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…
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…
The worst part about employee turnover is the gap that needs to be filled from the time a senior executive leaves until a replacement is found. In the hospitality industry, such a gap can be detrimental to the entire operation. Operating without a high-level executive, can be crippling for some hotels. But this doesn’t have…
The hotel industry has never been as booming these days, with more and more people travelling, not to mention the millennials who are looking for hotel accommodations where they can both work and play. With that, hotel owners can agree that their business is highly profitable if managed correctly. However, if there will be challenges,…
If you are a lender, creditor or attorney representing one and are seeking to appoint a California hotel receiver as part of a pending foreclosure, learn more about the in and outs of receiverships at this event in Squaw Valley near Lake Tahoe on May 21, 2011. Chaired by Bruce Cornelius, who is an experienced…
In part three the importance of having a ninety day plan as part of interim hospitality management services was addressed, including why it is a critical aspect at the beginning of the takeover by a temporary manager or management team. However, there are certain areas that require one to hone in on and drill down…
In part one and part two on this subject about interim hotel management, the circumstances, typical users, types of assignments and when it does and does not make sense were addressed. In this part, the importance of planning from a shorter term perspective is looked at and why it is a critical aspect at the…
In the prior blog on this subject, the use of interim hotel management addressed the circumstances and typical users and types of assignments. In this part, situations are discussed where short term and temporary management can be more a liability than a solution. Several examples include: Interim Hotel Managementa) A hotel foreclosure by a Bank…
This past week there were stories that we follow as part of our hospitality consulting practice discussing room rates, ADA reservations compliance and higher airfares. The prices rises are not a surprise as much as the lack of industry awareness on these ADA issues. Here is some of that commentary and our take on it:…