Ellen Meyer
Running on Empty: Protecting People and Business During the COVID-19 Crisis
The hotel industry has taken an unexpected twist in the wake of the worldwide coronavirus pandemic. With an increasing number of states ordering all but essential workers to shelter in place as the pandemic...
Helping Hands: Hotel Industry Finds Ways to Help Workers Weather COVID-19
Quarantining with her family at home in Florida, Shelly Weir, senior vice president of career development for the American Hotel & Lodging Association (AHLA) and its Educational Foundation, enumerated some of the ways the...
At the Helm on Stormy Seas: Checking in With RLH Corporation’s Interim CEO John...
When John Russell was appointed interim CEO of RLH Corporation in December following the resignation of Greg Mount, he could hardly have imagined what lay ahead for the entire world just two months later....
Less Foot Traffic and Fewer Food Sources Embolden Pests During COVID-19
Apparently rats, insects, and other unwelcome hotel visitors didn’t get the memo about social distancing. As entomologist Michael Bentley, director of education and training of the National Pest Management Association (NPMA), says, decreased human...
Historic Side Gig: On-Air Reporting Provides Telia Butler Fulfillment and a Professional Edge
Telia Butler, who is the Marriott area director of sales for Anderson Hospitality Group in Bowling Green, Ky., started out planning a career in journalism. But she also loved history, and, as it turned...