2013 Hotel Company of the Year: SilverBirch Hotels and Resorts
When hotels do well, everyone benefits,” says Steve Giblin, president and CEO of SilverBirch Hotels & Resorts. At least that’s the case with the busy Vancouver-based firm,...
2013 Hotel Supplier of the Year: CBRE
CBRE Hotels Canada is a supplier with a grand mission: to become the industry’s foremost provider of brokerage, finance, market research and valuation services. That may seem...
2013 Hotelier of the Year: Dimitrios Zarikos
When Dimitrios Zarikos moved to Toronto from France in 2009 to become the regional VP and GM of the Four Seasons Hotel Toronto, he knew it wouldn’t...
2013 Hotel Regional Company of the Year: Skyline Hotels and Resorts
The genesis of Toronto-based Skyline Hotels and Resorts took root in the dusty streets of Hebron’s Old City in Israel, where teenager Gil Blutrich hunted for merchandise...
Looking Back at the Hospitality Industry in the ’90s and ’00s
The American tourist took centre stage in the Canadian hospitality industry in the ’90s, but it was technology that transformed business after three years of declining occupancy...
The Annual Hospitality Market Report: A Focus on Strategy and Price
As any economist knows, the economy is organized so people can extract the maximum revenue and profits from any asset. But, if that’s the case, why are...
Looking Back at the Hospitality Industry in the ’70s and ’80s
In the ’70s, the disco lights burned brightly and hotel guests began to expect more while the hospitality industry boomed. Tired hotels were glammed up or replaced...
Toronto’s IIDEX Canada Show, a Blueprint for Hottest Hospitality Products
It’s that time of year again, and designers from across the country are gathering to discover new design and architectural trends at IIDEX Canada. To be held...
The Top 50 Hotel Shining Stars
When the 2008/’09 recession hit, industry analysts predicted it would last — at most — a couple of years and that, by the time 2012 rolled around,...
Looking Back at the Hospitality Industry in the ’50s and ’60s
Social media is changing the way we live, work and play in the 21st century, but, more than 60 years ago, in the ’50s, television and the...