HotelConsult- Hotelier / Owner / Partner Waterford Hotels & Inns
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Rooms / Food & Bev / Spa
Front of House / Back of House Ops since 1995
Hospitality Design / Build / Manage since 2005
Historic / LEED / Green / Adaptive Reuse / National Park / Indies
#Travel #Hotel #Luxury #Wine expert
Rooms / Food & Bev / Spa
Front of House / Back of House Ops since 1995
Hospitality Design / Build / Manage since 2005
Historic / LEED / Green / Adaptive Reuse / National Park / Indies
#Travel #Hotel #Luxury #Wine expert
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A nice preview of the long renovated Huntington on Nob Hill
@sfgate.com - www.sfgate.com/local/articl...
Stunning pool deck. Classic Hollywood vibes!
@sfgate.com - www.sfgate.com/local/articl...
Stunning pool deck. Classic Hollywood vibes!
December 8, 2025 at 8:29 PM
A nice preview of the long renovated Huntington on Nob Hill
@sfgate.com - www.sfgate.com/local/articl...
Stunning pool deck. Classic Hollywood vibes!
@sfgate.com - www.sfgate.com/local/articl...
Stunning pool deck. Classic Hollywood vibes!
The Future is just so weird:
Shares of Metaplanet, a Tokyo-based firm that in 2024 pivoted from hotel management to accumulating bitcoin, were in June 2025 trading at around eight times the value of its bitcoin holdings. www.citationneeded.news/digital-asse...
Shares of Metaplanet, a Tokyo-based firm that in 2024 pivoted from hotel management to accumulating bitcoin, were in June 2025 trading at around eight times the value of its bitcoin holdings. www.citationneeded.news/digital-asse...
Digital asset treasury companies are running out of steam
Convincing traders to pay $2 for $1 of bitcoin worked — for a while. As premiums evaporate, an unwind could be painful.
www.citationneeded.news
December 3, 2025 at 7:28 PM
The Future is just so weird:
Shares of Metaplanet, a Tokyo-based firm that in 2024 pivoted from hotel management to accumulating bitcoin, were in June 2025 trading at around eight times the value of its bitcoin holdings. www.citationneeded.news/digital-asse...
Shares of Metaplanet, a Tokyo-based firm that in 2024 pivoted from hotel management to accumulating bitcoin, were in June 2025 trading at around eight times the value of its bitcoin holdings. www.citationneeded.news/digital-asse...
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Does the White House think this is going to win them support with Gen Z?
December 2, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Does the White House think this is going to win them support with Gen Z?
As for Wine Country flagging and interest waning, South Australia and Adelaide just did a podcast add targeting the idea of wine and wildlife. Wildlifeadventure during the day, sipping Shiraz at night. Really smart ad with a new angle around wine I've not seen.
December 2, 2025 at 11:07 PM
As for Wine Country flagging and interest waning, South Australia and Adelaide just did a podcast add targeting the idea of wine and wildlife. Wildlifeadventure during the day, sipping Shiraz at night. Really smart ad with a new angle around wine I've not seen.
I think about this quite a bit, in a bid to be playful you actually obscure information. Bad copywriting is a thing.
November 25, 2025 at 3:28 PM
I think about this quite a bit, in a bid to be playful you actually obscure information. Bad copywriting is a thing.
Ever since studying Beaudrilliard & simulacrum, Vegas has been anthropologically curious. Not fun, mind you.
The Cosmopolitan made a ski lodge? Lol
It is weirdly goofy fun. It's like an outsourced concept/idea event company that builds these things for hotels.
spiegelworld.com/restaurants/...
The Cosmopolitan made a ski lodge? Lol
It is weirdly goofy fun. It's like an outsourced concept/idea event company that builds these things for hotels.
spiegelworld.com/restaurants/...
Ski Lodge - Spiegelworld
There’s snow place in Vegas like Superfrico's winter cabin-themed cocktail hideaway at The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas.
spiegelworld.com
November 24, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Ever since studying Beaudrilliard & simulacrum, Vegas has been anthropologically curious. Not fun, mind you.
The Cosmopolitan made a ski lodge? Lol
It is weirdly goofy fun. It's like an outsourced concept/idea event company that builds these things for hotels.
spiegelworld.com/restaurants/...
The Cosmopolitan made a ski lodge? Lol
It is weirdly goofy fun. It's like an outsourced concept/idea event company that builds these things for hotels.
spiegelworld.com/restaurants/...
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I've worked in hospitality, legally, for 30 years. Before that I was a hotel brat doing stuff unpaid at family Hotels.
I currently design and develop and help build resorts or hotels in my wife works in resorts.
Neither of us have ever seen this.
I currently design and develop and help build resorts or hotels in my wife works in resorts.
Neither of us have ever seen this.
November 20, 2025 at 4:33 AM
I've worked in hospitality, legally, for 30 years. Before that I was a hotel brat doing stuff unpaid at family Hotels.
I currently design and develop and help build resorts or hotels in my wife works in resorts.
Neither of us have ever seen this.
I currently design and develop and help build resorts or hotels in my wife works in resorts.
Neither of us have ever seen this.
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Every few years I feel compelled to post about the best hotel hack ever, because every time I post about it, it turns out to be new to lots of folks …
November 20, 2025 at 3:26 AM
Every few years I feel compelled to post about the best hotel hack ever, because every time I post about it, it turns out to be new to lots of folks …
The nature of capitalism, fear,& panic is that if I was a type of charlatan grifter to just want to make money off those things, I could simply say I was a hospitality consultant that would reduce labor cost by integrating AI into your hotel operational workflow. With no plan.
*Tech people do this*
*Tech people do this*
November 22, 2025 at 5:22 PM
The nature of capitalism, fear,& panic is that if I was a type of charlatan grifter to just want to make money off those things, I could simply say I was a hospitality consultant that would reduce labor cost by integrating AI into your hotel operational workflow. With no plan.
*Tech people do this*
*Tech people do this*
HOT TAKE:
Losing a Michelin Star increases revenue.
It demystifies food, makes it more affordable, less pretentious, therefore less marginalizing or less serious, & therefore more approachable w/ new buzz, it's an experience. It eases up on kitchen & FO staff, makes work fun, creative, less stiff
Losing a Michelin Star increases revenue.
It demystifies food, makes it more affordable, less pretentious, therefore less marginalizing or less serious, & therefore more approachable w/ new buzz, it's an experience. It eases up on kitchen & FO staff, makes work fun, creative, less stiff
November 14, 2025 at 6:16 PM
HOT TAKE:
Losing a Michelin Star increases revenue.
It demystifies food, makes it more affordable, less pretentious, therefore less marginalizing or less serious, & therefore more approachable w/ new buzz, it's an experience. It eases up on kitchen & FO staff, makes work fun, creative, less stiff
Losing a Michelin Star increases revenue.
It demystifies food, makes it more affordable, less pretentious, therefore less marginalizing or less serious, & therefore more approachable w/ new buzz, it's an experience. It eases up on kitchen & FO staff, makes work fun, creative, less stiff
Hotel advice:
Pockets on robes at home? Great.
Pockets on robes for your hotel, resort, or spa?
Be prepared to spend $60,000 a year of staffing lost and found. Lol
Pockets on robes at home? Great.
Pockets on robes for your hotel, resort, or spa?
Be prepared to spend $60,000 a year of staffing lost and found. Lol
November 13, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Hotel advice:
Pockets on robes at home? Great.
Pockets on robes for your hotel, resort, or spa?
Be prepared to spend $60,000 a year of staffing lost and found. Lol
Pockets on robes at home? Great.
Pockets on robes for your hotel, resort, or spa?
Be prepared to spend $60,000 a year of staffing lost and found. Lol
My thread from Twitter 6 years ago... if you like food and the stories behind the invention... this thread is a must!
Especially for San Francisco or Northern California people. =)
Especially for San Francisco or Northern California people. =)
Tikka Masala isn't from India, but from immigrants concocting it while in Britain's South Asian restaurants.
In that spirit, I'm pointing out San Francisco Bay Area culinary contributions, an example of why immigrants are vital to culture.
I'd love if other cities did this!
(2019 Twitter thread)
In that spirit, I'm pointing out San Francisco Bay Area culinary contributions, an example of why immigrants are vital to culture.
I'd love if other cities did this!
(2019 Twitter thread)
November 13, 2025 at 8:47 PM
My thread from Twitter 6 years ago... if you like food and the stories behind the invention... this thread is a must!
Especially for San Francisco or Northern California people. =)
Especially for San Francisco or Northern California people. =)
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This is me, so I am biased, but this thread is so great.
Anyhoo... if you don't care about changes in hospitality or hotel office work and operations, just enjoy the calming and soothing balm that is a dot matrix printer's sound.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qlEU...
Anyhoo... if you don't care about changes in hospitality or hotel office work and operations, just enjoy the calming and soothing balm that is a dot matrix printer's sound.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qlEU...
November 13, 2025 at 7:36 PM
This is me, so I am biased, but this thread is so great.
Anyhoo... if you don't care about changes in hospitality or hotel office work and operations, just enjoy the calming and soothing balm that is a dot matrix printer's sound.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qlEU...
Anyhoo... if you don't care about changes in hospitality or hotel office work and operations, just enjoy the calming and soothing balm that is a dot matrix printer's sound.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qlEU...
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WELL THIS IS FUCKIN' COOL
Earlier this week, all 74 of the Northwest’s endangered orcas gathered into what researchers call a superpod — a sort of all-inclusive family reunion.
Rare orca superpod comes to Seattle
They came together Sunday evening not far from Port Townsend. Why, no one can say for sure, except the participants themselves — and no humans speak their language.
www.kuow.org
November 13, 2025 at 8:40 PM
WELL THIS IS FUCKIN' COOL
Old timers... what are some words or things in hospitality that are aged out and people wouldn't understand?
Chefs telling a cook to plate at "3 O'Clock" is lost on the non-analog generation.
So what else?
How about punch keycards?
Chefs telling a cook to plate at "3 O'Clock" is lost on the non-analog generation.
So what else?
How about punch keycards?
November 13, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Old timers... what are some words or things in hospitality that are aged out and people wouldn't understand?
Chefs telling a cook to plate at "3 O'Clock" is lost on the non-analog generation.
So what else?
How about punch keycards?
Chefs telling a cook to plate at "3 O'Clock" is lost on the non-analog generation.
So what else?
How about punch keycards?
An idea:
Being on twitter is unethical.
But you probably have some great bookmarked threads you did.
If anything is relevant, move it over here!
I'm starting to reduce my footprint, and no need to lose great commentary. =)
Being on twitter is unethical.
But you probably have some great bookmarked threads you did.
If anything is relevant, move it over here!
I'm starting to reduce my footprint, and no need to lose great commentary. =)
November 13, 2025 at 7:00 PM
An idea:
Being on twitter is unethical.
But you probably have some great bookmarked threads you did.
If anything is relevant, move it over here!
I'm starting to reduce my footprint, and no need to lose great commentary. =)
Being on twitter is unethical.
But you probably have some great bookmarked threads you did.
If anything is relevant, move it over here!
I'm starting to reduce my footprint, and no need to lose great commentary. =)
I would love to see numbers run on a tropical resort deciding whether to underground a natural gas line for tiki torch infrastructure to be simplified operationally, versus outfitting single natural gas tanks to each tiki torch & dealing with the labor & ongoing expenses.
a close up of a woman 's face with a triangle and a mathematical formula .
ALT: a close up of a woman 's face with a triangle and a mathematical formula .
media.tenor.com
November 13, 2025 at 7:00 PM
I would love to see numbers run on a tropical resort deciding whether to underground a natural gas line for tiki torch infrastructure to be simplified operationally, versus outfitting single natural gas tanks to each tiki torch & dealing with the labor & ongoing expenses.
Very meta marketing your hotel marketing for your hotel marketing. But very interesting drone work. I think about these talents versus AI.
November 13, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Very meta marketing your hotel marketing for your hotel marketing. But very interesting drone work. I think about these talents versus AI.
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November 11, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Any owners panicking and need management help with the Sonder transition, although you likely won't see this... inquire within! =)
Sonder, a short-term rental and boutique hotel company that had a licensing deal with Marriott, abruptly went out of business, stranding guests worldwide who were informed overnight that their stays had been terminated.
Sonder Abruptly Goes Out of Business After Marriott Terminates Licensing Deal
Sonder, a short-term rental and boutique hotel company that had a licensing deal with Marriott, abruptly went out of business, stranding guests worldwide.
nyti.ms
November 12, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Any owners panicking and need management help with the Sonder transition, although you likely won't see this... inquire within! =)
Napa has always suffered in that the incorporated cities are always lost because people pejoratively say "Napa" and mean "Napa Valley", while search geo-locates Napa the *city*, so Calistoga or St. Helena lose out.
But that Expedia search doesn't hit any wine country well is WILD.
#Wine
#Travel
But that Expedia search doesn't hit any wine country well is WILD.
#Wine
#Travel
November 12, 2025 at 9:10 PM
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SCOTUS is somehow going to allow TX, NC, and the rest, but refuse CA.
October 13, 2025 at 7:51 PM
SCOTUS is somehow going to allow TX, NC, and the rest, but refuse CA.
Hotel guests to prioritize 'emotional resonance' in 2026 trips, Hilton says Hotel company's new trends report predicts focus on silence, comfort, connection with family in travel -
www.costar.com/article/5115...
www.costar.com/article/5115...
www.costar.com
October 13, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Hotel guests to prioritize 'emotional resonance' in 2026 trips, Hilton says Hotel company's new trends report predicts focus on silence, comfort, connection with family in travel -
www.costar.com/article/5115...
www.costar.com/article/5115...
As far as the wine industry-
They always said you plant grapes for your children & olives for your grandchildren.
That a few West Coast properties knew to plant olives in the early 2000s because of climate change is *insane*.
Olives are quickly becoming those woneries top Revenue crop vs grapes.
They always said you plant grapes for your children & olives for your grandchildren.
That a few West Coast properties knew to plant olives in the early 2000s because of climate change is *insane*.
Olives are quickly becoming those woneries top Revenue crop vs grapes.
September 24, 2025 at 2:25 AM
As far as the wine industry-
They always said you plant grapes for your children & olives for your grandchildren.
That a few West Coast properties knew to plant olives in the early 2000s because of climate change is *insane*.
Olives are quickly becoming those woneries top Revenue crop vs grapes.
They always said you plant grapes for your children & olives for your grandchildren.
That a few West Coast properties knew to plant olives in the early 2000s because of climate change is *insane*.
Olives are quickly becoming those woneries top Revenue crop vs grapes.
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I love hotel articles and reporting, but "In keeping with modern improvements at small hotels, check-in is entirely online" is in error.
It's a cost savings. It's the opposite of improvement. @sfgate.com - Bay Area brothers buy historic hotel, uniting Gold Rush town www.sfgate.com/travel/artic...
It's a cost savings. It's the opposite of improvement. @sfgate.com - Bay Area brothers buy historic hotel, uniting Gold Rush town www.sfgate.com/travel/artic...
Bay Area brothers buy historic hotel, uniting Gold Rush town
A California town is a registered historical landmark due to the Hotel Leger.
www.sfgate.com
September 17, 2025 at 11:48 PM
I love hotel articles and reporting, but "In keeping with modern improvements at small hotels, check-in is entirely online" is in error.
It's a cost savings. It's the opposite of improvement. @sfgate.com - Bay Area brothers buy historic hotel, uniting Gold Rush town www.sfgate.com/travel/artic...
It's a cost savings. It's the opposite of improvement. @sfgate.com - Bay Area brothers buy historic hotel, uniting Gold Rush town www.sfgate.com/travel/artic...