Baiting The Traps

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Are Canadian markets prepared for the 2010 tourism season? With tourist season getting underway at most Canadian destinations, there’s a palpable sense of anxiety in the air....

Hotelier: Kari Koskela

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Metropolitan Hotel, Vancouver Canada may seem a long way from Finland, but for Kari Koskela, GM of the Metropolitan Hotel Vancouver, landing on the West Coast six...

Risky Business

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The best business minds understand that every investment comes with risk. Whether you’re investing dollars in a renovation, time and resources in a special project or raising...

Go West

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Jean-Yves Germain talks hotel investment and the family business A year ago, amidst dire predictions and Chicken Little hysteria from pundits and financial prognosticators, it was hard...

The Dead Zone

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After a dizzying number of transactions in 2007 and 2008, last year was eerily quiet To say 2009 was a down year in the Canadian hotel industry...

Resorts Retort

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Despite a difficult 2009, Canadian resorts are optimistic about a rebound Life in the Canadian resort sector last year was no vacation. A quick Goo-gle search shows...

Hope Springs Eternal

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As Canada emerges from the dark days of the downturn, the hotel community looks forward to a stronger 2010 With the change in season, hoteliers across the...

Brenda Rodricks

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Montreal Airport Marriott Opening a brand new hotel has its own unique set of circumstances. But while it’s a demanding job, there’s also something magical about it,...

Game Changers

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A decade ago, few could have predicted the extent of the social media phenomenon. Today, social networking sites such as Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn have changed the...

How Tweet It Is

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Getting the message in the age of social media That sentence is 113 characters long. An experienced tweeter (one who uses the social networking site Twitter) could...