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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.

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Operations

A Different Kind of Hotel

Eric Simons is a 19-year-old entrepreneur who lived for two months in the AOL HQ in Palo Alto. Simons was given a badge while participating in Imagine K12, an education incubator housed at AOL. When the program ended, Simons’s badge continued to work. So he stayed, sleeping on one

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Operations

My Problem with OTAs

Last week, I wrote an article about how hotels hate online travel agencies (OTAs) because of the commissions charged by the sites for each and every booking; Today, I want to talk about the other major reason that hoteliers hate OTAs: the time and work that it takes to manage

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Operations

InnQuest roomMaster 2000 version 15

I recently returned from attending the InnQuest Software’s User Conference that was held in Las Vegas at the beginning of the month. I went to represent one of my clients who uses InnQuest's roomMaster 2000 as their property management system. It was the first time I have

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General Reading

Free Hotel Resources (or Near Free)

The Internet is full of valuable resources directed at hoteliers and people running hospitality businesses, from large to small. I am always on the search for more resources to share and do so often on Twitter. I thought I would compile a list of some sites and books that I

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Operations

The Importance of Ambiance in a Hotel or Bed and Breakfast

They’re cheap, and anyone can stay there. As a result they house some of the oddest of the oddballs who keep LA interesting. The Ukranian screen writer, the crack addicted spiderman, the ingenue from South Dakota, the faded hair metal bassist, the Brits on a 5 day bender, etc.

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Operations

The Guest Vortex

I was logging into the portal site for the main CRS I work with, InnLink when I noticed a video they had on their main page to promote the company. During the video, there is a sequence where they cover the relationship of a potential guest and the journey where

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Operations

Aligning with Your Guest's Needs

The more features you add to a product, the more it dilutes the core reason for a product’s existence and confuses people. Marco Arment, Build and Analyze Show #68 Marco Arment is the creator of Instapaper, an online and mobile application for reading online articles without all the advertisements

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Revenue Management Essentials: Hotel Pickup Report [Free Download]
Operations

Revenue Management Essentials: Hotel Pickup Report [Free Download]

There are two versions of the hotel pickup report available. Keep reading to learn more about what a pickup report can do for you, or download now: 90 Day Pickup Report Download Now When I first started down the path of revenue management when I worked as the Revenue Manager

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