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BBQs Not Just For Backyards Anymore (5/24/2013)
More hotels are throwing barbecues to boost business and give guests a smoking good time.

Strategy

HI Connect - Designing Dreams, Purchasing For Impact (5/23/2013)
Designers love to design, but without purchasing pros at their side it’s impossible to turn those dreams into reality.

Special Events

Choice Making Comfort More Comfortable (5/21/2013)
Choice Hotels is on the upswing, and its focusing on reinvigorating its venerable Comfort Inns & Suites flag.

Financial News

Strategy

Properties

Fairfield Turns 25 - Sets Direction For Next 25 (5/20/2013)
What Fairfield Inn & Suites Is Doing Right Moving Into The Next Phase.

Strategy

Properties

Next Year's Plan - Organic Marketing (5/17/2013)
Here’s how to define and leverage an effective marketing plan.

Strategy

Choice Hotels Announces $40 Million PIP Incentive Plan (5/14/2013)
At the opening day of its annual conference, owners of Comfort branded hotels can get some cash to spruce up their hotels.

Financial News

Special Events

Properties

Best Western in Caribbean Expansion Play (5/13/2013)
New hotels in Haiti and Puerto Rico show the brand’s future direction.

Real Estate

Financial News

Markets

Properties

Getting Crazy for the Great Gatsby (5/10/2013)
The Great Gatsby opens today and hotels are kookoo to capitalize on the movie buzz.

Strategy

In Vino Veritas! (5/9/2013)
Here’s How to make a Wine List Work For You.

Perspectives

Historic Structures, Historic Headaches (5/8/2013)
Converting old buildings to modern hotels is fraught with challenges. Here’s how some handled the thicket of regulations to get their hotels open.

Strategy

Take the Bleeding Edge or Safe Edge? (5/7/2013)
BITAC Tech & Ops experts shared their thoughts on pumping up hotel tech. Here are their surprising thoughts.

Technology

Special Events

Lodging Industry Tech Trends Revealed (5/6/2013)
At this week’s BITAC Tech & Ops, we uncovered what technology is most important for future success.

Special Events

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