It seems that airports are busier than ever before. In a recent story run by Forbes, the ten busiest airports were identified with photos often showing a hectic environment. I could not help but wonder about the types of asset management issues this level of activity brings and how they can be managed better. So [...]
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Is Microsoft the Future of Facilities and Maintenance Management?
I was reading an article on Microsoft’s development of a smart building system for it’s headquarters in Redmond, Washington and was struck down by its potential. One has to wonder if the future of facilities and maintenance management has arrived or is it just a glimpse of what can be? For there part, Microsoft engineers [...]
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To Be Mobile or Not To Be Mobile
Sometimes it just amazes me that despite the fact that almost every business professional has some type of cell or Smartphone so many still do not understand the value of maintenance mobility in the workplace operations. This article is intended to help senior management understand the high price of keeping maintenance staff disconnected. For the [...]
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Hotel Impossible 2nd Season Recap, Lessons Learned
What Hoteliers Can Learn: Hotel Experience and Leadership are a Must With the 2nd season of Hotel Impossible now wrapped up it is time to look back and see if there is a common theme that hoteliers and potential hoteliers can learn from and avoid. Like last season, all of the situations the hotels were [...]
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Hotel Impossible – Bromley Sun Lodge
Episode Recap: No Vision to Succeed This week’s episode of Hotel Impossible featured the Bromley Sun Lodge located at the base of a skier’s paradise in Vermont. The show was a perfect example of what happens when hotel owners lacks fundamental marketing knowledge. The lack of winter lodge marketing knowledge was visible right from the [...]