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Online Revealed – Insight For Hotels
The 8th annual tourism online marketing conference. Right from the opening keynote presenter Hari Nair, VP of Market Management North America for Expedia, the Online Revealed conference proved to be a gold mine of information for travel and tourism professionals. Attending hoteliers picked up valuable information at every turn. In Expedia‘s presentation on Canadian Travel Trends, the big […]
Hotel Transactions In Canada Hit $1.2B Mark
Hotel investment in Canada continues to grow, and hotel transactions in Canada have achieved one of the industry’s highest levels in the past ten years. With overall deal activity reaching $1.2 billion, 2012 was an improvement from $1.1 billion in 2011. 116 hotels switched hands in the past year—that’s a 17.2% increase compared to 2011. […]
Winnipeg To Have An ALTernative Hotel Experience In 2014
New property to open in the heart of the Sports Hospitality Entertainment District. Family-owned Groupe Germain Hospitalité hotels have a well-earned reputation for providing stylish, comfortable accommodations at an affordable price. Now they’re coming to Winnipeg, bringing the ALT hotel concept. The Portage Avenue hotel will be located in the heart of the Sports Hospitality Entertainment District (SHED), […]
Home Based Commercial Kitchen: Would You and Could You?
In our last post we discussed the The Low Down on Commercial Kitchen Space Rentals. Renting a commercial kitchen space is an economical option for caterers, bakers, food truck operators, people who run stalls at farmer’s markets, and more. It is simply an excellent tool for start ups in the food industry that need to […]
The Low Down on Commercial Kitchen Space Rentals
If you own or are thinking about starting up a catering company, bakery, food truck, food stand at farmers markets or other culinary specialty business, you are aware of the huge expenses and paperwork involved in getting your company off the ground. One way to cut out a major part of the expense and time-consuming […]
Restaurants & Hotels Magazine Issues First Print Edition
Popular Online Publication Goes To Press Toronto, ON (February 25th, 2013) – On March 1st, 2013 Restaurants & Hotels Magazine produced its first print edition. After a full year of success as an online publication, the Preview Edition of the printed magazine is available as of March 1st, 2013. Copies were primarily distributed at the CRFA Show, […]
Important Tips When Negotiating Hotel Management Agreements
When you’re in the process of negotiating hotel management agreements (HMAs), what should you do? With HMAs being a pressing concern for many hoteliers, questions are raised here and there as to how negotiations for HMAs work. For dealing with that matter, two lawyers, James Butler and Bob Braun, both partners of JMBM, Los Angeles, […]
$627 Million In Hotel Real Estate Transactions Reported Across Canada
Second quarter sales surpass the same period last year, per Colliers International Hotels analysis. There are plenty of positive indicators in the hotel real estate sector. Second quarter sales in 2012 exceeded those in the second quarter of 2011 by almost 28 million dollars, with the average per-transaction value increasing from just over 11.3 million […]
The Regina Hotel Industry – Strong And Growing
Occupancy rates and new hotels are both going up. Saskatchewan is booming, its export numbers are strong, job growth rate is the best in the country and Statistics Canada reports that Saskatchewan’s manufacturing sector is way out ahead. It’s the optimum time to open a business. In the hospitality industry, Regina hotel occupancy is up over 70%. This […]
