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Sep 29, 2024 | 
hotelexecutive.com | Robert O'Halloran
Sustainability continues to be in the news and has, as a movement, extended beyond recycling. When we hear the word sustainability, many immediately think of the environment, and so they should. We, as a society, need to protect and nurture our natural environment. However, sustainability efforts also have commitments to communities and local residents for employment opportunities and quality of life issues.
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Aug 4, 2024 | 
hotelexecutive.com | Robert O'Halloran
Demand for Employees: Where Have All The Workers Gone? Workforce planning , is a process that helps to ensure the right person is in the right position at any given time. It requires an organization to analyze, forecast and plan out its future staffing needs while factoring in whether existing employees or outside talent can fill those needs. This focus on planning typically requires talent management solutions which can help make those determinations and help fulfill its business objectives.
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May 19, 2024 | 
hotelexecutive.com | Paul McElroy |Phelim Pekaar |Robert O'Halloran |East Carolina
Romer Hell's Kitchen Lobby, a project that was completed in 2023
For today's traveler, the possibilities are nearly endless. Someone vacationing in my homebase of Honolulu, for example, can stay anywhere from a limited-service hotel to a luxe oceanfront resort and spa to a secluded Airbnb. That same traveler might return for business and make a completely different hotel choice.
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May 6, 2024 | 
hotelexecutive.com | Robert O'Halloran |East Carolina |Marlene Oliver |László Puczkó
Introduction How do we define regional transformation? Regional transformation is a compilation of activities, research, projects and funding that strives to create sustainable positive change in a region or community. Projects that contribute to transforming regions must include the following :
• Discussions with locals about what transformation means to them and whether these projects can deliver it. • Gauging feedback from visitors to the launch projects.
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Apr 7, 2024 | 
hotelexecutive.com | John Signorelli |Regis Houston |Robert O'Halloran |East Carolina
This article was co-authored by Michael "Doc" Terry, Senior Instructor, University of Central Florida Rosen College of Hospitality ManagementEven though tourism and travel has nearly recovered since before the pandemic, hotels are still short on labor.
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Mar 24, 2024 | 
hotelexecutive.com | Robert O'Halloran |East Carolina |Matthew Panosh |Danielle Frias
Entrepreneurism in hospitality and tourism has a history and is diverse and multi-faceted. Tourism as an industry is the umbrella of the sectors related to service and hospitality. It can include public sector organizations like convention and visitor bureaus, state and national parks and forests offering recreational destinations etc. Tourism areas such as cultural, heritage, and medical speak to the products and services offered to the traveling public.
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Mar 10, 2024 | 
hotelexecutive.com | David Wiborg |Cambridge Seven |Robert O'Halloran |East Carolina
Balancing Sustainability and Profitability For many years this was not a positive equation, brands were forced to take initiatives to enchant and comply with guests desires that were not necessarily profitable or made any sense at the time to ensure the consumer-guests were happy. We have crossed that bridge and at this point in time technology has reached a point where being green and eco-conscious is actually profitable.
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Feb 25, 2024 | 
hotelexecutive.com | Robert O'Halloran |East Carolina |Mimi Oliver |Lisa Chervinsky
During the last week of June in 2023, the Supreme Court issued opinions on three discrimination law cases. While two of the cases, 303 Creative LLC v. Elenis and Students for Fair Admissions., Inc., v. President & Fellows of Harvard College, received most of the press, a third case will likely be the most consequential of the three for the hospitality industry.
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Jan 28, 2024 | 
hotelexecutive.com | Robert O'Halloran |East Carolina |Narda Malcolm-Kingston |Stephanie Sparks Smith
The demand for strong employees and managers is great. The skills that each individual needs have evolved over time and therefore the connection between experience and perpetual education at all levels has become increasingly important. A career development path per the Society of Human Resources Management (SHRM) provides employees with an to enhance their skills and knowledge that can lead to mastery of their current jobs, promotions and transfers to new or different positions.
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Dec 21, 2023 | 
hotelexecutive.com | Robert O'Halloran
Social media is everywhere. Platforms that started as social interactions for friends, groups, and family have now evolved into business tools. The efficiency and effectiveness of social media as business tools depend on their decision making and the metrics used. In our business, we have several options at our disposal: Facebook, LinkedIn, Instagram, X, TikTok, Reels, YouTube, Blogging, and others.
