Four Wellness-Centered Recommendations for Meetings in 2019
DURHAM, N.C.—Wellness will be an essential component for meeting planners to incorporate into their 2019 events as they focus on the complete physical, mental,...
The One Practice That Will Earn a Meeting Planner’s Trust
Even with the best of intentions, some hotel sales managers unwittingly prioritize winning the sale before building trust with the meeting planner. By simply...
Five Closing Tactics to Book Group Business
Blazingly successful group sales managers and directors don’t wait to initiate the close. They work the close right from the start.
Today’s meeting planners are...
Kindred Resorts & Hotels Forecasts Meeting Trends for 2018
Kindred Resorts & Hotels, a collection of independent hotels and resorts focused on the group and meetings market in North America, conducted a survey...
Seven Ways To Make Meetings and Events More Sustainable
Meetings and events are big business in the U.S. They are valued at about $1 trillion and invariably listed as one of the ten...
Building Rapport with Meeting Planners in the Digital World
When almost every client interaction has gone digital, it's critical to add personal rapport to every faceless communication—whether email, video chat, or texting. It’s...
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Five Hotel Companies Among Fortune’s 100 Best Companies to Work For
Five hotel companies made the recently released 21st annual Fortune 100 Best Companies to Work For list, which is based on surveyed employee ratings...
Five Markets With the Most Hotel Construction
Analysts at Lodging Econometrics recently reported the top five markets with the largest hotel construction pipelines for the third quarter of 2018. The number...
What Are Your True Variable Costs Per Occupied Room?
Knowing the average, actual costs incurred per occupied guestroom enables a manager to make more prudent pricing and marketing decisions and to monitor expenses....
12 Ways To Increase Hotel Security
Even when hotels have strong security policies and procedures in place, they are still vulnerable to cyber attacks, break-ins, theft, fraud, and other crimes....
