I’m not going to lie.  November was just about one of the worst months I can remember working in the nearly 80 months I’ve been in business at Hotel Lobbyists.  I average handling approximately between 16 and 20 leads a month – that is, actual RFPs that I source to the hotels.  Some months have...

I was very much looking forward to this stay in late November at a hotel not too far from the neighborhood I once called home, and at which a number of familiar former coworkers and long time associates worked.  I was greeted like I was entering my home after a terribly long delay on Amtrak...

No, this is not a blog about my posture although I’d really like to work on it, quite frankly.  This is a special momentous occasion in my young family’s life.  You see, my son, who is now six months old, who couldn’t support himself in sitting up last week, can sit up straight this week! ...

You have to pick and choose your battles when you’re a grammatician, the Grammar Police, if you will.  You can’t be that guy who corrects everyone’s spoken word – it’s one thing to correct the written word, particularly on business documents – but to stop someone in their speak and make a correction is tacky...

I come from a boutique hotel background and my specialty remains small meetings.  So it’s not every day I have the opportunity to book one of my groups in one of the area’s largest hotels and it’s also rare that I get to stay in that hotel while the group is taking place.  Such was...

Last week was not the kind of work week one would write home about.  Although ironically, it does seem the kind of week one might choose to blog about.  For many moons now, the business environment has been less than stellar.  There’s no doubt the government shutdown on top of an already paralyzing sequestration have...

I love my time in Las Vegas.  And last week I was once again fortunate enough to attend IMEX America, my third time in three years, and my third consecutive stay at the mammoth convention complex, Venetian Palazzo.  Unlike previous years however, I was not exactly welcomed by a four star experience this time around...

I consider myself quite lucky.  Born a Giants fan in 1976, in my lifetime, I’ve seen my team go to the Super Bowl five times and return with four Super Bowl rings.  That’s precisely the same number of Super Bowl appearances and Super Bowl rings that my father has witnessed as well and his fandom...

Thirty seven.  It’s prime once more.  It’s hard to believe I’m in my upper thirties now.  There’s no denying it.  College aged students are no longer peers.  I’m considered old to young children.  I’m more than twice the age I was when I entered college.  Wow.  And yet none of this scares me. I’ve thrown...

My third installment now in blogs pertaining to infant travels.  I’ve spoken of traveling with an infant by car and by plane but now in our second air experience, which went even more splendidly than the first, I get to remark on what it’s like to vacation with an infant. First there’s the preparation.  Our...