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Nobody Asked Me, But� No. 65:
A Well-Deserved Compliment for Steve
Rushmore;
Impertinent Questions in Search
of Pertinent Answers
By Stanley Turkel,
MHS, ISHC, June 11, 2010
1. A Well-Deserved Compliment Congratulations to Steve Rushmore on the 30th Anniversary of HVS International, the global hospitality consulting organization, with 400 plus employees in 30 offices on five continents. What a remarkable accomplishment! Of all the great studies and reports that HVS produces (many of them without cost), none strikes me with more relevance than the HVS U.S. Hotel Franchise Fee Guide. It illuminates the world of hotel franchising with irresistible numeric logic. Many hotel owners do not realize that the total cost of associating with a national brand over a ten-year period runs between 0.8% and 11.4% of room revenue. The HVS Guide reveals that this represents the second highest single expense (after payroll) for most hotel owners. Back in 1989, Steve wrote: �When evaluating a potential hotel franchise, one of the most important economic considerations is the structure and amount of the franchise fee. Hotel franchise fees are the compensation paid to the franchisor for the use of the chain�s name, logo, identity, image, goodwill, systems, procedures, marketing, referral and reservation system. Franchise fees are normally�an initial fee� plus continuing fees paid periodically during the term of the franchise.� The Guide enables hotel owners to evaluate the franchise fee structure and the total cost of initial and continuing fees before determining whether or not the price/value relationship warrants the cost of the franchise. To his everlasting credit, Steve Rushmore has delineated the real cost of hotel franchises. In addition, I applaud Steve for his:
-Stacey Mieyal Higgins, Managing News Editor, HotelNewsNow, posted her Blog (on June 9, 2010) after day one of the 32nd Annual NYU International Hospitality Industry Investment Conference and asked �Can someone answer the tough questions, please?:
�Always do right. This will gratify some people and astonish the rest.� Stanley Turkel, MHS, ISHC has just published �Great American Hoteliers: Pioneers of the Hotel Industry.� It contains 359 pages, 25 illustrations and 16 chapters devoted to each of the following pioneers: John McEntee Bowman, Carl Graham Fisher, Henry Morrison Flagler, John Q. Hammons, Frederick Henry Harvey, Ernest Henderson, Conrad Nicholson Hilton, Howard Dearing Johnson, J. Willard Marriott, Kanjibhai Patel, Henry Bradley Plant, George Mortimer Pullman, A.M. Sonnabend, Ellsworth Milton Statler, Juan Terry Trippe and Kemmons Wilson. It also has a foreword by Stephen Rushmore, preface, introduction, bibliography and index. Visit www.greatamericanhoteliers.com to order the book. |
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Stanley Turkel, MHS, ISHC
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Also See: | Nobody Asked Me, But� No. 64: Best Western Finally Makes a Move; Cuba, The Caribbean�s Hottest Destination / Stanley Turkel / May 2010 |
Nobody Asked Me, But - No. 63: Can Airlines Learn From Hotels?; Memo to Ian Schrager / Stanley Turkel / April 2010 | |
Nobody Asked Me, But No. 62 / Do the Radisson Franchisees Agree with Carlson's billion-dollar Makeover Program? At Last: A Win-Win Victory for Tourism; Congratulations to the Harris Rosen Foundation / Stanley Turkel / March 2010 |