Organization
Hotel Group

RAR Hospitality

RAR HospitalityBased in San Diego, California, RAR Hospitality (RAR) is one of the fastest growing hotel management and consulting companies in the industry. We offer a full spectrum of hospitality management services to owners, developers, lenders and investors in hotels and resorts. Our properties under management and/or ownership include boutique, branded, and independent hotels with experience throughout North America.
Timeline (63)

The Return Of Business Travel

By Bob Rauch - President of RAR Hospitality
When Is business travel really coming back? Many corporate executives had all their meetings online in 2020. In 2021, we believe that will change soon due to the pace of vaccines, decline of COVID-19 cases, and negative impacts of closed economies.
Opinion 7 April

Turn 2020 Profit Losses Into 2021 Wins For The Hotel Industry

By Bob Rauch - President of RAR Hospitality
Q1 of 2021 is not going to be profitable, fun or exciting for us in the hotel industry. The goods news is Q2 will come up quickly and having been through six recessions in hospitality, all the signs of a recovery are finally here.
Opinion 3 March

Vision 2050 – 2nd Edition: The Recovery Year

By Bob Rauch - President of RAR Hospitality
The final U.S. lodging industry numbers for 2020 came out and RevPAR literally finished at half of where it finished in 2019—that's right, half! Occupancy was 66.1% at $131.17 average rate and RevPAR of $86.
Opinion 3 February

Vision 2050 – Hotel Recovery From COVID-19

By Bob Rauch - President of RAR Hospitality
The next 30 years begins with COVID-19 recovery. What does that look like? We pick up the pieces that were cracked, torn apart and ravished one by one. We will review demand, those elusive customers who are either mandated to stay at home, are afraid to travel or were planning to attend an event that was postponed or cancelled.
Opinion 6 January

Top Ten Trends in Hospitality 2021

By Bob Rauch - President of RAR Hospitality
Today's hotel business models look entirely different from their predecessors. COVID-19 is just one earthquake that has jolted the landscape this year. The hotel industry must evolve and reinvent itself to exploit the opportunities and cope with the challenges it faces.
Opinion 2 Dec 2020

2021 hotel trends and concepts in ‘a new normal’

By Bob Rauch and Sarah Andersen
The hospitality industry has endured tremendous shifts and disruptions over the past year, forcing businesses to rapidly implement innovative trends that will reshape the future of hospitality.
Opinion25 Nov 2020

Setting up 2021 for success

By Bob Rauch and Sarah Andersen
We have probably reached the midpoint of the Coronavirus Recession. We say that because we hit bottom quickly in April and came back up a bit this past summer. Many industries were not hit, but the virus-caused recession has taken its toll on this economy.
Opinion13 Nov 2020

Preliminary 2021 Lodging Industry Forecast

By Bob Rauch - President of RAR Hospitality
We have made some assumptions for 2021 - first, Q4 2020 and Q1 2021 will remain flat as corporate business begins to build just as leisure business begins to decline. Second, a stimulus package is imminent right after the election, regardless who wins.
Opinion 4 Nov 2020

Hotel robotics thriving in 2020

By Bob Rauch and Sarah Andersen
Technology is transforming the hotel industry by leveraging the power of robotics and artificial intelligence. When looking at productivity, hotels are using robotics not to supplant jobs, but rather to make them more effective and efficient.
Opinion 7 Oct 2020

2021 Hotel Forecast

By Bob Rauch - President of RAR Hospitality
The COVID-19 pandemic has caused unprecedented disruption to the hospitality industry, so when it comes to mapping a post-pandemic recovery, it's clear that we are in uncharted territory. The Lodging Conference hosted Bernard Bauhmohl, Chief Economist of the Economic Outlook Group.
Opinion 2 Oct 2020
Authors

Sarah Andersen

Business Development Manager at RAR Hospitality

Bob Rauch

President of RAR Hospitality
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