This article highlights the impact that the pro-democracy uprisings in countries such as Tunisia, Egypt and Libya have had on the region’s hotels, including dramatic changes in values.
Budgets are inappropriate to use as benchmarks for measuring a manager’s performance. One of the best ways to make budgets relevant is to adjust them using actual RevPAR indexes as the year progresses.
HVS, in conjunction with NYU’s Tisch Center for Hospitality, Tourism, and Sports Management, presents the 2011 Manhattan Hotel Market Overview, which features the NYU Survey and examines the market’s strong recovery from the recent recession.
Steve Rushmore presents his review of rate and recovery, transactions, turnaround and timing at the 33rd Annual New York University International Hospitality Industry Investment Conference.
Steve Rushmore's April 2011 article for Lodging Hospitality magazine.
Operating budgets are planning tools that should not be used as benchmarks to measure management’s performance. Adjusting budgets for the market’s RevPAR performance makes them far more relevant. This article explains how to make these adjustments.
Steve Rushmore's February 2011 article for Lodging Hospitality magazine.
This article provides an overview of the Belizean tourism industry, while taking a closer look at the national lodging market and highlighting specific regions offering the greatest potential for hotel development.
Atlantic City has faced unprecedented challenges in 2010; four consecutive years of declining total gaming revenue and regional gaming supply that continues to ramp-up. Changes are ahead, as the New Jersey legislature considers options.
Mexico City is one of the most densely populated and developed urban areas in the world. How will rising foreign direct investment amplify the dynamics of the city’s office and lodging markets in the wake of the recent recession?