by Doug Baarman | Feb 14, 2012 | Career Transition Tips, Hospitality, Industry News
Over the past few years, we have navigated our way through the worst recession our industry has experienced since 1971. The Great Recession, as it is now known, has changed the way many in our industry do business and many organizations have made the strategic...
by Doug Baarman | Jan 21, 2012 | Hospitality, Self-Improvement Tips
We are off and running in another exciting year and I want to share with you 7 steps that you can implement immediately. Regardless of your role in the hospitality industry, these steps will have you moving UP! to ensure 2012 is a successful year for YOU. 1. Reach Up!...
by Doug Baarman | Jan 6, 2012 | Hospitality, Industry News
I was first introduced to this idea of helping each other by Shannon Derrick, CMP with the Wyndham Hotel Group. At the time, he was the President of the Potomac Chapter of Meeting Professionals International. He was making presentations as one of our industry leaders...
by Doug Baarman | Dec 26, 2011 | Hospitality, Self-Improvement Tips
As I complete my yearly trip to visit my family in Florida, I am reminded that every year I make New Year’s Resolutions and every year I break them. In an effort to reverse this bad habit, I am on a personal quest to define what resolutions are, what they should look...
by Doug Baarman | Dec 21, 2011 | Hospitality, Industry News
“We aren’t in the coffee business serving people. We are in the people business serving coffee.” Howard Schultz- Founder and Chairman, Starbucks This quote really makes you think…what business are we in? We introduce ourselves as working in the hospitality...
by Doug Baarman | Dec 12, 2011 | Hospitality, Industry News
What we have all known intuitively since we entered this industry, the importance of meetings to our economy, has now been proven by the Convention Industry Council. The Economic Significance Study demonstrates that meetings matter to our local, national and in fact...
