Ohio could be labeled the juxtaposition state. The cities of Cleveland, Canton, Akron and Columbus. Take a drive from these metro areas and you are immediately transformed to another time. The world’s largest Amish Country, Holmes County, unspoiled countryside farmland and small towns. A beautiful juxtaposition. Quiz time… What do these Ohio small towns have […]
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Having a background in commercial food preparation or even chef training is not a prerequisite in becoming an innkeeper. But many of our clients that are now innkeepers were professional chefs. In many of their backgrounds, breakfasts were never a part of their repertoire. Therefore some AM cuisine creativity was in order. At the recent InnSpire Summit in Long
Day 3-InnSpire Summit & Marketplace. The B&B Team was so happy to see so many of our recent clients attend this conference. Between all of us we counted about 12 to 15 couples and singles, aspiring innkeepers and new innkeepers. All of them have attended one of our Aspiring Innkeeper Seminars. We always advise our attendees to attend
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Day 2-InnSpire Summit & Marketplace. The conference this year is a collaboration with the Association of Independent Hospitality Professionals, AIHP, The California Association of Boutique & Breakfast Inns, CABBI and Select Registry. This took organization and hours and hours of work. As in any non-profit organization much of the work is done by volunteers. To
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Day 1…The InnSpire Summit & Marketplace, The Queen Mary, Long Beach CA. Ran into and old friend and colleague. Started chatting about innkeeping conferences, current and past. He told me about a comment from an innkeeper that he would never forget. He asked this innkeeper, what is the value you get from attending an innkeeping conference?
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“I think 2017 will be a banner year for U.S. B&Bs and guesthouses, rebooting the classic American inn experience.” O boy, do we love to read these kind of predictions! This is coming from Ben Pundole writing for A Hotel Life. Hoteliers writing about small lodging properties, very interesting. The article’s focus was on a
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A few years ago at an Innkeeping conference, innkeepers were asked to submit their ‘most fantastic and unusual innkeeper’s stories’. This was a contest and judges picked a couple of whoppers. Now unfortunately they were also X-Rated and as a result not to be retold for this publication. Sorry, they were good ones! Now we
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As US states go, Vermont is a strong brand. What comes to mind this time of year is Snow, with a capital S. For downhill skiers, snowboarders and snowmobile enthusiasts, Vermont’s snowfall is the envy of the nation. This according to the Burlington Free Press. In fall it is the ultimate leaf peeper locale. Early spring brings maple
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Have you seen an increase in the solo traveler over the last two or more years? Lonely Planet reported that; ‘solo travel will be the key trend in 2017. Now to be clear this study is not relating to the business traveler but the leisure/adventure seeking traveler. In this blog I will focus specifically on women travelling
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It is only mid December and I am writing about 2017 New Year’s resolutions. Why? Didn’t your parents often advise you to ‘plan ahead’ or not to ‘short cut’ your homework? Just think of your homework as your ‘innwork’. I got some good tips from Sojern, a travel tech company. Some of the 7 resolutions this
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