Competition is fierce within the hospitality industry. Your business can either thrive or flounder depending on your industry knowledge and how you apply it, so keep up with the constant changes and trends by subscribing to hospitality and lodging publications. Reading and learning from hospitality publications and hotel news publications can give you the knowledge you need to make sound business decisions that will grow your business into the future.

Hotel industry publications, along with hospitality and lodging publications provide great resources for news, trends, best practices, finance and so much more. As you search for hotel industry publications and other hospitality publications, consider the following sources:

1. Invest in hospitality publications that include books.

2. Stay current on trends, news and events with a hotel magazine or other hospitality industry magazine.

3. Use other hospitality and lodging publications to your advantage.

Action Steps
The best contacts and resources to help you get it done

Subscribe to or bookmark your favorite hospitality and hotel industry magazines

A hotel industry magazine can provide you with quick access to facts, figures and current events in the hospitality industry.

I recommend: Check out the Hotels Magazine online publication, and then order a free subscription to the print or digital hotel industry publication. This monthly publication focuses on hotels with more than 100 rooms in the U.S. and hotels abroad with more than 50 rooms. Visit the Hotel Business website before you decide to subscribe to its free magazine. Use the magazine to keep up on the latest events and news in the hotel industry. Bookmark Lodging online magazine with your other favorites and then order a free subscription to the print magazine that reaches nearly 40,000 hotel executives who want to stay up-to-date on industry news.

Include books in your library of Hospitality and Lodging Publications

Hospitality industry books make sound reference additions to your library.

I recommend: Buy the book "Hotels to HTMLs - A Complete Guide to Internet Marketing for the Lodging Industry." The hotel publication offers practical solutions to help you position your lodging facility for maximum Internet visibility and online profitability. If you're new to the hospitality industry, purchase "Introduction to Hospitality Operations" by John Walker. Published in 2008, this updated and streamlined edition covers tourism, lodging, restaurants, managed services, conventions/meetings and leisure/recreation. The book also takes a look at gaming entertainment, marketing, human resources, leadership and management.

Use other hospitality or hotel publications when you need specific answers

Look for an online lodging publication or hospitality publication or report for quick news or in-depth articles pertaining to the hospitality industry.

I recommend: Subscribe to Hotel Business Review to stay abreast of hotel management issues and news. Delivered to your desktop weekly, the journal provides hotel executives with authoritative articles written by industry leaders on best practices, insights and trends. Visit Hotel Resource to sign up for free hospitality publications. Choose from Daily Hotel Industry News, Hospitality Trends, Hotel Technology Resource, Weekly Hotel Development Update, Gaming Industry Update and more. Watch a demo video before you order Benchmarker Reports, put out by PKF Hospitality Research. These reports provide analysis based on financial statements from thousands of hotels in the U.S. Use the reports to compare your revenues, expenses and profits to similar properties and make informed business decisions.

Tips & Tactics

Helpful advice for making the most of this Guide

• •  Title a new folder Hospitality Publications and place it on your desktop for quick access. You can place several of the titles form this guide in the folder for immediate access.