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The human being is giving more and more value to the feeling of being constantly busy, living in a society that forces us to maintain an ongoing performance sometimes excessive. The growing inability to establish distances or break ties with our problems or obligations makes us to live at disproportionate pace so the time dimension is at risk of being in danger of extinction.

Concord Hospitality Enterprises, Inc. announced the sale of a portfolio of four Marriott-branded hotels located in Ontario, Canada to Genesis Hospitality, a Manitoba-based private investment group.

The Ecole hôtelière de Lausanne and New York University / Preston Robert Tisch Center joined forces to organize a panel discussion on Sustainable Hospitality.

Eco-friendly body washes, lotions and conditioners to be distributed domestically, bringing comfort and improved hygiene to children and families in homeless shelters rescue centers and missions.

Hotel EBITDA for the Company’s consolidated hotels grew approximately 24.2%, or $6.5 million, to $33.4 million for the quarter ended September 30, 2011 compared to the same period in 2010. Hotel EBITDA margins expanded 220 basis points to 41.7% in the third quarter of 2011, compared to 39.6% in the same quarter of 2010.

Hotel loans, transactions, and performance were on every hotelier’s mind at this year’s conference in Atlanta. Hospitality experts from all walks of life were on hand with answers and advice on how to move ahead.

Last-minute sales in travel are not a new phenomenon. There have been many attempts to find a way to dispose of these empty airline seats, idle rental cars, and empty hotel rooms at any cost. Theoretically it makes economic sense: it is 4PM, I have 20 empty rooms, and if I sell them at 50% off rack, I will still be making some money from my otherwise perishable inventory, right? Wrong!

Aptech Profitvue Creates Back Office Efficiencies That Boost Investor-Friendly ROI

I have created a series of columns on various topics over the past ten years that include 13, or a Baker’s Dozen, points on a range of topics. During the past 25 years in workshops, seminars and presentations, I have been collecting an assortment of "myths" that many of us have held as self-evident truths. I have shared one or two of these in earlier blogs or columns, but this list is much more comprehensive.

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