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Resolutions for hotels for the new year

Posted by: JoanEisenstodt in Resolutions, HSMAI, Hotel, AHLA on Dec 31, 2008

Great blog at USAToday - and I thought we would extend the conversation over here about what we want as resolutions for hotels.  I wrote there and add here:

Free wi-fi and soundproofed windows and walls AND connecting doors when one gets a room w/ a connector.
Add to that:
1) Staff - ALL staff - trained to answer questions about safety and security first and all other issues later.
2) Safe, secure

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Did you read the blog about the poor hotels?

Posted by: JoanEisenstodt in Americans with Disabilities Act, AHLA, Abilities on Oct 01, 2008

I blogged a few weeks ago about the poor hotels that were fighting the ADA revisions, saying they would cost the hotels too much to retrofit to be in compliance with the new regulations.  One of our industry associations was fighting this revision of the ADA, the first since its inception.

Today, an article I received from a google alert, gave me an indication that the hotels could make far more

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