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Bringing Strength to Soft Brands

‘Another day, another brand’ could well be the catchphrase of our sector, but as with everything in this industry we call home-from-home, it’s never as simple as that. The past couple of decades have seen a rapid evolution away from the owner/operat...

Alex Sogno
Alex Sogno
CEO, Global Asset Solutions
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Alex Sogno
by Alex Sogno and Douglas Louden
1 December 2023Global Asset SolutionsFranchise
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A Better Choice: Why Big Hotel Chains Need to Play Fair With Small Business Owners
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A Better Choice: Why Big Hotel Chains Need to Play Fair With Small Business Owners

When the Patel family opened a hotel in Dickinson, North Dakota in 2007, they agreed that brand recognition offered by a large franchise chain would be a valuable trade-off to operating independently. After careful analysis, they chose to operate th...

Laura Lee Blake
Laura Lee Blake
President and CEO of the Asian American Hotel Owners Association
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Laura Lee Blake
by Laura Lee Blake
4 October 2023AAHOAFranchise
A Better Choice: Why Big Hotel Chains Need to Play Fair With Small Business Owners
Renovation Trends: Stylish, Custom & Connected
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Renovation Trends: Stylish, Custom & Connected

After working in the hotel industry for more than 40 years and in design and construction for the past 22 years, I’ve learned to expect the vagaries of every hotel renovation project. But the industry has moved into a new, even more challenging era ...

George Rendell
George Rendell
Senior VP of Architecture & Construction, Meyer Jabara Hotels
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George Rendell
by George Rendell
3 October 2023Meyer JabaraFranchise
Renovation Trends: Stylish, Custom & Connected
Will Traditional Hotel Operators Ditch Beds for Data Banks?
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Will Traditional Hotel Operators Ditch Beds for Data Banks?

The hotel sector, until the past few decades, had been largely unchanged for hundreds, if not thousands of years. But the growth of models that have allowed operations to be split away from ownership has caused a shift in the industry that is still ...

Alex Sogno
Alex Sogno
CEO - Senior Hotel Asset Manager at Global Asset Solutions
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by Alex Sogno and Alex Schneider
1 February 2023Global Asset SolutionsFranchise
Will Traditional Hotel Operators Ditch Beds for Data Banks?
Opinion

Hotel Franchising in Europe – The Push Continues for New Ways to Expand

Hotel Franchising in Europe is an update of our previous report published in 2019. This report aims to assist owners in increasing their understanding and awareness of the franchise business model and current market trends. The fees outlined in this...

Charles Carpentier
Charles Carpentier
Consulting & Valuation Associate at HVS
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by Charles Carpentier and Stephen Collins
21 October 2022HVSFranchise
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The Road Ahead for Franchise Owners and Technology

A Dialogue with Neal Patel, Chairman, AAHOA, and Dr. Ravi Mehrotra, President, and Chief Scientist, IDeaSWith the summer travel season waning and a busy fourth quarter on the horizon for hoteliers, owners and operators continue to focus on maximizin...

David Warman
David Warman
Chief Client Officer
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David Warman
by David Warman
15 September 2022IDeaSFranchise
IDeaS a SAS company