An Ottawa hotelier predicts that many Ottawa hotels could remain closed. Quality Suites Laval houses mental health and palliative patients. How Edmonton hotels are hurting. Winnipeg hotels step up to the plate. Brandon…
EDMONTON — During a week when oil prices plummeted into negative territory and Calgary cancelled this year’s iconic stampede, CLN spoke with Dave Kaiser, president and CEO of the Alberta Hotel & Lodging Association,…
Jeff Guignard of ABLE BC can’t visit members as he usually does in spring and summer; he’s come up with Virtual Happy Hours to help connect. Everyone is looking to Saskatchewan as the first province to loosen…
NEW YORK — Most hotels don’t have a playbook for how to pause operations or recommission properties after a partial or temporary closure. An operating platform called Alice offers ways to bring order and standardization…
As president and CEO of the Hotel Association of Canada, Susie Grynol is at the eye of the hurricane that is COVID-19 and its devastating effect on Canadian hotels.
HALIFAX, N.S., RIDGEFIELD, Conn. — New Castle Hotels & Resorts (NCH) is among countless small businesses across this nation and the world that have experienced a rapid and steep decline in business as a result of…
Once hotels start to resume operations, they may want to rethink service delivery, notes Peter Mitham. This could mean leveraging technology to limit face-to-face interactions with guests, or reducing seat counts in…
If we learned anything from the financial crisis, it was that communicating with your lending institution is essential during these difficult times, say Steve Hedington and Salim Gulamani of Clifton Blake Asset…
COVID-19 brings new threats to hotels. The low average daily rates caused by the virus tend to attract high-risk guests or those looking to exploit hoteliers. To stay protected during these uncertain times, it’s crucial…
Toronto paints the town purple. Blue Mountain’s retro pond skim. Home Inn Express Medicine Hat welcomes front line. A new home for Centennial’s food. Westin and Sutton Place Edmonton light up with valentines.
The latest Lodging Econometrics (LE) data from Q3 2024 reveals unprecedented growth in Canada's hotel development pipeline, with key indicators suggesting an expansion phase is underway. The total pipeline has reached a…
On October 29th and 30th, the 2024 Western Canadian Lodging Conference (WCLC) took place at the Hyatt Regency, Vancouver, B.C., bringing together over 300 hospitality leaders and stakeholders from across the industry to…
CASE STUDY PROFILE: Feature from the FALL 2024 ISSUE of STAY Magazine
From September 3–5, 2024, Avendra hosted its “Annual Client Appreciation and Supplier Showcase,” a gathering that has become an event to look forward to for the Canadian hospitality industry.