Optimism Rising

As U.S. lodging industry performance has turned positive in 2010, so too has the attitude of meeting planners, though not quite to the same degree. While...

Thank Your Lucky Stars

General managers, housekeepers, maintenance staff, concierges, and all the other employees whose leadership and initiative exemplifies what it means to be in hospitality were...

December 2011

Our annual parade of lodging innovators for 2011 is led by Sant Singh Chatwal and Vikram Chatwal's Dream Downtown. Our salute to innovation continues...

Gratifying and Good

Food and beverage has become a vital part of hotel operations. At many hotels, large restaurants with brand names or celebrity chefs not only...

Greening the Bathroom

It’s often said that the key to a good hotel room is a good bed and good shower. Just as bedding has morphed from...
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Leigh Taylor

A Lifelong Love

What initially inspired you to get into the hospitality business? When I was young I always had travel posters on my walls instead of celebrity...
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CoStar: U.S. Hotel Performance Shows Positive Yearly Comparisons

WASHINGTON—U.S. hotel performance decreased from the previous week but showed positive comparisons year over year, according to CoStar's latest data through March 23, 2024....
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A Dual Target: Hotel Executives on What It Takes to Be ‘Bleisure’ Ready

The portmanteau “bleisure”—a mashup of “business” and “leisure”—denotes a phenomenon for our time, a time when technology makes it possible to work, even long-term,...
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