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Vol. 10: Issue 26 2008-07-09

INSIDE VIEW

Are Franchises Bad Employers? A Closer Look at Burger Flippers and Other Low-paid Jobs

The idea of McJobs - low-paying positions with little chance of advancement - bothered the CEO of McDonald's so much that, when Merriam-Webster included the term in its dictionary in 2003, he wrote a public letter of protest. His plea went unheeded. ...more

People Report Workforce 2007: Getting and Keeping Your Share of the Labor Pool in the New Economy - By Kacy Oden

What are the issues facing the workforce today? We are faced with a workforce shortage and an aging population. Turnover is on the rise and it's expensive. ...more

Teaching Managers How to Give Critical Feedback to Staff - By Ken Burgin

Most managers and supervisors would rather run a mile... But senior management are tired of managers who don't handle simple discipline. And because a supervisor won't deal with incompetence, you may lose yet another good worker who says 'enough!' The ability to give honest, critical feedback is a key skill for good leaders. ...more

How to terminate a hotel management agreement when an operator really deserves it! - By Jim Butler, author of www.HotelLawBlog.com

The love-hate relationship between hotel owners and operators is as old as the institution of hotel management arrangements (going back to the 1970s). A good hotel operator can add up to 25% to the value of a hotel. A bad one can subtract the same amount or even more. ...more

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Uniform Guidelines on Employee Selection Procedures
Uniformguidelines.com, a free resource for all Human Resources professionals, provides the Uniform Guidelines on Employee Selection Procedures and questions and answers on these uniform guidelines as well as pdf files on testing and assessment -- An Employer's Guide to Good Practices. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the Civil Service Commission, the Department of Labor, and the Department of Justice jointly have adopted these uniform guidelines.
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ENVIRONMENT

Choice Modifying New Construction Prototypes to Better Support LEED Criteria - By Glenn Hasek

With its 10 brands and more than 5,000 hotels open or under development, Choice Hotels International, Inc. is one of the largest hotel franchisors on the planet. As committed as it has been to global growth, Choice has historically not taken the kinds of aggressive environmental stances that some of its competitors have taken. Granted, Choice did convert its Comfort Suites brand to a 100 percent nonsmoking one in 2007, but it has not announced any other major environment-related commitments. That is all beginning to change. ...more

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HEADLINES

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First 2008 Results Show Firm Tourism Demand

Ten Traps to Avoid with Employee Opinion Surveys - By Jim Houran

Hotels feeling chill in tourism

U.S. Timeshare Industry Sales Total $10.6 Billion in 2007

Weekly U.S. Lodging Performance for the week of June 22, 2008 - June 28, 2008

Canadian Occupancy, ADR, RevPAR - Week Ending June 28, 2008

Travelers Face Deep Flight Cuts by Summer's End

A Vast Majority of Southern California Indian Gaming Casino Customers Express Desire for a Smoke-Free Environment

Lodging Econometrics' Europe Construction Pipeline at a Cyclical High of 1,031 Projects/172,815 Guestrooms

Shangri-La at The Fort, Manila Will Open in 2012 in Fast-Emerging Fort Bonifacio

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UPCOMING INDUSTRY EVENTS

Tonkin Corporation
2008-07-28
Asian Hotel Investment Congress

Exhibitions India
2008-08-06
All About Food Expo 2008

Council of Hotel & Restaurant Trainers (CHART)
2008-08-09
CHART Hospitality Training Conference

Aspire
2008-08-12
Aspire's Beyond Revenue Boot Camp

Passkey
2008-08-22
Passkey Housing Forum 08

HSMAI
2008-09-10
Event Technology Expo

VIBevents
2008-09-16
Hotel eMarketing 2008

KTM Society
2008-09-20
KTM 2008

Meetings Technology Expo
2008-09-23
Meetings Technology Expo

HFTP
2008-09-24
HFTP Annual Convention & Tradeshow 2008

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Finally - a masterful marketing book with a soul and a conscience, at precisely the moment when the world is begging for both. Truth is a crucially important look at truth as the essence of win-win marketing, and is not only richly instructive but also utterly liberating for marketers. Why? Because in it we learn anew this truth about the truth: it's good for business. And it turns out that being honest may even be better than being perfect (not to mention more attainable).
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