OMG! I OH @ the bar that my BFF is now on FB! LOL—I’m JK! BTW, I just sent you a DM that you can RT. L8R!

Translation: Oh my gosh! I overheard at the bar that my best friend forever is now on Facebook! Laughing out loud—I’m just kidding! By the way, I just sent you a direct message that you can re-Tweet. Later! ... Read More

Being deluged with data for nearly 29 hours has its advantages. Sure, the 275 attendees of the second Hotel Data Conference felt a little punch drunk by the end of the even late yesterday afternoon.

But for as drained as one can feel after being exposed to so many numbers in such a compact time period, there’s a certain sense of adrenalin, too. The event, presented by Gaylord Hotels and hosted by STR and HotelNewsNow.com, provided a true picture of the state of lodging industry. ... Read More

I’ve always looked at individuals in the hotel industry as an optimistic lot, always looking at the glass as half-full even as a global economy threatens to collapse right in front of them.

But like teenagers watching a horror moving with one eye shut and clinging to anyone who happens to be in the vicinity, hoteliers appear to have a penchant to sometimes test the limits of their dark sides. ... Read More

One of the many fantastic scenes in Mel Brooks’ 1974 classic “Young Frankenstein” is when Dr. Frederick Frankenstein, played by Gene Wilder, and his sidekick Igor, played by the late, great Marty Feldman, took place as the two were exhuming a body from the local graveyard.

Frankenstein: “What a filthy job.”
Igor: “Could be worse.”
Frankenstein: “How?”
Igor: “Could be raining.” ... Read More