No Room for Mediocrity - Do you want to check out the future of hotels? Then check into the Peninsula Beverly Hills, where Ali Kasikci is creating rooms with incomparable service -- built around unconventional ideas.
Publisher: Fast Company     Author: Jill Rosenfeld   

Post-Merger Integration in Hospitality - Over the last several years, we have seen numerous mergers of hotel organizations in what was widely touted as a period of significant consolidation in the U.S. hotel industry.
Publisher: Arthur Andersen     Author: Roger Cline   

Pre-Employment Screening: Are you legal? - The trend to check out the backgrounds of employees before they are hired is rapidly growing across the country.
Publisher: Hospitality Net     Author: Wes Franks   

Recipe for Reinvention - The British are coming! The British are coming! Pret A Manger is a London-based company with ambitions to revolutionize that uniquely American institution: the fast-food restaurant.
Publisher: Fast Company     Author: Scott Kirsner   

Room for Two - It's one company but two cultures. Marriott and the Ritz-Carlton work to align different approaches with common goals.
Publisher: CIO.com     Author: Scott Berinato   

Strange Brew - Beer alternatives are the hottest thing in the beverage biz.
Publisher: Business 2.0     Author: Eric Hellweg   

Suite Dreams - Hilton’s customers can rest easy knowing the hotel chain has no reservations about delivering outstanding service.
Publisher: CRM Magazine     Author: Lisa Picarille   

The Implications of Declining Occupancies - Given all the new hotels that have recently entered the market, the fear of over development is a major concern for U.S. hotel owners and operators.
Publisher: PKF Consulting     Author: Patrick Quek   

Think Strawberries by Hotelier James Lavenson - Speech of famous Hotelier, the late Mr. James Lavenson, now carried in most Hotel Management textbooks. In a most pleasant manner, Mr. Lavenson shows how he took his hotel to new heights with creative management and motivational strategies (re-published with his family's permission)
Publisher: Re-Published with Lavenson Family Permission     Author: Mr. James Lavenson   

Undeveloped Country: Timeshare Prosperity Explored - Timeshare is hot! The growth rate has been 15 percent a year for the last decade and there’s no end in sight! The time to develop is now, but where?
Publisher: Hotelexecutive.com     Author: Ron E. Jackson