[fusion_text] Hotel Laundry – Don’t throw money down the drain! One of the largest operational expenses for hotels is back-of-house laundry. Hotel operators know that these services utilize significant gas and water utilities, use valuable hotel manpower and also lead to more frequent linen replacement. What can a hotel do to cut down on […]
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Hotel Salt Water Pools – Myths Debunked!
[fusion_text] Hotel Salt Water Pools – Myths Debunked! In recent years, salt water (Saline) pools have been growing in popularity vs their Chlorinated pool counterpart. In hotels across the US, we are seeing more and more hotel owners that are exploring salt water as an option. When most people here ‘salt water pool’ they […]
Guestroom Outside Air – What are my options!? (Part 2)
[fusion_text] Guestroom Outside Air – What are my options!? (Part 2) Previously in Part 1 of this series, I briefly described the three most common methods for introducing fresh air into a hotel guestroom; Standard PTAC with open damper (Method #1); PTAC with two-stage system (Method #2); and a Dedicated Outside Air System (Method #3). In […]
Using Dr PTACs on your next hotel project? Make sure you avoid this costly mistake…
[fusion_text] Using Dr. PTACs on your next hotel? Don’t overlook this potential costly mistake! Lately, I’ve been asked a lot of questions about the Islandaire Dr. PTAC and Amana’s comparable, DigiAIR PTAC. These are both fairly new products in the hotel market and we are finding more and more owners that are implementing this equipment […]
Turn up the heat in your hotel pool room to SAVE money…
[fusion_text] Turn up the heat in your pool room and save money… It may seem counterintuitive, but by paying a little more to heat your pool room, you may actually be saving money on your hotel utility bills. The reason for this boils down to one simple word… evaporation. A hotel pool room’s dehumidification load […]
Guestroom Outside Air – What are my options!? (Part 1)
[fusion_text] Guestroom Outside Air – What are my options!? (Part 1) We’ve all experienced the comforting sensation of stepping into a hotel guestroom and being met by a rush of fresh clean air as we open the door. First impressions to hotel guests are important and fresh air gives the immediate feelings of clean, cool, […]
100% Occupancy Prior To Opening? Yes, Please!
[fusion_text] “Build it, and they will come” Not so much….. The past few months I’ve been following the pre-opening activity of a very unique hotel in my hometown, The Charmant Hotel in La Crosse, WI which is slated to open for business mid-September 2015. The hotel, which is owned by Weber Holdings and operated by […]
Get Approved For Your Next Construction Loan
[fusion_text] Get approved for your next hotel construction loan. The last two years in the hotel industry has been a period of tremendous performance. Occupancy is up, ADR is up, RevPAR is up. In addition, although labor costs have been on the rise, raw building costs have only increased slightly in most markets. Despite all […]
Travel Free For A Year With This Simple Tip
[fusion_text] You can travel for free for an entire year or more, simply by changing the way you pay for FF&E on your next project. Did you know that there are hotel FF&E suppliers that accept payment via credit card? If you are a hotelier with good credit and can secure a credit card with […]