Insights

Johnson School

How hotels can benefit from bad reviews

Christopher Anderson discusses his recent study in which he found that simply encouraging customer reviews can boost a hotel’s ratings and revenue.

Why Wall Street’s Scandals Keep Coming
Johnson School

Why Wall Street’s Scandals Keep Coming

The author of Something for Nothing: Arbitrage and Ethics on Wall Street discusses the ethics of arbitrage.

Nolan School

What to expect in 2017: A view from the CHR Advisory Board

Kelly McGuire polls the CHR Advisory Board on challenges and opportunities, global trends, and how the hospitality industry should be preparing for 2017.

Kelly McGuire and Susan Devine
Nolan School

Hospitality and humanitarianism

Susan Devine, senior vice president of strategic development for Preferred Hotel Group, offers this guest post on hospitality and humanitarianism.

Kelly A. McGuire & Faith Marshall
Nolan School

Book direct: Hoteliers, you may be better prepared than you think

Kelly McGuire interviews Faith Marshall of NTT DATA on the importance of a seamless customer experience with online booking processes.

Kelly A. McGuire & Berry Van Weelden
Nolan School

Building a smart distribution strategy

Kelly McGuire interviews Barry Van Weelden, CHR Advisory Board member and senior director of sales strategy and operations at priceline.com.

Michele and Kelly
Nolan School

The importance of employee engagement: Transforming the strategy for a new era

Kelly McGuire speaks with Michele Sarkisian, CHR fellow, about how hospitality companies can look at employee engagement in a new way.

Mark Lomanno and Kelly McGuire
Nolan School

An interview with Mark Lomanno: Why everyone in hospitality needs to pay attention to distribution costs

Kelly interviews Mark Lammano about recent research from Kalibri Labs that found distribution costs are rising at two times the rate of room revenue.