LODGING Staff
Lodging’s 2010 Innovators: Gustaf Burman, Senior Director of IT, Specialty Select Brands, Starwood Hotels...
While RFID technology has been on the radar of hotels for a while, one of the questions has been: Are hotel guests in the United States really ready for it. RFID technology allows guests...
Lodging’s 2010 Innovators: Dorothy Dowling, Senior Vice President of Marketing, Best Western International
On a very warm April afternoon Best Western’s senior vice president of marketing Dorothy Dowling sat on a stage in the press center at Phoenix International Raceway. Along with Michael Waltrip, two-time Daytona 500...
Lodging’s 2010 Innovators: Christopher Corpuel, Vice President, Sustainability, Hilton Worldwide
If a hotel wants to eliminate energy waste, it first has to know how much energy it is wasting. Sounds simple enough, but for most hotels, calculating their energy usage and where they can...
Lodging’s 2010 Innovators: Chris Jones, General Manager, Hotel Indigo San Diego
When Chris Jones, a former San Diego resident, returned to the city to take over the newly built Hotel Indigo San Diego, he stated his enthusiasm for the hotel and the city. “As the...
Back to the Future
At the start of the recession, lodging demand and ADR fell further and faster than anyone anticipated. A reversal of fortune is underway, as hotels are experiencing gains in demand and finally in ADR...