Hotel Profitability Advisors

By Audrey Kallman, Operations Analyst, STR -March 19, 2021- 2020 kicked off with slight increases in both total revenues and gross operating profits, however, record industry highs quickly changed to record lows. Approximately 9 percent of U.S. hotels temporarily closed, and those...

Building Engagement in Your Workforce - Recently, I have seen many articles, posts and blogs about employee engagement. A lot of people talk about it. Many claim it is a main focus or aspiration within their company; and if it's...

A Business Case for Employee Engagement In recent years, Employee Engagement has become highly sought after by leaders across many different industries. In my 2/5/21 post "What Actually IS Employee Engagement", I point out some of the difficulties confronting leaders...

Hotels and hotel companies are in business largely to provide quality goods and services to the traveling public, provide meaningful jobs and careers to hotel associates, maximize revenues and profits and maximize owner equity. While maximizing revenues is essential to...

If anyone has managed assets in the hotel business for any period of time, you certainly have taken on a CAPEX challenged hotel or a hotel with a reputation for poor customer service. The challenge is to get into the...

I recently read an interesting article called Employee Engagement: Reality v Buzzword. While the author goes on to outline their own perceptions on employee engagement, the lead-in states: "The buzzword ‘employee engagement’ is the new mantra (and) seen as a...