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 Stay Hote...

Hotelier Idol points the spotlight at the robust hotel development pipeline and the underlying challenges presented in terms of recruitment, training and retention. Case Study: The United Arab Emirates, specifically Dubai and Abu Dhabi If one was to look at the global inventory in the pipelines and view it as a “city state” Dubai has officially the largest Construction Pipeline of any other M...

Celebrity Guests! Flashing cameras! Alert Hotel Security, the paparazzi are blocking the main hotel lobby entrance!? In the hospitality industry many of us have crossed paths with the stars that we often read about in glossy magazines. While we don’t like to admit it openly we love to tell others about it! These celebrity encounters tend to go one of two ways; a thrilling and exhilarating experi...

We often read about the stars and celebrities who live in Beverly Hills just under that “Hollywood” sign. Without actually admitting it there are many of you reading this who believes they live “the Perfect Life” filled with all the glamour, glitz, bright lights and happy endings! So too do many consider the hospitality industry as the most glamorous and fashionable industry to work in! A ...

The second installment of cuts, gags, bloopers and funny clips from the Younghotelier.com video interviews. A fun side to hotels, hoteliers and hospitality! Enjoy ...

Communication breakdown sang Led Zeppelin fifty years ago. Your basic track about a rock musician’s unrequited love, a breakdown that was probably fuelled by dropping enough drugs to keep a small country high for a week. But that track could have been this week’s theme tune because of the omission of one word. Back in Led Zep’s heyday the breakdown would have happened in person or over the p...

In keeping with our value of “Having Fun and Keeping it Real”, here is the Blooper Reel from our YoungHotelier.com Intro Video Shoot. Enjoy! ...