Are Hotels Coveting only Half of the Millennial Market? Part One

By: David M. Brudney, ISHC Founder and Principal, David Brudney & Associates Like so many of you, I am smitten with reports on how hotels – – heavily coveting the critical millennial market – – are battling competitors such as Airbnb,...

Renovation While Treading Lightly on Tradition

  By: Larry Mogelonsky Member Laguna Strategic Advisors   For over 100 years, the Ritz-Carlton Montreal has been more than just a hotel; it has been a bastion of the city’s ‘Great Gatsby’ society. Through its doors, royalty and those of privilege have passed...

Amazing AirBnB Advertising

By: Larry Mogelonsky Member Laguna Strategic Advisors I have to hand it to the folks running Airbnb. Their brilliance in communicating their message makes all of us in the hotel business look a bit amateurish. And incredibly for that matter, Airbnb’s latest TV missive...

Leveling the Sharing Economy Playing Field

By: Larry Mogelonsky Member of Laguna Strategic Advisors I attended an interesting travel panel earlier this month in my hometown of Toronto. The topic was the leisure segment, with the panelists all senior members of tourism bureaus and hotel organizations, while...

Tourism Remains Resilient in Face of Global Terrorism

By: Edwin Fuller Founder and President of Laguna Strategic Advisors A report issued earlier this year by the World Travel and Tourism Council (WTTC) shows that travel and tourism remains resilient as people continue traveling despite the threats to the world and calls...