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Are you looking for a way to make your life as a hotelier/innkeeper easier, increase your bookings and improve your bottom line?

I have hotel resource books that will help, plus resort, inn and bed and breakfast books for you.

Welcome to another edition of Hospitality Property School.

I am your instructor, Gerry MacPherson.

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Introduction to Hotel Resource Books

I am proud to introduce a series of hospitality property books for you, hotel, resort, inn and bed and breakfast owners and managers.

 

They include:

“How to Open & Operate a Bed & Breakfast”

“Strategies to Increase Your Bed & Breakfasts Bookings & Profit”

“How to Open & Operate a Hotel, Resort or Inn”

“Hotel, Resorts or Inns – Strategies to Increase Your Bookings & Profit”

 

And if you’re looking for an in-depth handbook to help direct your day-to-day operation, we have

“Your Full Guide to Owning & Operating a Hospitality Property-Successfully”

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Books with Tips & Strategies for Your Hotel, Resort, Inn, Bed and Breakfast

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How to Open & Operate a Bed & Breakfast

This is a question I am often asked but before I answer, let me begin by asking you a couple of questions.

• Does the idea of being your own boss sound appealing to you?

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• Is the thought of sharing your corner of the world with guests intriguing?

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• Have you ever thought about owning your own bed and breakfast, but are not sure where to start?

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If you have answered YES to any of these questions, this book is for you.

• It is designed to get you started if you have dreams of becoming a successful bed and breakfast proprietor.

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• I’ll take you through the process of evaluating your or finding the right location.

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• Explain why you need a bed & breakfast organizational strategy.

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• Show you how to design your management strategy.

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• Help you develop an operation manual and show you how it works.

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• And what you need to know about outsourcing?

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For decades, I have had the pleasure of meeting many owners with impeccable properties to those who are not quite sure what they are supposed to be doing.

This book is designed to help guide potential owners to provide an experience that guests will rave about.

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Strategies to Increase Your Bed & Breakfasts Bookings & Profit

This book is designed for bed & breakfast owners who do not have the benefit of management training, or a pre-designed organizational structure, a branding program or a proven marketing strategy in place who are basically doing it on their own.

Have you ever asked yourself any of the questions?

 

• “How can I get more guests?”

 

• “How can I encourage my guests to return?”

 

• “How can I organize my business so I don’t have to be there 24/7?”

 

• “How can I find and keep the right employees?”

 

• “How can I market so I reach my target clientele?”

 

• “How does my hospitality property compare to my competition?

 

If you have ever asked any of these questions, you’re in the right place.

Over the years, I have met many amazing bed & breakfast owners who looking for the resources to help clear the most common hurdles many bed & breakfast owners face.

In this book:

• I’ll give you the tools to discover the type of owner/manager you are.

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• How to determine and set a plan to achieve your goals.

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• Explain why you need and how to create a bed & breakfast strategy.

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• The importance of excellent customer service along with proven tips and techniques you can use to impress your guests.

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• Ways to improve your chain of service.

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• Marketing strategies that will work for your bed and breakfast today.

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• The importance of social media and how to benefit from the major platforms.

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• How to WOW your guest so not only will they want to return but will become ambassadors for your property.

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I want every bed and breakfast owner to be able to visualize their property as a destination guests are looking forward to visiting, year after year after year.

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Are these making sense so far? Let me know in the comments.

 

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How to Open & Operate a Hotel, Resort or Inn

I am often asked this question, but before I answer, let me begin by asking you a couple of questions.

• Does the idea of being your own boss sound appealing to you?

.

• Is the thought of sharing your corner of the world with guests intriguing?

.

• Have you ever thought about owning your own hotel, resort or inn, but are not sure where to start?

.

If you have answered YES to any of these questions, this book is for you.

• It is designed to get you started if you have dreams of becoming a successful hotel, resort or inn proprietor.

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• I’ll take you through the process of finding the right location.

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• Explain why you need an organizational strategy for your hotel, resort or inn.

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• Show you how to design your management strategy.

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• Help you develop an operation manual and show you how it works.

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• And what you need to know about outsourcing?

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As a travel authority with decades of hotel, resort and inn visitation experience, I want to share my expertise and knowledge with potential hospitality property proprietors who want to start setting up their own property.

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Hotel, Resorts or Inns – Strategies to Increase Your Bookings & Profit

Have you ever asked yourself any of these questions?

• “How can I get more guests?”

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• “How can I encourage my guests to return?”

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• “How can I organize my business so I don’t have to be there 24/7?”

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• “How can I find and keep the right employees?”

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• “How can I market so I reach my target clientele?”

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• “How does my hospitality property compare to my competition?

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If so, you’re in the right place.

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This book is designed for an independent hotel, resort and inn owners or managers who do not have the benefit of management training or a ready-made organizational structure, branding and marketing that chain properties provide, who are basically doing it on their own.

This book will give you the resources to help you clear the most common hurdles many hospitality property owners and managers face.

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• I’ll give you the tools to discover the type of owner/manager you are:

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• How to determine and set a plan to achieve your goals.

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• Explain why you need and how to create a hotel, resort or inn organizational strategy.

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• The importance of excellent customer service along with proven tips and techniques you can use to impress your guests.

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• Ways to improve your chain of service.

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• Marketing strategies that work today.

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• The importance of social media and how to benefit from the major platforms.

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• How to WOW your guest so not only will they want to return but will become ambassadors for your property.

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This book will give every independent hotel, resort and inn owner the ability to create a happy and fulfilling experience for their customers and employees.

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Your Full Guide to Owning & Operating a Hospitality Property – Successfully

This is a question I am often asked, and was the motivation for my writing of the book “Your Full Guide to Owning & Operating a Hospitality Property – Successfully”.

As a travel authority with decades of hotel, resort, inn and bed & breakfast visitation experience, I wanted to share my expertise and knowledge with current and potential hospitality property owners and manager who do not have the benefit of a ready-made organizational structure, branding and marketing that chain properties provide.

If you’re not sure you might benefit from this book, let me ask you a couple of questions.

• Is the idea of being your own boss sound appealing to you?

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• Is the thought of sharing your corner of the world with guests intriguing?

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• Have you ever thought about owning or operating your own independent hotel, resort, inn or bed & breakfast, but were not sure of the steps to take to ensure success?

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• Do you currently own a property and are looking for ways to increase your bookings and profit?

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If you have answered YES to any of these questions, this book is for you.

In this book, I will share with you more than just quick-fix tactics but instead how to develop successful long-term operation methods.

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For easy use, this book is divided into four separate series.

Series #1 – Your Hospitality Property Organizational Structure

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Series #2 – Employee Development

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Series #3 – Marketing for Your Hospitality Properties Success

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Series #4 – How Do You See Your Property

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In this book, you will have access to 47 chapters of proven methods for the operation of a successful hospitality property, plus 64 links to resources, charts, diagrams, lists, checklists, forms and PDFs to help your property grow.

I cover such topics as how to set up your organizational & management strategy, how to create an operation manual, how to develop the right mindset, hiring & training employees, dealing with customers, marketing strategies that work and how to develop your property.

You will learn to stay two steps ahead of your competition, increase your bookings and patronage while enjoying fun & fulfilled life as a hotelier/innkeeper.

If you have dreams of becoming a successful independent hotel, resort, inn or bed & breakfast proprietor, this book is designed to get you started and to grow your business.

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In conclusion

As I stated in the intro, if you are looking for a way to make your life as a hotelier/innkeeper easier, increase your bookings and improve your bottom line, then don’t go further because we have the answers in these hotel resource books, pulse resort, inn and bed and breakfast books for you.

All the books I mentioned are available in the format that best suits your needs, book, ebook or audiobook.

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To find out more about these books and how you can get your own copies visit the Keystone HPD Resource Library at…

https://keystonehpd.com/books-ebooks-audiobooks/

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What resource material are you currently using to help develop your hospitality property?

Let me know in the comments.

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You will have access to this episode for the next six weeks and then it will get locked in the vault for Hospitality Property School Group members only.

When you see that we have something new, don’t mark it “Unread” or file it away in the belief you’ll read it later because you might miss your chance.

To see all the other valuable material you’d have access to as a member of the Hospitality Property School Group, check out the short video in the episode post-show notes.

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In the next episode, I will talk about property management systems.

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That’s it for today’s episode,

Until next time, have a fun day.

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