hospitality consulting
Nominations Open for the ISHC Lori Raleigh Award for Emerging Excellence in Hospitality Consulting
ISHC | August 1, 2022
1 August 2022: The International Society of Hospitality Consultants (ISHC) announced that nominations are being accepted for the Lori Raleigh Award for Emerging Excellence in Hospitality Consulting. Launched in 2015 in honor of Lori Raleigh, founder of the Travers Group and executive director of ISHC 2000-2013, the award honors young, successful industry professionals with leadership qualities and a perceived bright future in hospitality consulting. Candidates for The Lori Raleigh Award must be 35 years of age or younger at the time of the award presentation and meet the criteria for ISHC’s associate membership including five years’...
Nominations Open for Sixth Annual ISHC’s Lori Raleigh Award for Emerging Excellence in Hospitality Consulting
ISHC | August 17, 2020
Atlanta, Ga. (August 17, 2020): The International Society of Hospitality Consultants (ISHC) today announced that nominations are being accepted for the sixth annual Lori Raleigh Award for Emerging Excellence in Hospitality Consulting. Launched in 2015 in honor of Lori Raleigh, founder of the Travers Group and executive director of ISHC 2000-2013, the award honors young, successful industry professionals with leadership qualities and a perceived bright future in hospitality consulting. “The Lori Raleigh Award for Emerging Excellence in Hospitality Consulting provides an opportunity to recognize young professionals who demonstrate early...
Hotel Owner Vs. Debt Service, How to Prepare for the Downturn
James E. Fitzgerald | November 20, 2019
By James Fitzgerald The Uptrend Is Ending, Now What? Most people don’t see all the obstacles a hotel owner faces once their hotel revenues start declining; such as if the next travel recession strikes or new hotel competitors enter the market, cash flows fall, and tensions rise. This is particularly true for overleveraged hotels or those with balloon maturities. So, as this incredible hotel 11 year up-cycle begins to slow, the wise Owner will not solely rely on their management company but will consider all alternatives well in advance of a problem. Hotels really are a different animal, some may say, a bird, as the “Peacock”...
The Migration of the Immersion Wellness Resorts: Can Experiential Properties Sustain Global Models?
Horwath HTL | February 25, 2019
(Miami, Florida) February 25, 2019 - Horwath HTL Miami Managing Director Andrew Cohan, MAI, a leading consultant in hospitality advisory as it pertains to health, wellness and spa offerings as well as environmental and ecologically sustainable resorts globally, has observed "migration" efforts to bring the Asian immersion wellness and destination resorts to the Americas. "As experiential travel continues its evolution into "transformational travel," more and more vacationers are motivated to travel by a desire to enrich and even alter their personal perspectives," shares Cohan. "These "inward"...
Announcing the Launch of H2 Sustainability Consulting
April 10, 2018
New consulting practice helmed by esteemed luxury hotelier Hervé Houdré provides hospitality industry ultimate insider knowledge and experience April 10, 2018 (New York, NY) - Hervé Houdré has taken his passion for Sustainable Development and 40-years of experience in luxury hospitality and launched H2 Sustainability Consulting. His focus is to help the Hospitality industry, Cities, Regions and the Academic world conceive, integrate and implement pertinent and profitable sustainability strategies -- aligned to the United Nations' Sustainable Development goals -- in their economic model. While taking the helm...