Three Technologies for Hotel Guest and Employee Safety
The U.S. hotel industry employs 8 million people and accommodates 5 million guests each day. On a daily basis, hospitality providers are faced with...
ILeftMyStuff Streamlines Lost and Found Process for Hotels
When Paul Mercer's wife left a pair of shoes behind at a 391-room hotel in Niagara Falls, he stepped in to help get them...
Modeling Hotel Profitability Based on the Latest U.S. Hotel Data
For several years, STR has produced an estimate of total revenues and gross operating profit for the U.S. lodging industry. For 2016, we reported...
Paying the Intermediaries: An Analysis of Hotel Commissions
The increasing incidence of intermediaries selling hotel rooms and other services is a major topic of discussion among U.S. hotel owners and operators. From online...
Taking Control of Hotel Inventory Management
Inventory management is critical to overall hotel success. Too many hoteliers don’t understand the importance of maintaining distribution control over their coveted product—their hotel...