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	<title>Quantum Hospitality Blog &#187; Operating a B&amp;B</title>
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		<title>State of the Inn Industry 2010</title>
		<link>http://blog.quantumhospitality.com/2010/04/state-of-the-inn-industry-2010/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Apr 2010 19:20:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Howard Levitan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Value Added for Bed &amp; Breakfasts</title>
		<link>http://blog.quantumhospitality.com/2009/07/187/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2009 18:07:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rebecca Levitan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So you ask what is added value for a Bed and Breakfast? It can be many different things, but one of our clients is the Old Field Inn which is located in Intervale, New Hampshire. They have a unique business and 90% of their guests are traveling as families. They have a new Blog and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Innkeepers Get Back to Basics</title>
		<link>http://blog.quantumhospitality.com/2009/06/innkeepers-get-back-to-basics/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2009 19:40:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rebecca Levitan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As we travel to work with Innkeepers this spring, we are hearing the same from everyone. Advance bookings are down. So, what are we suggesting that Innkeepers do? It gets back to the basics. We all know what they are, but it does not hurt to step back and think about them again:

Market to existing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Do Cancellation Policies Hurt Bed and Breakfasts?</title>
		<link>http://blog.quantumhospitality.com/2009/05/do-cancellation-policies-hurt-bed-and-breakfasts/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2009 13:58:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Howard Levitan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I posed the question on Twitter yesterday as to whether Innkeepers think that their Cancellation Policies help or hurt their businesses.  I received some really interesting answers; not a scientific survey, but the reactions of some very smart people in our Bed and Breakfast Industry.  It turned into a sort of on-line discussion, and Twitter [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Is Cutting Prices Right for Bed and Breakfasts?</title>
		<link>http://blog.quantumhospitality.com/2009/05/is-cutting-prices-right-for-bed-and-breakfasts/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2009 16:11:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Howard Levitan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the April 23, 2009 Edition of the Wall Street Journal, there is an interesting article by Diana Ransom, entitled “Smart Ways to Cut Prices.”  Ms. Ransom’s theory is that while the pressure on businesses to reduce prices is hard to resist, if price cutting is too severe, the result is lower profits and loss [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bed &amp; Breakfasts Win Over Hotels!</title>
		<link>http://blog.quantumhospitality.com/2009/04/bed-breakfasts-win-over-hotels/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2009 19:14:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Howard Levitan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We spent some time over the Holidays with our family outside of Boston. Rather  than displace some of my nephews, we tried the closest hotel. This was a large  chain hotel on a major route west of Boston with a huge shopping center across  the street. While there were several small (3 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Discounting Your Bed &amp; Breakfast Rates Does Not Work</title>
		<link>http://blog.quantumhospitality.com/2009/04/discounting-your-bed-breakfast-rates-does-not-work/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2009 19:13:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Howard Levitan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In troubled times like today, Bed and Breakfast Innkeepers have an overwhelming  feeling that the best way through this downturn (say recession!) is to put their  room rates on sale. Isn’t that just what the retailers do at Christmas time to  survive a bad season? The answer is that discounting in the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Optimizing Your Bed &amp; Breakfast</title>
		<link>http://blog.quantumhospitality.com/2009/04/optimizing-your-bed-breakfast/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2009 19:10:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Howard Levitan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[With a clear downturn in the economy facing us, it is really time to put your  Inn’s business practices in order. Metrics is the study of measuring past  performance so that you can improve your business. The basic concept is that you  cannot improve the future without looking at what happened in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bed &amp; Breakfast Expense Tracking</title>
		<link>http://blog.quantumhospitality.com/2009/04/bed-breakfast-expense-tracking/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2009 19:09:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Howard Levitan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The only way to improve your Bed and Breakfast or Inn business is to effectively  track where you are today and to make realistic goals for the future of your  business. At the 2008 PAII Conference Howard Levitan of Quantum Hospitality  Group will be discussing the best methods to track where your [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Maximizing a Bed &amp; Breakfast&#8217;s Profitability</title>
		<link>http://blog.quantumhospitality.com/2009/04/maximizing-a-bed-breakfasts-profitability/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2009 19:05:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Howard Levitan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Arden Dale writes in a compelling article published in the  Wall Street Journal on January 8, 2008 that “Want to Sell a Business?  You May Not Be Ready.” Ms. Dale goes on to state quite cogently that many small  business owners are relying on the ultimate sale of their business for their [...]]]></description>
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