The Lag in Food and Beverage Recovery

Written by: Robert Mandelbaum and Andrew Hartley According to CBRE’s September 2022 Hotel Horizons® forecast for the overall U.S. lodging industry, rooms revenue per-available-room (RevPAR) will exceed 2019 annual levels in 2022. This is driven by the accelerated recovery of…

Budgeting for 2021: What Is the New Target?

Written by: Arlene Ramirez, MBA, CHAE, CHE, CHIA “To be sure of hitting the target, shoot first, and call whatever you hit the target.” Ashleigh Brilliant Since March of this year, the hospitality industry has been trying to figure out…

IT Measurements and the USALI 11th Edition

In January 2015, the USALI 11th edition became effective and a new schedule was born: Schedule 6 — Information and Telecommunications Systems. With the institution of a new schedule, many questions are asked, including: How was the transition to the new…