A frequent speaker on these topics, Prof. deRoos regularly contributes to lodging industry conferences in the Americas, Europe, and Asia.
Eighteen chain and independent hotels have opened on Long Island since November 1999, said Robert Lipper, editorial director of Island Publications in Melville, which tracks the lodging industry.
Occupancy rates at luxury hotels in Miami Beach were down 17.6percentt in December compared with December 2007, according to Smith Travel Research, which tracks the lodging industry.
Strong demand for New York's existing 67,000 rooms has meant an average weekly occupancy rate in the last year of 82percentt, according to Smith Travel Research, a lodging industry data provider based in Hendersonville, Tenn.
Revenue per available room, an important industry measure, has been up in each of the last three years, according to Smith Travel Research, a lodging industry data provider in Hendersonville, Tenn., but especially so in the luxury segment.
According to PKF Hospitality Research, which tracks the lodging industry, hotel rates in the United States over all increased an average of 4percentt in 2004 and are expected to jump another 5percentthis yearar.
Unfortunately, ecological awareness is not high in Japan's "lodging" industry, and while there have been some attempts aimed at reducing "lodging" waste (Tachibana et al. 2009), few studies have seriously taken up the issue.
As with the rest of the lodging industry, the business has been cyclical.
Compare that with the 4.9 million rooms offered by the lodging industry in the United States.
Some brands are employing skills unrelated to the lodging industry to transform service styles and delivery".
The lodging industry is still working its way through a prolonged slump.
