Any advertising you see for a nightclub focuses on a fun experience for the guests. Music, drinks, food, and ambiance all play into what your guests will expect from your club. Before you can have a good time, though, you need to focus in on safety issues. Crowded venues and alcoholic beverages can combine to…
Your hotel management team focuses on long term goals. A given night, month, or even year can fall within the long term fluctuations of the travel industry, so building your brand and the quality of your property are the main considerations to sustain you over time. Unfortunately, sometimes you have turnover and transitions to manage,…
A hotel interim manager can help your hotel through many transitions. Still, it will not be the best option for every situation. Some circumstances will make a temporary manager less practical or less cost effective. When you enter a transitionary period for your hotel management, you need to assess where you are and what your…
Women today are traveling on their own more than ever. While this comes from a combination of greater opportunity and more liberty, it also creates some dangers to them. Whether they are famous travelers with obsessed fans or just people subject to attacks that men do not as typically face, their travel can leave them…
When your restaurant or bar goes into default, the court may appoint a receiver to help protect the value of the establishment. This provides a neutral third party without an emotional stake in the restaurant to help protect revenue and cut expenses. While this process protects the lenders, the receiver may also be able to…
The concept of a single owner-operator running a restaurant on his or her own seldom meets reality. Instead, owners, partners, managers, and investors work together to help a restaurant function smoothly and serve its patrons. For this arrangement to work, the restaurant should usually take the corporate form of a Limited Liability Corporation (LLC). Not…
Foreclosure is never a pleasant experience for any business. If you own a restaurant, it means not only that your property is in danger, but your ability to dig back out of debt and turn a profit can be in trouble. Fortunately, there are foreclosure alternatives worth considering. If you are facing foreclosure, restaurant receivership is an option that can…
Having a court appointed receiver take over restaurant management can be daunting. While you have a chance to nominate someone, the receiver is a neutral third party who does not answer to you. On the other hand, the right person will manage a property efficiently and ethically, using expertise that you may not have. You also…
Running a restaurant comes with risks. Anytime a customer gets sick, you may face a complaint or a lawsuit. While you can’t control everything, you do have control over many potential problems. Taking care of your kitchen and making sure you don’t invite problems in can go a long way in helping you avoid problems.…
Hotels operate on long term plans, and rely in part on stable management over time. That said, if your hotel is struggling, or if your manager leaves, you may face a transition period. You want to conduct a search and evaluate your options thoroughly, but you also need someone to keep things running while you…