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Jay Schultz, sr. vp, hospitality group, Hotel Business
Year after year industry pundits continue to question the importance of the International Hotel/Motel & Restaurant Show (IH/M&RS). Once again, these so-called experts couldn’t have been more wrong.
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Dennis Nessler, Editor, Hotel Business
As executives from the lodging industry continue to ponder its perception within the general real estate investment community and the potential fallout of the current economic crisis, many have recently expressed to me a similar sentiment. It goes something like this: “why is Wall Street penalizing us? We’ve been performing well for the last few years.”
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HB ON THE SCENE: Vacation Ownership Industry Execs Confident Market Will Rebound Quickly
ORLANDO—The Vacation Ownership Investment Conference continued today here at the Peabody Hotel with its annual Meet the Leaders panel. Despite the current uncertainty in the economy, the executives were hopeful the market will rebound quickly.
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ORLANDO—The Vacation Ownership Investment Conference continued today here at the Peabody Hotel with its annual Meet the Leaders panel. Despite the current uncertainty in the economy, the executives were hopeful the market will rebound quickly.
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Jay Schultz, sr. vp, hospitality group, Hotel Business
It’s that time of the year again. It seems as if between now through the end of the year there’s some sort of conference, trade show or event scheduled every week. Last week I was in Miami Beach, FL, for HD Boutique. I’m writing this during the Lodging Conference in Phoenix and, later in the week, I will be heading to Los Angeles for the InterContinental Hotels Group Conference.
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HOTEL BUSINESS® Roundtable Analyzes Potential Impact Of Bailout
PHOENIX— At a brokers/lenders/owners roundtable convened here last week by HOTEL BUSINESS®, participants described the proposed $700 billion Federal bailout of Wall Street banks and investment firms as a necessary evil.
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PHOENIX— At a brokers/lenders/owners roundtable convened here last week by HOTEL BUSINESS®, participants described the proposed $700 billion Federal bailout of Wall Street banks and investment firms as a necessary evil.
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Richard Solomons
IHG Financial Director/Interim President,
The Americas
LOS ANGELES—Opening day here at the annual IHG Americas Investment and Leadership Conference carried a real kick to it this year. Even as CEO Andrew Cosslett was stressing to thousands of franchise owners the continuing need for InterContinental Hotels Group to push for competitive differentiation by having “Great hotels that guests love,” the United Kingdom-based hotel chain decided to take a giant side step in an ancillary direction and enter the timeshare arena.
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Houston Hotels Rebound After Hurricane Ike
HOUSTON, TX— A week after Hurricane Ike, hotels here are getting back on their feet.
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Jay Schultz, sr. vp, hospitality group, Hotel Business
In The Quest For Cutting-Edge Hotels, Don't Forget The Baby Boomers
Is hotel design becoming “too cool”? Are properties being designed and built without the guest’s wants and needs really being taken into account? These questions will be front and center during the annual New Look™ magazine Designer Roundtable taking place during HD Boutique later this month in South Beach. Look for coverage of the Roundtable in the November/December issue of New Look™ magazine. In the meantime, allow me the opportunity to offer my two cents on the subject.
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Harry Javer, producer of The Lodging Conference
PHOENIX—There may be plenty of anecdotal evidence of a downturn within the hospitality industry, but one would never know about such a movement based on the expected attendance at the upcoming Lodging Conference, which is sold out for the eighth consecutive year, according to conference producer Harry Javer.
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Dennis Nessler, Editor, Hotel Business
Any hotel executive that’s been around for any length of time will tell you sometimes the best deals are the ones you never make. As the 2008 Olympic games in Beijing wrapped up last month, the fact that London, and not New York City, was awarded the 2012 games appears to be a blessing in disguise for the local hotel market.
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Andy Ingraham, NABHOOD President/CEO
ATLANTA—While talk of recession blows across the lodging landscape, the mood remains positive and the attitude is one of can-do by the members of The National Association of Black Hotel Owners, Operators and Developers, Inc. (NABHOOD), who are holding their 12th annual International Multicultural Tourism/Hotel Ownership Summit and Trade Show here at the Atlanta Marriott Century Center.
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