1. The Numbers Don’t Lie? Once again we are faced with an incredible array of numbers coming out of respected professionals who are trying to figure out the impact of the National recession. The problem is that the numbers can be made to say anything, but a careful review will show that no matter whose [...]
Archive for the ‘Financial Results’ Category
Recession Reality for Bed and Breakfast Inns.
Posted in Bed & Breakfast Consulting, Bed & Breakfast Operations, Business Profitability, Discounted Rates, Expense and Income Tracking, Financial Results, Innkeeper trends, Innkeeping advice, Optimizing Results, Yield Management, web marketing on March 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
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announced it was cutting 20% from its hotel staffing (mostly run by large hotel management companies) and has rescinded its 2008 guidance to the stock market.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 [...]
Running a Bed & Breakfast: Discounting Room Rates Does Not Work!
Posted in Discounted Rates, Financial Results, Yield Management on November 4, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
In troubled times like today, Bed and Breakfast Innkeepers have an overwhelming feeling that the best way through this downturn (say recession!) is to put their room rates on sale. Isn’t that just what the retailers do at Christmas time to survive a bad season? The answer is that discounting in the travel business not [...]
