2026 BC/YT Section Summerskate

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Burnaby, BCAugust 14-16, 2026 Protocols   Senior Place Competitor Club / Section R F Total 1 Chloe NGUYEN / Brendan GIANG Ice Palace FSC & Champs International Skating Centre of British Columbia · BC/YT 63.77 (1) 92.01 (1) 155.78 (1)   Junior Place Competitor Club / Section R F Total 1 Madelaine BREAU / Kurtis […]


Hotel Direct Booking Strategy: What Three Studios Taught Me About Operating Like a Hotel

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Running three beach studios taught me that becoming a hospitality operator is not mainly about adding more properties. It is about building reliable systems around every stay. A hotel direct booking strategy is one of those systems, but a website alone is not enough. A guest also depends on accurate availability, coordinated cleaning, clear arrival […]


TheLifeCo Saint Lucia and Defining a Longevity Village as Wellness Real Estate

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Longevity is emerging as one of luxury travel’s most important new niches. Not because it replaces traditional wellness, but because it reflects a much broader shift in consumer priorities. Increasingly, people recognize that health is their greatest asset, prompting a reallocation of discretionary spending away from material goods and toward experiences that extend healthspan – […]


Three Brilliant Basics At the Heart of Hospitality

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Graveyards of hospitality are littered with concepts and ideas that never quite took off, or simply died quietly after much fanfare. In a world where investment cycles are getting shorter, and interest rates remain stubbornly high, it is the reliability and predictability of basics that continue to attract and build loyalty of ever-better-educated consumers. Yet, […]


Hospitality’s Vicious Triangle: How Cost-Cutting Backfires on Owners, Staff and Guests

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Everyone in this industry is talking about a crisis right now and depending on who you ask, it’s a completely different one. Owners blame tax and wages, staff blame being run into the ground for less real money than they made last year and guests say the service isn’t what it was, despite paying more […]