YoungHotelier.com is happy to present “The Middle East Hotelier Road Trip”, in conjunction with Movenpick Hotels & Resorts in the Middle East. Our next stop in the Hotelier Road Trip Middle East – Beirut, Lebanon: About Movenpick Hotel Bur Dubai: The only city centre hotel with resort facilities located directly on the Mediterranean and in close proximity to Rafic Har...

It’s a pity that with all those funny home videos out there, you rarely see funny “hotel videos”…but there’s no shortage of really great commercials from the hotel and travel industry. While some of these are the result of pure viral engineering, some others do strike an honest and authentic note. Watch…and enjoy! So Relaxed: A commercial for Extended Sta...

The Hotel Design Leaders of the Next Decade will be Cultural Spies By Jeffrey Ornstein, Founder and CEO, J/Brice Design International, Inc., Boston, MA & Dammam, Saudi Arabia The passing of Yves Saint Laurent last year crystallized my thinking about how the principles of great fashion are so similar to the principles of great hospitality design. Saint Laurent was a master at reading ...

YoungHotelier.com is happy to present “The Middle East Hotelier Road Trip”, in conjunction with Movenpick Hotels & Resorts in the Middle East.  We’ve done quite a few videos with Movenpick in the past, notably the tips and interviews with Elaine Nettleton, Craig Cochran and Alex Rawson. When Movenpick first approached us with the idea, we were thrilled at the prospect...

By Jean Francois Mourier, RevPar Guru Repeat after me: bookings, customers, cashflow, bookings, customers, cashflow. Most likely, these are the top-billing items on hoteliers’ what I need right now wish-list. But moving these items from wish to reality will take substantially more effort than crossing fingers, reactive strategies or hoping for the best. What hoteliers need right now is ...

Recession got you down? Hunting for a job? Then these tips should be just what the doctor ordered. The YoungHotelier.com and Hot Hoteliers team sit down with Craig Cochran and Alex Rawson from Movenpick for a healthy dose of real-world wisdom. The first video offers some great advice on hunting for a job during the current economic downturn – some basic pointers that we may tend to forget ...

Revenue Management: The Hotel Stimulus Package. By Jean Francois Mourier, CEO and Founder of RevPar Guru  Hotels are being pummeled by the economy, and the hospitality industry is suffering in every corner of the globe – what else is new?  In the current climate, most hotel experts are expecting RevPar (revenue per available room) to drop by as much as 11%, perhaps even more.  And ...