Everyone has been hearing of people giving back in these troubled times. The evening news even has a segment on special things that individuals are doing to assist others with a little happiness in times of need. Now you can add a member of the Distinctive Inns of New England to that list.
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Rabbit Hill Inn Gives Back in Troubled Economy
Posted in Branding Your Bed and Breakfast, tagged Innkeeping Getaways on April 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Twitter 1.0 and Bed and Breakfasts
Posted in Blogging, Branding Your Bed and Breakfast, Hints & Tips, Hints/Tips, Innkeeper trends, Innkeeping advice, Marketing Your Bed and Breakfast, web marketing on March 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
This is my first week as part of the Tweople in the Twitterverse. I am trying to discover if Twitter, the new explosion in the Social Media World, is worthy of the time. Is it something that can help Innkeepers connect to their guests and build loyal travelers? My initial conclusion is a resounding Tweet [...]
Bed & Breakfast Inns vs. Hotels: We Win, Hands Down!
Posted in Bed & Breakfast Operations, Branding Your Bed and Breakfast, Business Profitability, Financial Results, Hints & Tips, Innkeeper trends, Innkeeping advice, Optimizing Results on January 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
We spent some time over the Holidays with our family outside of Boston. Rather than displace some of my nephews, we tried the closest hotel. This was a large chain hotel on a major route west of Boston with a huge shopping center across the street. While there were several small (3 room) bed and [...]
Operating a Bed & Breakfast – Complacency Spells Trouble!
Posted in Bed & Breakfast Consulting, Branding Your Bed and Breakfast, Business Profitability, Discounted Rates, Financial Results, Inn Financials, Innkeeping advice, Marketing Your Bed and Breakfast, Optimizing Results, Yield Management, web marketing on November 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The most recent news from the Hospitality Industry is not good for Innkeepers. Hotel REIT giant, LaSalle Properties announced it was cutting 20% from its hotel staffing (mostly run by large hotel management companies) and has rescinded its 2008 guidance to the stock market. LaSalle reported that its Revpar (revenue per available room) decreased by [...]
Marketing Bed and Breakfast With Food
Posted in Branding Your Bed and Breakfast, Marketing Your Bed and Breakfast, Marketing Your Restaurant, PAII, PAII Conference on April 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
We are pleased to again be speaking at the PAII Conference this year. In one of our presentations Howard Levitan of Quantum Hospitality Group will be discussing how to best market your Inn with food. We hope you will be able to attend the conference, however, if you cannot attend we wanted to be sure [...]
The Inn Goes Green
Posted in Branding Your Bed and Breakfast, Green Advice, Marketing Your Bed and Breakfast on November 5, 2007 | 2 Comments »
We are seeing it everywhere, and know it’s time to take it to the inn. Going green…is it for you and your inn? The first thing that we think of is asking the guests not to have us change their towels. In reality it goes much further than this. We are talking about organic food, [...]
