Five Creative Steps Hotels Are Taking to Beat the Recession
from Wired Hotelier
The recession has stimulated many hoteliers to use some creative ways to drive sales. Their focal point is to create ways to capture sales in the most cost-effective means possible, with the quickest results possible. Let's face it, few hotels are flush with money right now. More

Cornell Study Finds that Lower Hotel Prices Cost Hotels Money in Good Times and Bad
from Hospitality Net
When close competitors cut their prices, the temptation for hotel operators is to follow with reductions of their own. While that strategy may increase occupancy, it reduces revenue per average room (RevPAR), when compared to a hotel's competitive group. More

Recession Forecasting Issues Should Prompt Hoteliers To Do Own Homework
from Hotel Business
The ongoing recession has created its share of challenges for the hotel industry and far too many to list in this space. But there is one aspect of the business that has become downright impossible—forecasting. Well, forecasting accurately that is. More

Hotel Industry Adopts Solar to Save Energy
from Environmental Leader
As consumers demand more eco-friendly vacation choices, the tourism industry is responding with energy-efficient and carbon friendly resorts and hotels. More

New Tools Emerge in Bed-bug Fight
from Hotel News Now
Bed bug-sniffing dogs are one of the newer weapons in hoteliers’ war against the pests, but good old-fashioned inspection by staff is the best way to keep them in check, according to last week’s American Hotel & Lodging Association Webinar, “Bed Bugs 101.” More