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Tuesday, July 31,
2007
Volume 2, Issue 30
PAII
News & Announcements:
H-2B Visas Set To Expire & Hilton
Garden Inn Heats up Summer Travel with Year Round Bed N' Breakfast
Offering
H-2B Visas Set to Expire
Hoteliers Urged to Contact Congress, Ask for Continuation
(Washington, D.C., July 18, 2007) - Hoteliers are urged to contact
their Senators (http://www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm)
and Representatives (http://www.house.gov/house/MemStateSearch.shtml)
and urge them to cosponsor legislation that will maintain the relief
of the H-2B visa program that is scheduled to expire on September
30, 2007.
Senators should be asked to cosponsor S. 988 introduced by Sen.
Barbara Mikulski (D-MD) which would extend the H-2B relief provision
for 5 years.
Representatives should be asked to cosponsor H.R. 1843 introduced
by Rep. Bart Stupak (D-MI) which would make the H-2B relief provision
permanent.
The current H-2B relief was approved at the urging of AH&LA
and others who rely on access to seasonal labor. The number of seasonal
workers available under the H-2B program is capped at 66,000 per
year. The relief measure effectively increases the number of H-2B
visa seasonal workers available by exempting workers from the cap
who have worked in the U.S. under the H-2B visa program in any one
of the three years prior to a year could work under the program
again. This relief provision will expire on September 30 unless
it is renewed by Congress. The provision which was enacted along
with the provision that divided the annual allotment of H-2B visas
into two portions, with 33,000 being distributed in the first half
of the fiscal year and the remaining distributed in the second half
of the fiscal year, is permanent.
To strengthen AH&LA's lobbying efforts, all hoteliers should immediately
contact their Senators and Representatives through www.ahla.com/grassroots
or call them directly and urge them to cosponsor S. 988 or H.R. 1843.
Click the link below to log in and send your message:
http://votervoice.net/target.aspx?id=ahla:17545669
Hilton Garden Inn Heats up Summer Travel with Year Round Bed
N' Breakfast Offering
Looks like the bed & breakfast industry is doing something right;
a hotel chain is imitating the b&b/inn industry.
Leading mid-priced hotel brand, Hilton Garden Inn, extends seasonal
Bed N' Breakfast package to be available year round.
(PRWEB) July 19, 2007—Hilton Garden Inn, the award-winning,
mid-priced hotel brand, is proud to announce that its Bed N' Breakfast
package is now available throughout the year.
The Hilton Garden Inn (http://hiltongardeninn1.hilton.com/
) Bed 'N Breakfast offer includes a cooked-to-order breakfast for
each adult staying in the same room—and kids 12 & under
eat free. With nearly 270 million households staying at hotels annually
and one out of five trips including children*, the Bed N' Breakfast
package provides great value for traveling families and guests all
year long.
Until recently the Bed N' Breakfast (http://www.stayhgi.com/en/gi/promotions/bed_and_breakfast/index.jhtml?adId=bedandbreakfast,HGIoffer&cid=OM,GI,)
promotion was only available November through March, now the package
is available 365 days a year. Guests can also sleep in on the weekends
and take advantage of the 'Lazy Breakfast' service with breakfast
being served until 11 am.
"We expanded our Bed N' Breakfast offering to be available
year-round because of the overwhelmingly positive feedback we received
from our guests looking to include breakfast with their room rate,"
said Jim Cone, vice president of marketing for Hilton Garden Inn.
"Hilton Garden Inn continually aims to improve our guests'
hotel experience and this is one more way to provide them with the
most value for their stay."
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PAII
Membership Minutes:
Share Your Successes
Please let us know if your inn is featured in any local or national
newspapers or magazines. We would like to share your public relations
successes with your peers in the industry through our newsletter.
Email PAII membership at membership@paii.org
and let us know of your accomplishments.
C'mon, brag a little!
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PAII
Forum Digest:
Truly Spot-on Internet Marketing
Article, & More!
If you have not had time to log on to the
Forum located in the Members
Only section of www.paii.org,
here are some of the interesting topics that have been discussed
this past week.
Truly Spot-on Internet Marketing Article
Eric Goldreyer from BedandBreakfast.com
has an interesting article he shared with our members. If you can
spare 5 minutes he assures you it is worth the time to read. http://www.hotelmarketing.com/index.php/content/article/070712_internet_age_suits_hotel_industry_well/
Cookie Exchange/Open House Event
Wondering if anyone has participated in a holiday open house/cookie
exchange for potential guests? There are ten B&B's here that
would like to organize and advertise an event this fall that would
encompass guests visiting each B&B and receiving cookies and
the recipe as a marketing tool with a mini-tour on the Inns. I've
read about these before in magazines, but couldn't find a thread
about them in the archives. Wondering if anyone has participated,
if it proved fruitful, and any advice in the planning of such an
event. We'd appreciate any feedback.
UXL Studio Update
Today, I received a CD in the mail with the completed portion of
my web design as promised by the owner of UXL studios. Now I have
to have someone to finish the job. I hope the rest of your that
were involved in this ordeal have also received your data.
Elanapress Service Improvement
I just bought a new Elnapress. So far I love it. I know some of
you have been very frustrated with the lack of service from the
distributors. I had a long talk with my distributor about this and
she is determined to correct the problem. She has parts in stock
and will be happy to ship. She was at the PAII convention doing
the demonstrations.
Lov'n My Linen Service
I must say I'm so happy that I don't have to wash and iron sheets
anymore! After having invested in two ironing presses, one conked
out within two weeks and the other was just too dangerous and heavy,
I now have linens that are dropped off at my door on a weekly basis.
I first thought that big linen companies wouldn't deal with such
small operations like B&Bs and would just service large hotels.
Not the case at all. I have what I think is a great price on linens
from them, I am not stuffing sheets into the washer everyday, not
buying sheets anymore and I couldn't be happier. To me a sheet that
is well pressed goes a lot farther than one that is a high thread
count. I also get my napkins and pillowcases from them too.
BBOnline
Bbonline has rejoined PAII. They have also added a new wrinkle to
the directory. They have partnered with webervations and have availability
popping up on the home page. What a GREAT idea!
Calling Inn
Has anyone had experience with this telephone answering service
based in Canada? Please advise.
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 PAII
Food Feature:
A Cardinal House's Mini Lobster Frittata
Let us feature a recipe from your
inn!
Please send your submission (and a photo of the dish if available)
to Laura@paii.org.
Kevin and Nancy Lepore, A Cardinal House (www.acardinalhouse.com)
in Glastonbury, Connecticut, offers this great recipe for Mini Lobster
Frittata. Makes four frittatas
Mini Lobster Frittata
Ingredients:
8oz Lobster meat, Knuckles and Claws, chopped
4oz cream cheese
6 eggs, whipped
1 tsp chives, chopped
Salt and pepper to taste
Directions:
Spray muffin pan with nonstick spray. Take ¼ of chopped lobster
meat and combine with ¼ of cream cheese and place in muffin
pan. Repeat four times. Add ¼ of whipped eggs to each of
the four muffin pans. Top with chopped chives. Salt and pepper to
taste. Set entire muffin pan in a water bath and place on middle
rack of a 400 degree preheated oven and bake for 15 minutes, or
until egg is set. Remove from oven and let sit for 5 minutes before
removing from muffin pan. Place in a serving plate and garnish with
pineapple mango salsa.
Pineapple Mango Salsa
8oz fresh pineapple, finely diced
4oz fresh mango, finely diced
1 tbs finely diced red bell pepper
1 tsp chopped fresh cilantro
1 tbs vegetable oil
Salt and pepper to taste
Directions:
Combine all ingredients and garnish mini lobster frittata as desired.
Serve with house home fried potatoes.
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PAII
Pointer:
Cleaning Coffee Makers
Drop an Efferdent® denture cleaning tablet in a 10 cup coffee
maker and add hot water it instead of cold. Brew as usual then rinse.
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About INNfo
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Professional Association of Innkeepers International (PAII)
Editor-in-Chief
Laura Middleton
Production Coordinator
Laura Middleton
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Laura Middleton, Karen Hudgeons, Jeanine Zeman
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