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September 8 2022 The Importance of Brand Campaigns: Leveraging Alternative Branding Strategies

No matter how good of service a business provides, successful marketing doesn’t just happen in a vacuum. In order to be successful, businesses need to carefully and methodically approach their marketing. Successful marketing is done through executing the right blend of strategies — and doing so consistently. Finding the right formula for a business can be […]

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September 7 2022 The Best 7 Morning Habits of Highly Successful People

Working in the hospitality industry is not easy. Work is physically exhausting, and employees focus solely on putting guest’s needs first, helping them get what they need while providing an exceptional experience. That constant focus on a patrons’ needs can be mentally challenging and fatiguing, which may put hospitality employees at risk of burnout. Beginning […]

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August 11 2022 Strategic Management Skills for Tourism, Hospitality, and Events

Management isn’t easy. Applying good management is even tougher. Mastering management is nearly impossible. To become the best manager possible, one must constantly analyze themselves, focusing on what’s working and what’s not. Most of the time, managers are the ones in charge — making this level of self-reflection nearly impossible. Thus, achieving growth in a […]

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July 27 2022 How to Manage Post-Pandemic Workplace Trends In Hospitality

Hospitality businesses are subject to a wide range of changing business practices. Facing new consumer demands, growing competition, and stringent regulatory requirements, hospitality professionals must adapt. This blog post will explore post-pandemic trends that have the potential to transform your workplace. We’ll touch on everything from disruptive technologies like artificial intelligence and machine learning, to […]

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July 3 2022 Can I Find Hospitality Jobs Online? Discovering Opportunities for Remote Hospitality Jobs

The global pandemic caused a major shift in the workforce. As the world came to a screeching halt, workers explored new career avenues. Remote work especially revolutionized the labor market in 2020. The practice saves employees hundreds in monthly commuting expenses and hours of exerted energy to travel back and forth to work. With employees […]

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June 27 2022 Why TV Casting is the Future of Standard In-Room Entertainment Packages

Technology is having an immense impact on how guests experience in-room entertainment. With the rise of streaming services, hotels have begun to offer direct in-room access to content streaming. While pre-installed streaming options are convenient, guests desire access to even more versatile content. The solution? Casting. TV casting gives hotel guests customizable, dynamic access to […]

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June 5 2022 Tips for Turning Personal Weaknesses into Professional Strengths to Excel in a General Manager Role

Great managers are not made overnight – building an effective management technique takes time and experience to cultivate. Offering good management requires a hodgepodge of skills, an elegant blend of patience and firmness, pushing yourself to challenge your team members in order to achieve full potential. It’s a lot harder than it sounds. Leaders are […]

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May 18 2022 5 Benefits of Networking for Hospitality Professionals

Do you know that networking as a hospitality professional can help unlock the next successful step in your own career? While this may seem obvious, it actually is incredibly valuable to know how to network effectively and strategically to get where you want in your professional path. A study from Apollo Technical shows that 80 […]

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April 25 2022
April 25 2022 8 Self Care Strategies Every Leader Should Follow

There’s a common misconception that a successful leader is a workaholic, pouring 100% of themselves into their work with little regard or time for anything else. While hard work is certainly a trait of successful leaders, a truly successful leader recognizes the importance of self care. After all, workplace burnout can have significant negative effects […]

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March 21 2022 What Does it Mean to Be a Hospitality Professional?

Hospitality professionals open up new worlds. They invite people to have experiences often outside of the everyday and work diligently to make those experiences ones to remember. They provide service in four, often overlapping, sectors. Travel and Tourism Travel and tourism professionals help people get to where they want to go and schedule the experiences […]

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February 10 2022 How to Stay Focused When You Feel Like Giving Up

The hospitality industry has seen its fair share of upheaval in the last couple of years, starting with lockdowns and continuing into the “new normal” of life during a persistent pandemic. Even before COVID-19 hit, the hospitality industry expected a lot from their workers. Employees constantly have to keep a polite face while dealing with […]

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January 14 2022
January 14 2022 How to Overcome Management Issues in Hospitality & Tourism

The hospitality industry is one of the world’s longest established industries, and also one of the most ever-changing. The need to be cutting edge – but also comforting and consistent – proves to be a constant challenge. As a General Manager, the friction between managing your hotel on a daily basis and staying on top of […]

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October 26 2021 What Does a Hotel Management Company Do?

Hotel management is the essential backbone behind overseeing the general operations of a hotel business. In many cases, these duties are distributed across a management team comprised of a general manager and other senior-level professionals. However, in other cases, the strategic operations of a hotel are handled by a third-party management company. What’s a Hotel […]

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September 7 2021 10 Ideas to Enhance Hotel Guest Satisfaction & Experience

With the rise of competition and guest expectations in hospitality, the importance of delivering an exceptional guest experience is a top priority for occupancy and profitability. A positive guest experience is what keeps guests coming back to your hotel stay after stay. So if you want to go above and beyond for your guests, consider […]

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August 17 2021 10 Tourism & Hospitality Conferences for Industry Professionals

Tourism and hospitality conferences come in many forms. Not only are there events for niche areas of hospitality, such as finance or technology, but there are also conferences tailored for specific industry professionals, such as executives and leaders.  With the last couple of years shaken up from pandemic-induced cancellations and postponed events, the outlook for […]

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July 22 2021 5 Jobs in Hotel Management: How to Climb the Hospitality Career Ladder

From the front desk to concierge, most hospitality jobs are generalized as entry-level positions with room for growth and advancement. So how do you go about climbing the ladder and securing yourself a career in hotel management and leadership? Hotel management jobs encompass a diverse range of opportunities for professionals interested in tourism, guest relations, […]

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June 17 2021 7 Strategies for Overcoming Resistance to Change in an Organization

Simply put, change can be both daunting and difficult. Most people prefer to maintain their existing habits and comfort zones versus venturing into unknown territory. Organizational change comes with a unique share of challenges. Opting to change one’s personal life is very different from embracing top-down change in the workplace. Resistance to organizational change occurs […]

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May 7 2021 5 Strategies to Develop Resilience in a Fiercely Competitive Industry

Resilience development is a powerful strategy that enables professionals to tackle stress better, address workplace conflicts, and embrace challenges while on the job. Because professionals place work as the number one stressor in their lives, cultivating resilience is essential to overcome stress and burnout. In competitive industries like hospitality, work stress can intensify. In a […]

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May 2 2021 How to Resolve Conflict in the Workplace When Stakes are High

It’s inevitable that any hospitality business will eventually encounter some type of conflict. Research indicates that an overwhelming 85% of workers experience some degree of workplace conflict. That same report found that on average, each employee spends 2.1 hours every week (or approximately one day a month) dealing with conflict in some manner. Time is […]

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April 5 2021 How to Start a Hotel Business? What Are Average Startup Costs?

Starting your own hotel extends well beyond offering a place for people to sleep. Successful hotel businesses center on providing an exceptional experience that exceeds guests’ expectations, whether they’re vacationing tourists or business travelers. Like any hospitality business, entrepreneurs must exercise a sense of empathy and know their target customers’ needs. The type of guests […]

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March 29 2021 5 Digital Technology Trends Reshaping the Hospitality Industry

Not only is it critical to stay on top of the latest technology trends in hospitality, but given the highly competitive nature of the industry, hotel entrepreneurs and managers need to evolve alongside these trends. Between augmented and virtual reality, AI-driven automation, and IoT integrations that streamline the guest experience, the technology trends and cutting-edge […]

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March 24 2021 5 Employee Incentive Ideas to Motivate Hospitality Staff

The Hospitality industry is infamous for staffing and employee retention issues. Job burnout and dissatisfaction are frequent challenges for hospitality managers and leaders. With this in mind, it’s crucial for hotel managers and hospitality HR departments to invest in their employees well beyond just a paycheck. Below we share five employee incentive ideas that motivate […]

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March 16 2021 7 Lifestyle Habits of Highly Productive People

For the several last decades, the idea of being productive has centered on working hard, working smart, and putting in the hours. But these productivity measures are arbitrary societal constructs that fail to acknowledge the key habits and routines that ultimately shape our lifestyle as a whole. In today’s modern mindset of working smarter and […]

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February 8 2021 7 Most Important Characteristics of Successful Entrepreneurs

Many factors can shape an entrepreneur’s success as they launch, operate, and scale their hospitality business. These factors often include the timing of their business launch, the amount of capital they can obtain, the market’s competitive nature, their supply chain’s dependability, and the current economic climate. In addition to these external factors, successful entrepreneurs have […]

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February 4 2021 How to Avoid Burnout at Work? 3 Ways to Prevent Professional Fatigue in Hospitality

The Hospitality industry is notorious for high rates of employee burnout. With most job roles being highly labor-intensive and emotionally consuming due to intense interpersonal relationships, Hospitality employees encounter higher burnout rates than most other industries. Mayo Clinic describes burnout as a state of physical or emotional exhaustion that also involves a sense of reduced […]

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January 5 2021 How to Run a Hotel Business Successfully

Unlike retail shops and restaurants, running a successful hotel business requires a unique set of entrepreneurial and leadership skills. Having a convenient location, great amenities, and a solid business plan is one thing. But how you go about organizing your team and delivering impeccable guest experiences is another. With more than 74,000 hospitality providers in […]

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December 8 2020 Hotel Branding Strategy: How to Create an Alluring Brand Identity

While your personal identity sets you apart from every other individual on the planet, a brand identity can be the special factor that helps a business distinguish itself from other businesses. Much like an attitude, the ways in which you spend your time, or how you treat other people, a successful company must collect certain […]

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December 8 2020 7 Keys to Being Successful in the Hospitality Industry

Julia Sugarbaker said it best, “Hospitality is simply an opportunity to show love and care.”  There is no other industry in the world where people get to care for people the way that they do in the hospitality industry. Whether you are waiting tables at a diner, mixing drinks at a local watering hole, checking […]

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November 12 2020 Hotel Reputation Management: 3 Tools and Platforms to Keep Online Sentiment Positive

Online reputation management is a cornerstone of any successful business- be it hospitality, technology, or retail. Reputation management involves utilizing platforms (i.e. Google, Facebook, and Yelp) to monitor customer reviews. Reading reviews gives businesses insight into what is working for their consumers and what is not. A recent TripAdvisor study showed that 83% of those […]

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September 23 2019 10 Books to Keep You Ahead of the Game

So much about management, marketing, and entrepreneurship centers around knowing your competitors and your client base. While understanding the layout of the field and the key players involved is crucial in reaching your goals, your attitude, outlook, and the daily practices you employ can easily undermine you. To help you keep ahead of the game, […]

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September 12 2019 15 Hospitality Leaders Share Their Best Business Advice

In the hospitality industry, customer experience is king. What does it take to succeed, grow as a professional, and lead better in a business that is chaotic and ever-changing? Here’s what 15 hospitality leaders, past and present, had to say. Gray Shealy, AVP of Architectural Design and Innovation, Royal Caribbean Cruises “Respect for others will […]

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July 17 2019 Top 10 Ways to Work Smarter, Not Harder

You’ve heard it already: to get ahead in business, you need to work smarter, not harder. It’s a nugget of wisdom that applies to any area of life, but it’s become such a cliche that the idea behind the saying needs revisiting. At the end of the day, working hard isn’t what delivers your results. […]

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June 2 2019 7 Things Mentally Strong People Do

Viral blog post “13 Things Mentally Strong People Don’t Do” became a cultural phenomenon that inspired two books. Written by a social worker after the death of her husband, the list shows ways most people unconsciously make life more challenging with bad mental habits, fears, and subliminal thought patterns. We thought we’d flip the script with […]

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May 28 2019 How to Listen to Others Instead of Just Hearing Them

What’s the difference between hearing and listening? While it might seem like they’re two sides of the same coin, there’s actually a huge gap between them. The classic research on the subject, Edgar Dales’ Cone of Experience, suggests that we only remember between 25 and 50 percent of what we hear. In an hour-long meeting, […]

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