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Fine Tuning Your Hospitality Business Strategies for A Measurable Competitive Advantage Part 2 - By Dr. John Hogan CHE CHA CMHS

In every economy and location, there are market leaders and laggers. In Part 1 of this short series, I shared the perspective that hotel owners have the financial obligation for their hotel overall and that at least some of them must modify several of their business practices if they want their hotel to move forward and not remain just a member of the pack or worse, be a market lagger.

Fine Tuning Your Hospitality Business Strategies for A Measurable Competitive Advantage Part 1 - By Dr. John Hogan CHE CHA CMHS

Last week, I addressed the need of evaluating your hospitality business strategies to outpace your competition. This article was very well read and generated reader inquiries seeking specific action steps. As I wrote in that earlier article, I regularly observe that many individuals and groups tend to look everywhere but at their own business practices when trying to gain market share. They do not reassess their marketing or changes in their environment but either hope or expect that their brand or CVB will come to the rescue.

Making This New Year's Hospitality Resolutions Last - Part 3 - Real and Practical Action Steps #13-28 - By John Hogan

It is now the end of the first month of the New Year. Resolutions were made 30 or more days ago and we already realize that people been breaking them because of any given number of reasons. Those reasons may be strong or without merit, but reality checks remind us all of the need for planning, action, measurement, analysis, correction if need be and then repeating the cycle.

Growing Your Career Up - (part 2 of 2) - By Kathleen Hogan

January of 2011 marks the beginning of another year and another opportunity for the hospitality industry and its professionals. The start of a new year is a good time to begin anew with resolution(s), re-dedication(s) and a fresh focus. The Fall/Winter of 2010 offered some action steps to reset and/or jumpstart those internal motivators of enthusiasm, confidence and drive in Part 1 of Growing Your Career Up.

Growing Your Career Up - (part 1 of 2) - By Kathleen Hogan

Remember your eagerness at the start of your hospitality career to 'make your mark'? Your enthusiasm for working in your chosen field was high along with your confidence in all the possibilities of the future. Your drive to succeed was strong. That enthusiasm, confidence and drive were and still are your internal motivators.