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Opportunity vs. Potential in Inn Investment: Understanding ROI When Buying an Inn

Financials, Innkeeping Business, Inns for Sale, Operations, Real Estate Terms / Eben Viens

Opportunity vs. Potential in Inn Investment Buyers evaluating an Inn, Bed & Breakfast, or boutique hotel often hear the term “tremendous potential.” But it’s crucial to understand the difference between opportunity vs. potential in inn investment — a distinction that directly influences ROI, risk, and your timeline for meaningful business growth. Confusing the two can […]

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Define Your Story: Things to Consider When Buying an Inn

Better Way to Buy and Inn, Innkeeping Business / The B&B® Team

There are quite a few factors that go into buying, owning, and even selling a top-rated Bed and Breakfast, Inn, or Boutique Hotel, and our Inn consulting will help you with key deciding factors so you start off with the best foot forward. Buying an Inn or Bed and Breakfast often starts with a fantastic

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Elevating the Guest Experience in 2023

Innkeeping Business, Market Trends, Operations, Travel Trends / Eben Viens

Experience is the heart and driving economic force of our special segment of the hospitality and tourism industry. If we can all agree on this statement, in some form, our success should be based on the ability to expand and elevate the experience of guests as they start the research and booking process, through their

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Musings on the Airbnb 2022 Summer Release

Innkeeping Business, Marketing, Travel Trends / Eben Viens

On May 11, 2022, Airbnb announced its latest updates to the platform, promising “a new Airbnb for a new world of travel.” The updates noted in the Airbnb 2022 Summer Release allow users to discover millions of new listings, split trips between locations, and offer what Airbnb refers to as “the most comprehensive protection in

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State of the Innkeeping Industry

Innkeeping Business, Travel Trends / Eben Viens

It’s a common trend in our industry that the overarching macro news obscures counter trends among niches or segments of the larger picture. While it has been difficult to ignore the tell-tale signs of a red-hot real estate market during Covid times, there are critical nuances that require interpretation in the Inn and Bed and

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Lessons from a Life Spent with Inn Guru Bill Oates

Innkeeping Business, Market Trends / Eben Viens

The Innkeeping world has lost one of its pioneering members with the passing of Bill Oates on Monday, November 22. Bill’s influence on the industry is immeasurable, and his legacy is carried on by industry professionals, consultants, brokers, and the countless Innkeepers who were his colleagues and close friends. I had the great pleasure of

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The Future of the Innkeeping Trade

Innkeeping Business, Travel Trends / Eben Viens

The two questions most resounding in my life since late last year: Where have you been? And what do you envision for the future of The B&B Team®? From a distance, the first question can be answered plainly. I have not sat still over the course of the pandemic. In fact, even before I took

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Open Roads

Innkeeping Business / Eben Viens

In the beginning of the twentieth century America started to dream of independent travel in the automobile. Anyone who could afford a car could also afford leisure travel. Mr. Ford made the affordability more accessible. Family vacations on the open roads expanded tourism to become the nation’s largest industry. The automobile became a symbol of

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Rethinking Your Guest Experience

Innkeeping Business / Eben Viens

Have you been rethinking your guest experience during these troubled times? It is and always has been the mantra,’ put your guests’ needs and wants first’. Now more than ever. There is a new wave of customer. Someone who is more cautious, more discerning in their choices, especially when travelling. But they are willing

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Blogging to Be Seen and Heard for Your Bed and Breakfast

Innkeeping Business / Eben Viens

We all want to be recognized for who we are. Blogging for your bed and breakfast helps you to be seen and heard out there in the internet ether. “As a small business, your content strategy is the key to getting yourself seen. It drives traffic to your site, increases conversions, and strengthens your brand.”

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Innkeeping Business

Opportunity vs. Potential in Inn Investment: Understanding ROI When Buying an Inn

Define Your Story: Things to Consider When Buying an Inn

Elevating the Guest Experience in 2023

Musings on the Airbnb 2022 Summer Release

State of the Innkeeping Industry

Lessons from a Life Spent with Inn Guru Bill Oates

The Future of the Innkeeping Trade

Open Roads

Rethinking Your Guest Experience

Blogging to Be Seen and Heard for Your Bed and Breakfast

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