Quantum Hospitality Blog

Our New Focus of Business.

Howard Levitan — Sun, 06 Mar 2011 15:02:31 +0000

As many of you know, Rebecca and I have moved our base of operation from Maine to Southwest Florida. What started as a vacation a year ago has turned into a permanent move to a place as close to paradise as we have ever found. We are both profoundly happy with our decision, and have [...]

New Home Base for Quantum

Howard Levitan — Fri, 29 Oct 2010 14:03:53 +0000

Rebecca and I have finally taken the plunge to new quarters for ourselves and our businesses. We have relocated for the winter months to Estero, Florida which is a suburb of Naples on Florida’s west coast. We are thrilled with our new home, and are now up and running on continuing to service our clients. [...]

New Website on the Way!

Howard Levitan — Tue, 18 May 2010 14:32:47 +0000

We tell all of our Inn Consulting clients that their website must remain fresh and full of good content to not only attract new customers but to retain existing ones as well. Now it is time for us to take our own advice. Even though this version of our website is only a very few [...]

State of the Inn Industry 2010

Howard Levitan — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 19:20:47 +0000

The following comments were prepared for the Spring Meeting of the Distinctive Inns of New England. This is an incredible group of Inns for whom we are privileged to act as the facilitators. They meet twice a year to decide on their group marketing efforts and to catch up on important topics of concern to [...]

The Five Marketing Questions for Innkeepers

Howard Levitan — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 17:32:48 +0000

A brand new Innkeeper remarked to me that they had spent a lot of time prior to buying the Inn discovering why people came there. With that knowledge, they were going to change their marketing plans to try to attract as many of those people as possible. As he said, “People can read a book [...]

Run of the River Inn and Refuge Sold

Rebecca Levitan — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 14:27:54 +0000

We are very happy to announce that we have sold the Run of the River Inn and Refuge in Washington. This is a lovely 7 room bed and breakfast that is known for its excellence in providing a refuge for its guests from their busy lifestyles. The Inn was owned for 23 years by Monty [...]

Common Mistakes When Buying a Bed & Breakfast

Rebecca Levitan — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 13:51:46 +0000

When buying a Bed and Breakfast there is much to learn, especially during the first year. We have seen new Innkeepers purchase their Inns and think that they completely understand innkeeping, even when they have never experienced it. Add a restaurant at the Inn on top of this, and it is even more complicated. As [...]

Innkeeping: Planning your 2010 Marketing Budget.

Howard Levitan — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 16:03:13 +0000

The one true factor in tough economic times is that most businesses, especially Innkeepers, need to increase their marketing budgets to retain market share and hopefully maintain or even increase revenue. No question that this is getting harder to do as more internet companies shift from “free services” to business models designed to produce revenue. [...]

Best Practices for Reaching your Guests on Social Media

Howard Levitan — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 16:41:29 +0000

The comments to our recent blog post on maintaining conversations with bed and breakfast guests on Twitter really helped to expand the discussion. Both Karen Thorne from the UK (@HoptonhouseBnB) and Heather Turner (@forfeng) added several suggestions for Innkeepers to try to expand the return on investment of their Social Media Marketing efforts. In this [...]

Twitter Conversations with your Inn Guests.

Howard Levitan — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 19:47:37 +0000

A lot of Innkeepers have found out that Social Media like Twitter and Facebook are great ways to reach your customers. Social Media Marketing is all about conversation and trust with your customers, i.e. your guests. Many Innkeepers who are on Twitter and Facebook have many followers or fans who are other Innkeepers. In fact, [...]