Going Green Again – The marketing (and profitability) advantage of environmentally friendly practices By Jennifer Rodrigues, TravelInk’d It may be hard to remember, but not too long ago environmental awareness was the hot topic in the hospitality industry. Everywhere you looked there were hotels and restaurants ‘going green’ and executing ‘sustainability’ campaigns. Then, o...

“How The Big Can Learn From The Small” by Paul White from the Bed & Breakfast Club, a blog aimed at small hoteliers, explains how large hotels can learn quite a lot from Britain’s B&Bs The good thing about B&Bs is personal service. Your innkeeper is basically a guide, host, friend, maid and chef all rolled into one. But without employing a single individual (wh...

With the BP oil spill in mind, how can hotels effectively market themselves amidst factors beyond their control? By Jennifer Rodrigues, TravelInk’d The BP oil spill has dominated headlines lately for many good reasons. It is the largest environmental disaster in the history of the United States; it has caused untold ecological destruction to wetlands, shorelines, and to the Gulf of Mexico...

A verdict comes in on how hotels handled the demand conditions caused by the recession By Jennifer Rodrigues, TravelInk’d The Cornell Center for Hospitality Research issued a report last week that indicated that though discounting was the most prevalent tactic used to offset the demand-killing effects of the recession, hotels were unlikely to repeat this strategy. Given their choice, the ...

Exceeding Expectations every day – every stay, by Fritz Gubler Here is Fritz’s latest Young Hotelier exclusive…hotel stories about exceptional service that inspire! As is the norm with Fritz, he’s also been busy publishing new books for eager hoteliers to benefit from. His latest, which he co-authored, is called ‘The Salt Book’. The Salt Book is a guide to sal...

Mythbusters, TravelInk’d Style By Jennifer Rodrigues, TravelInk’d A confession: I engage in plenty of guilty pleasures. Among the cheaper ones (that is, discounting my yearning for Miu Mius and beachside mojitos) is an irrational affinity for the Discovery Channel’s Mythbusters. I suppose the show’s a bit more high-concept than The Office, but it certainly doesn’t count as sophis...

Here’s a video sent to us by IMI Luzern hotel management school students, who are trying to raise awareness about food wastage. Video Description: Students from IMI University Centre in Switzerland take the initiative and launch the “Food Wasted Campaign 2010″. Get involved and follow the movement: “I will finish my food today” There are no EXCUSES anymore for...