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THIS WEEK

Higher rates during high season mean higher guest expectations

Seasonal hotels face a fundamental business paradox: they must deliver their highest service levels precisely when workforce management becomes most challenging. Staffing shortages wield a profound impact on the hotel industry, extending ripple effects that resonate across operations, guest experiences, read more...

LAST WEEK

Chasing loyalty... away

Loyalty programmes; some hotels get it…some don’t.   The Century Dictionary of 1897 defined loyalty as: “a strong feeling of support or allegiance. Allegiance is a matter of principle, and applies especially to conduct; the oath of allegiance covers conduct only. Loyalty read more...

The Titanic sailed legally with 20 lifeboats and yet...

The Titanic disaster exposed a regulatory gap where rules failed to match technological reality. The regulations at that time effectively set the requirements for the Titanic’s lifeboat configuration at 16 boats – 14 lifeboats and two emergency boats to accommodate read more...

MOST READ

The concierge who read everything

A few weeks ago I was on an intake call with a potential coaching client. She is a Director of Rooms at a luxury property in the far east, mid-thirties, sharp and hungry for her next move. Director of Operations, read more...

Serving lunch

Almost 40 years ago now I was a busboy at a large and busy resort in the Canadian Rockies. I had transferred west a few months earlier from another hotel in the same chain where I had worked for two read more...

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