As the facts change, change your thesis. Don't be a stubborn mule, or you'll get killed.
From Barry Sternlicht
It is very important that a leader in the hotel industry be both creative, I think, and compassionate.
It's cheaper to buy a house and finance it than it is to rent in many markets.
Booking windows are shrinking, and customers are going mobile: trends which position HotelTonight perfectly for the future.
The best advice is often the compliments received, and they are often about an associate who did something exceptional. I tell my teams that it's the random acts of kindness, the unexpected, that people remember most.
I wanted to start a hotel company from scratch.
You go public because you want access to capital in the form of debt and equity.
The American dream is still to own your home.
If I had high-ticker 10 percent financing, which would probably be the market rate, I would have to dump stuff. The interest payments would be killing me.
I've been a supporter of green initiatives for years. I've been paying more and more attention to it, you know, with three kids. I thought it was tragic when the Kyoto Protocol was killed by the U.S. It was sort of a call to action.
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