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Single Hotel Operations Issue is Talent

In a session last week at the Lodging Conference, A View from the Top, panelists talked about the role of loyalty, tech, talent, overall brands, markets to watch and hotel security within the hospitality structure.

By Lisa Brown | Updated on November 07, 2017

Lodging Conference Moderator Don Landry of Top Ten Hospitality Advisors led the session discussion.

DALLAS—In a session last week at the Lodging Conference, Dave Johnson of Plano-based Aimbridge Hospitality talked about the role of loyalty, technology and retaining talent within the hospitality structure. In that session, A View from the Top, moderator Don Landry of Top Ten Hospitality Advisors led the discussion focused on those topics along with markets to watch and hotel security.

Landry began by saying that with the chaos in Washington, DC, it is unlikely that substantial legislation will be passed in the remainder of the year. Within the hotel sector, demand is strong and supply is stronger, he said. Low-cost debt is out there and that low-debt environment invites new supply. Chinese funds still remain prevalent in the United States. The big question is when will rates go up?

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