Lodging Econometrics Q3 2009 Canadian Quarterly Report

The total Canadian Construction Pipeline has 178 projects with 22,592 rooms as of the end of Q3 2009. This is the lowest quarterly total since Q1 2005. New Hotel Openings continue to exit the Pipeline at a high rate for a second consecutive year. ...more

And the Peripheral New York City Lodging Markets Are Headed...? - By Zubin Saxena

A discussion on the existing lodging demand fundamentals and outlook for peripheral New York City hotel markets. The article also discusses why these areas may present good investment opportunities for hotel investors. ...more

Corporate Lay-Offs: Did They Get Rid Of The Wrong People? - By Alan E. Young, Apical Resource Group

It has been more than a year since companies began the react to the downturn in the economy. The unfortunate aspect of the economic downturn was that is has affected people and people are what makes an economy or a country great. People build our cars, people build houses, people serve breakfasts lunches and dinners in restaurants and hotels all over North America, people sell products and services, basically, people, try their best to get the job done. ...more

Food & Beverage - A Great 5 Min. Restaurant, Bar or Club Marketing Project - By Ken Burgin

People are fascinated by the daily life of a restaurant, cafe or bar, so why not share a few secrets? ...more

Leading U.K. Restaurant Chains Post Impressive Sales and Units Gains

Despite the global economic downturn, the leading 100 U.K. restaurant chains grew sales by 3.4 percent in 2008 to nearly £11 billion, and posted strong unit gains, expanding by 7.6 percent to approximately 15,000 locations. ...more

Restaurant Trends - Growing And Emerging Concepts - Data reflects change and activity from June 26, 2009 to October 26, 2009

Update from Restaurantchains.net on growing and emerging restaurant concepts ...more

Technomic Sees Alcohol Sales Falling Further in 2010

Based on expectations of continued contraction in the restaurant and bar industry in 2010, foodservice consultancy Technomic has issued its forecast for beverage alcohol sales in those channels. ...more

'A Hidden Gem!' or 'Lame!!!'? Online Travel Reviewers to Watch Out For - By Daniel Edward Craig

In 2007, a traveler wrote the following review of Opus Hotel Vancouver on TripAdvisor: 'The GM who thought he was Ian Fleming was a real detriment to a great trip. Shame - let's hope the hotel sees sense and releases Daniel to make another movie.' ...more

Webinar: Outlooks for Successful Online Merchandising in 2010

Complimentary webinar on what smart hoteliers are doing to extract more value out of their hotel's presence online in the year ahead with speakers Henry Harteveldt from Forrester Research and Edward Perry from WORLDHOTELS. ...more

New on VTV Channel: The Integration of Revenue Management and Marketing

VFM Leonardo, the leader in online visual content distribution for hotels, has launched a new video on VTV Channel featuring Laurence Bernstein, Managing Director of The Bay Charles Consulting Company. In this episode, Laurence explains where revenue management and marketing are disconnected and what these two functions can learn from one another. ...more

Rev Up your RevPAR In 4 Different Ways | By Jean Francois Mourier

There are few things more important to hoteliers right now than finding ways to increase bookings. This is evident everywhere, from large chains advertising across-the-board rate discounts to boutique properties launching aggressive advertising campaigns designed to put heads in beds. Hotels' occupancy and RevPAR, always key metrics for the industry, are in desperate need of revitalization. ...more

Cornell Study of Hotel Internet Marketing Tactics Quantifies 'Billboard Effect' of Online Travel Agents

Travel Research Says Hotels Gain Reservations Over and Above the Online Agent Volume ...more

Chris Brogan Interview - Hotels that Listen to Social Media Generate Business

Chris Brogan was very busy running the show at the 2009 Inbound Marketing Summit in Boston, MA, yet being the cool guy that he is, he took the time to share his own insight with us on how hotels should be using Social Media. ...more

Principles of Success - Closing the Circle in Measuring Performance - Understanding 360° Feedback - By John Hogan

My last two columns have addressed the evaluation and measuring performance process for hotel staff and I appreciate reader comments, questions and the opportunity to support hospitality and hotel companies. Those reader questions and inquiries caused me to reflect on the need to complete or 'close' the circle of evaluation, which is providing useful and meaningful feedback to senior management. ...more

Positioning Your Hotel For The 2010 Marketplace - By Neil Salerno

Marketing Is Not The Primary Thing...It's The Only Thing ...more

Positive trends for Asia Pacific tourism

Latest figures released by the Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) show that the numbers of international visitors to the Asia Pacific region improved by a marginal 0.5 percent during the month of August 2009 compared to August 2008. ...more

Egencia Releases 2010 Forecast and Annual Hotel Negotiability Index for Corporate Travel

Index Shows Corporations to Retain Hotel Buying Power into 2010 ...more

Top 10 Group Events Sep 01, 2009 - Sep 30, 2009

Square Footage Meeting Space Occupied, Square Footage Catered, Estimated Number of Attendees ...more

Additional Gaming Bankruptcies Imminent, Says Grant Thornton LLP

Industry is Paying the Price for Being Over-Leveraged in a Recessionary Economy ...more

Moscow, Russia - Market Snapshot - By Cristina Balekjian and Saurabh Chawla

This market snapshot is the fourth in a series of articles that HVS is producing every month with STR Global data for a number of key markets. Our analysis for this market is based on a sample of more than 9,000 rooms. ...more

STR reports US performance for week ending 17 October 2009

The U.S. hotel industry posted declines in all three key performance measurements during the week of 18-24 October 2009, according to data from STR. ...more

Finding a way out - September 2009 Canadian Lodging Outlook

Published in conjunction with STR (Smith Travel Research) and endorsed by the Hotel Association of Canada. This publication summarizes occupancy and average room rates from major cities in Canada. ...more

Canadian Occupancy, ADR, RevPAR - Week Ending October 24, 2009

Published in conjunction with STR (Smith Travel Research) and endorsed by the Hotel Association of Canada. This publication summarizes weekly occupancy and average room rates from major cities in Canada. ...more

12 Rules for 2010 Planning & Budgeting

Wanderlust outlines the new criteria for successful planning ...more

Occupancy tax update on internet hotel booking - By Jim Butler, author of www.HotelLawBlog.com

More lawsuits against Expedia and online travel companies (OTCs) over 'lost' bed taxes - Why hotels should care about the transient occupancy tax (TOT) battle ...more

Destination 2010: Top Travel Trends to Watch

Scene Advisor takes a look at the progression and salient characteristics of the hospitality industry ...more

Air Transport Association Reports Second Consecutive Quarter of Airline Cost Declines

The composite cost index fell 29 percent to 183.9 in the second quarter of 2009, versus 259.4 in the same period of 2008, easily outpacing the 0.9 percent decline in the U.S. Consumer Price Index (CPI). ...more

Not That and Do This - Do not embrace the 'New Normal' and increase your RevPAR in 2010 - By Jay Delerno

Over the past year I have seen hotels focus more on driving occupancy than rate to improve their RevPAR. While hotels may not be able to achieve the higher average rate of the pre down turn, there are opportunities locally they can exploit locally to drive rate even in the current economic environment. ...more