Creative Structures in Hotel Transactions

Creative Structures

In an earlier blog post, I discussed my observation in the marketplace that finally we are seeing Sellers and Buyers reaching the same valuations for property. Sellers have adjusted their expectations a little and Buyers realize in many cases that there can be significant upside in buying a property even at market values, especially in [...]

MailChimp vs. Constant Contact

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Hint: It’s MailChimp. Let us just say for the record, we’re paid to have opinions of products and services that will save our clients time and money. Having said that, we don’t even think that MailChimp versus Constant Contact is a fair fight. MailChimp is our service of preference. Period. Ok, but why? If you [...]

2012 – Junction of Market & Motivation

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In reading the recent article by Joel Ross in the HotelNewsNow bulletin (“Hotel industry sentiment falls back to reality”, February 2, 2012), I was struck by the similarity in Joel’s opinions to a conversation we had in our office just this morning. Joel was reviewing the sentiment which came out of the recent ALIS conference [...]

Website Design for the Hospitality Industry

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Where the Party is At The advantage of a well-designed website Unlike many other businesses, in the hospitality industry your website has the unique opportunity of being the life of the party. Your website welcomes guests, takes their coats, shows them around, gets them drinks and makes them comfortable. A well-designed website acts as party [...]

Are Millions of Dollars Hiding in Your Hotel?

Ecology Puzzle Pieces

Have you recently done energy efficiency upgrades, or are you planning to do some this year? If so, are you aware of the EPAct, section 179D tax deduction and how it can possibly save you hundreds of thousands of dollars? As a hospitality resource, it is important to EcoGreenHotel to provide education on the ways [...]

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