Robin McLaughlin
Robin McLaughlin is digital editor of LODGING.
Independent Hotels and Digital Advertising Demands
In 2018, it’s nearly impossible to remember that there was a time when the internet didn’t exist. Due to the sheer amount of time most people spend online, digital advertising has become the primary...
Four Career Tips for Women in Hospitality From Karin Kopano, GM of Hotel 50...
It can be challenging for women to climb the ranks to the highest tiers of hospitality. Karin Kopano, general manager of Hotel 50 Bowery, has the following advice for female hotel professionals looking to...
Breaking Ground: The Bay Area’s First Modular-Build Hotel
Yesterday's ceremony at the Home2 Suites by Hilton San Francisco Airport North wasn’t just a regular groundbreaking–it marked the first modular construction hotel in the Bay Area. Instead of building from the ground up,...
Checking In With Deloitte’s Guy Langford
Although hospitality is notoriously slow when implementing technology, the face of the industry may drastically change within the next five to 10 years, with new programs, operations, and integration. And when implementing innovations, hoteliers...
A Feline Resident Has Been Attracting Visitors to This Hotel for Almost a Century
In the 1920s, Frank Case, the owner and manager of The Algonquin Hotel, kept a cat named Billy. Billy lived at the Algonquin for 15 years, becoming a well-known entity at the property. Shortly...