One of the best things about the hotel industry is its willingness to give back to the community. Throughout the year, there are countless acts of selflessness throughout the industry. During the holiday season, these generous deeds are amplified. Here are a few recent examples of how hotel-industry organizations have stepped up for good causes (this is only a small representation; please use the comments section below to let everyone know other good deeds being done in our industry):
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The Atlanta Hospitality Alliance cut a big check for scholarships at Georgia State University’s hospitality school. Front row (from left): Paul Breslin, Panther Hospitality; Mary Beth Cutshall, HVMG; Debra Cannon, Director, Georgia State University Cecil B. Day School of Hospitality; and Monty Levy, HREC Investment Advisors. Back row: Carlos Torres, Hardin Construction Company; Tom Woodward, Hodges Ward Elliott; Michael Murphy of Smallwood, Reynolds, Stewart, Stewart & Associates; and Dan Weede of Carlton Fields.
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Thursday, 17 November 2011
IHG’s Solomons hits nail on head about OTAs
Posted by Jeff Higley
at 7:28 AM
Is the day of reckoning coming for the relationship between the hotel industry and online-travel agencies? The sometimes-turbulent subject is a topic that permeates every event, gathering, message board, and quite possibly every pillow-talk conversation, that goes on in the hotel industry.
Both sides try to put on happy faces and say they want to play well together. Most observers can easily see through that charade. Hotel companies in general don’t like the OTAs because of the perceived loss of revenue a hotel realizes when a room is sold through a third-party outlet. The OTAs are happy to take the rooms at what some hoteliers claim are ridiculously low rates, mark them up and then sell them to consumers while touting how low the prices are. I get the sense that OTAs view hotel owners as a necessary evil because while they want the rooms inventory, they don’t want to be in the hotel-operations business.
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