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Learning from Others – Hospitality Industry Role Models
The best advice I learned early in my hospitality industry career was to seek out positive role models and take the time to learn from them. The action suggested was to uncover the best of the best, spend time with them and be open to learning from them. This idea is...
Relationships in the Hospitality Industry
Are relationships important in the hospitality industry? Absolutely. The hospitality industry and the careers of the many great people that work within it, have been enhanced by relationships. It could be argued that relationships are important in every industry, but...
Independent Meeting Professionals: Record Setting Year for Team Baarman
Our team of independent meeting planners and entrepreneurs within ConferenceDirect (CD) had a record setting year in 2018. Team Baarman officially joined the CD family in 2007. Since our inception, we have assisted our valued clients in booking over $750...
The Hospitality Industry Is Changing…Are You?
The hospitality industry is going through changes with consolidation (mergers and acquisitions), enhanced guest expectations (experiential stays), new competition (Airbnb) and commission changes just to name a few. Some experts are even referencing these times as an...
7 Reasons Why Now is the Right Time to be a Hospitality Industry Entrepreneur
If you knew you would not fail as a hospitality industry entrepreneur, what would you do? Did you know…only about 30% of businesses survive their 10th year in business? Did you know…the U.S. is the highest ranked country in which to begin a small business? Did you...
5 Lessons from My Father that Every Entrepreneur Should Know
We all have mentors, coaches and special individuals that have helped us in our lives and hospitality industry careers. My first and most important one was my father. He recently passed away, which has challenged me to refocus on the many lessons that he shared with...