In the hours following the mind numbing shooting in Sandy Hook Elementary School there was a lot of activity on Facebook. I posted this status – “Brett Sterenson will not be able to digest ANY posts/rants about the 2nd Amendment. I will be hiding you. Your arguments will never have any impact on me EVER. […]
The Topaz was one of Kimpton’s very first endeavors in the Washington, DC market and is now surprisingly over a decade old. Hiding on one of the area’s finest streets, the Topaz is a quiet gem of a hotel in the Dupont Circle neighborhood convenient most popular neighborhood for entertainment and yet sitting in the […]
Just before Thanksgiving I was fortunate enough to be part of the first ever CGMP Congress, hosted by the Society of Government Meeting Professionals in Washington, DC. There have been thirty annual meetings but this was the first ever second annual meeting that the association has experimented with. It was open to all holders of […]
I’ve made the joke often since I’ve specialized in government business for almost my entire hospitality career, “I don’t know if you’ve heard, but the government’s going out of business.” And I make this joke with nervous truthfulness – it’s been a hard year for those of us who have made our livelihood by placing […]
Throughout my years living in Washington, DC and booking Washington, DC repeatedly, I must admit that I had very little exposure to this boutique hotel located on Pennsylvania Avenue between Washington DC’s elite neighborhoods of Foggy Bottom, the West End, and Georgetown. After a remodel of its public space and amidst a rather significant room […]
The Donovan House, on Thomas Circle in downtown Washington, is an ultra-modern business travelers’ hotel by Kimpton Hotels. Some months ago, this was a quirky niche hotel operated by Thompson Hotels. Some years ago this was a tourist class, economy oriented Holiday Inn. And just over a decade ago, no one wanted to be on […]
I have been advocating for train travel for nearly a year now, as I’ve been operating my business out of Washington, DC but living full time on Long Island. I enjoyed the train’s convenience – I’m never disconnected like I am with air travel – and the travel itself is relaxing. But most of all, […]
For the second straight year, Halloween week has presented the Tri-State area with its most perplexing storm of the season. Last year, a Halloween snowstorm which dropped heavy wet snow on top of trees who still had their leaves caused severe infrastructure issues and power outages all over the region. And this year, it was […]
Do you have a Department of Human Freesources? If you don’t, you’re missing out on some of the easiest ways to secure business that exist. Small business owners who shrug off the possible upside of being active in the social networking scene are shooting themselves in the keyboard. Get on Facebook and get on LinkedIn […]
Proud to say I attended my second consecutive IMEX America conventions here, the only two ever to be in produced in the United States. These are mammoth shows aimed at attracting the industry’s largest audience and generally focused on international meetings and incentive travel both inbound and outbound. I owe my attendance to the lovely […]