Smith Travel Research for 2009 was greater than any annual decrease in revenue published in PKF Hospitality Research's (PKF-HR) annual Trends in the Hotel Industry reports since 1932.

Stan Turkel's picture

NYC's Knickerbocker Hotel

Did you read about the sale of the former Knickerbocker Hotel on 42nd Street to Ashkenazy and partners for $180.5 million?

Ties that Bind Vantage Hospitality and AAHOA

CHICAGO – Absent from the panel of experts on stage at the general session of the Asian American Hotel Owners Association convention last week was Vantage Hospitality CEO Roger Bloss.