Gaming Industry News - Features

Few tax authorities have fully recognized the decline in hotel values across the United States. It’s no wonder then that growing numbers of hotel owners and operators are giving more serious thought to contesting or appealing their hotel property tax values. - More

Despite the growth of the gaming industry in the past 10 years and the recent challenges of the recession, most gaming research has focused on the problems of excessive play and has neglected fundamental business aspects of casinos and casino hotels such as brand choice, loyalty and price sensitivity. - More

In the current economic climate, business leaders are facing greater challenges than ever. Many are tempted to take the easy way out, changing strategies quickly or reinventing their companies in hopes of finding a new model to weather the downturn. - More

GMs have always had to be exceptional multi taskers – managing managers in multiple disciplines. The widening scope of the GM’s job has never been more apparent than in this marketing plan and budget season as both now need to accommodate new strategies. - More

There should be no such thing as 'limited service' in hotels or hospitality - More

Marketers, are any of you still working solely with companies that are charging you for each click your advertisements receive? If this is the cease – PLEASE READ THIS. - More

Here at VEM GlobalTM we are all about transparency. And we work hard to ensure everything we do is evaluated and analyzed so all of our advertising partners get that transparency – it’s all a part of the cycle. - More

As it gets increasingly harder to find skilled people to fill the positions it makes sense to hang on to the good employees. - More

It is official; the walls on every hotel worldwide are now made of glass and are completely transparent; the outside world can now see into your hotel lobby and witness how real guest are treated in the real-world daily. - More

Anyone can launch a web site. Yet, it’s not enough to have a web site anymore. Your web site needs to be good. Good websites effectively communicate information about your company, brand, product or service to your audience. Therefore, it’s so important to inform and engage your audience with a good web site. - More