At Four Sides Hospitality Consulting, we help independent hotels, motels, and vacation rentals uncover new potential — transforming everyday operations into engines of growth. From revenue management to marketing and guest experience, we bridge strategy and execution so your team can deliver measurable results without sacrificing your property’s character or independence.
Boutique hotels have gained huge popularity, as they offer a unique experience for the high-end, discerning traveller. These hotels are aimed at people with a disposable income and a taste for style. Those who choose to stay in a boutique hotel are tired of the boring functionality offered by brand
When asked how Omni Hotels came up with such successful offerings, Vice President of Corporate Communications, Caryn Kboudi, expressed, “we are all moms too. Many of us who work at Omni are parents, so more times than not, our best ideas are conceived by moms and dads. The saying goes,
More than a million Chinese visited the U.S. in 2011, contributing more than $5.7 billion to the U.S. economy. That’s up 36 percent from 2010, according to the Department of Commerce. By 2016, that figure is expected to reach 2.6 million Chinese. – Meghan Barr, At
In this first post about reputation management, I will point out some of the causes for a minor problem to heat up and become a larger fire, and how to minimize that damage.The following example just happened this past week with one of my client’s hotels. A common
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The hospitality industry is not for the faint hearted but it can offer interesting and rewarding careers for those with the right disposition. A harsh reality is that the hours are long, the work is hard and you are expected to smile your way through it. The advantages are that
A property I am working with wanted to join the AAA/CAA as an approved member, and possibly advertise in the guidebook for the area. I was set with the task of finding out what the process is in order to do so. Simple enough task, right? A quick Google
Apple made several big announcements on Monday at the WWDC (Worldwide Developers Conference), but one of them should be of particular interest to hoteliers. In their presentation on iOS 6 (the operating system for iPhones and iPads), they highlighted a new app called Passbook. Passbook is an application that will
To conduct the test we first had our KTN mystery shopper look online at some of the most popular OTA websites. One piece of good news for the industry is that most of the time we found rate parity; the rate quoted on the phone was the same as what
I’ve preached high-quality photos for a long time as has just about every other hotel marketer out there: so if you still use homemade shots of amateur room setups at your boutique or B&B or Inn, you’re either being a) lazy, b) stubborn, or c) cheap
A review of what happened with a small boutique hotel. A very successful year.
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