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This group is for corporate housing & serviced apartment professionals looking to sell furnished apartments, temporary housing, furnished suites, and/or serviced apartments + those who are part of CHPA.

The goal of this group is to facilitate connections between corporate housing & serviced apartment professionals, to help you improve your professional development/skills and to serve as a learning resource for the furnished suite sector.

This LinkedIn group helps the serviced apartment & corporate housing industry and corporate housing professionals collaborate, share, mentor, and strategize when it comes to issues, challenges and opportunities - with a focus on revenue success, more booked furnished suites and increased profitability.

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December 9, 2011
72. Brookfield Buys Prudential RE & Relocation

Big news, yes?

Brookfield Buys Prudential Real Estate & Relocation Services

Your take on this news?  Your thoughts on how this will impact your furnished apartment business — going forward?

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This group is for corporate housing & serviced apartment professionals looking to sell furnished apartments, temporary housing, furnished suites, and/or serviced apartments + those who are part of CHPA.

The goal of this group is to facilitate connections between corporate housing & serviced apartment professionals, to help you improve your professional development/skills and to serve as a learning resource for the furnished suite sector.

This LinkedIn group helps the serviced apartment & corporate housing industry and corporate housing professionals collaborate, share, mentor, and strategize when it comes to issues, challenges and opportunities - with a focus on revenue success, more booked furnished suites and increased profitability.

The Coach, ...and your LinkedIn group owner/moderator
Ernest

--> PowerHour, serving the corporate housing & serviced apartment industry since 1995 and the apartment property management industry since 1988.
--> Join our weekly PowerHour Sales Academy that will help you sell more furnished/serviced apartments, gain better rankings and leads from your website & increase your number of industry referrals.
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October 30, 2011
71. Furnished Apartments Featured On CNN.com

Great to read the article below that shares the comfortable and amenities provided by furnished apartments~

Business travelers opt for homier digs on the road

From a selling and marketing perspective — how might you and your team maximize this article on CNN?

Have you seen/read other recent articles about furnished apartments — you might share?

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This group is for corporate housing & serviced apartment professionals looking to sell furnished apartments, temporary housing, furnished suites, and/or serviced apartments + those who are part of CHPA

The goal of this group is to facilitate connections between corporate housing & serviced apartment professionals, to help you improve your professional development/skills and to serve as a learning resource for the furnished suite sector.

This LinkedIn® professional networking services group helps the serviced apartment & corporate housing industry and corporate housing professionals collaborate, share, mentor, and strategize when it comes to issues, challenges and opportunities - with a focus on revenue success, more booked furnished suites and increased profitability.

The Coach, ...and your LinkedIn group owner/moderator
Ernest

--> PowerHour, serving the corporate housing & serviced apartment industry since 1995 and the apartment property management industry since 1988.
--> Join our weekly PowerHour Sales Academy that will help you sell more furnished/serviced apartments, gain better rankings and leads from your website & increase your number of industry referrals.
--> PowerHour Executive Recruiting, find/hire corporate housing & serviced apartment superstars.
--> Weekly PowerHour Sales Academy,
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October 29, 2011
70. Air & Hotel Trends + 2012 Forecasts

I enjoyed both articles below — related to airline, hotel & travel trends, plus forecasts for going into 2012.

Delta Sees Clear Corporate Travel Demand Growth In Most Sectors

Buyers Facing More Challenging Air, Hotel Negotiations

Your take on these articles?

What feedback have you been hearing from your corporate buyers — related to their budgeting for furnished apartments in 2012? 

Any pulse on what kind of 2012 your clients are projecting/forecasting?

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This group is for corporate housing & serviced apartment professionals looking to sell furnished apartments, temporary housing, furnished suites, and/or serviced apartments + those who are part of CHPA.

The goal of this group is to facilitate connections between corporate housing & serviced apartment professionals, to help you improve your professional development/skills and to serve as a learning resource for the furnished suite sector.

This LinkedIn® professional networking services group helps the serviced apartment & corporate housing industry and corporate housing professionals collaborate, share, mentor, and strategize when it comes to issues, challenges and opportunities - with a focus on revenue success, more booked furnished suites and increased profitability.

The Coach, ...and your LinkedIn group owner/moderator
Ernest

--> PowerHour, serving the corporate housing & serviced apartment industry since 1995 and the apartment property management industry since 1988.
--> Join our weekly PowerHour Sales Academy that will help you sell more furnished/serviced apartments, gain better rankings and leads from your website & increase your number of industry referrals.
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October 25, 2011
69. The Check-In & Check-Out Process

Interesting article below — focused on the steps being used by the Fairmont Hotels to ease and streamline the check-in and check-out process, yes?

Fairmont Simplifies And Streamlines Check-in/Check-Out Process

From your point of view — what does it take to ease the check-in and check-out process for those staying in our furnished apartments? 

What improvements have you and your team made to ease/streamline this process for your corporate clients and guests?

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This group is for corporate housing & serviced apartment professionals looking to sell furnished apartments, temporary housing, furnished suites, and/or serviced apartments + those who are part of CHPA.

The goal of this group is to facilitate connections between corporate housing & serviced apartment professionals, to help you improve your professional development/skills and to serve as a learning resource for the furnished suite sector.

This LinkedIn® professional networking services group helps the serviced apartment & corporate housing industry and corporate housing professionals collaborate, share, mentor, and strategize when it comes to issues, challenges and opportunities - with a focus on revenue success, more booked furnished suites and increased profitability.

The Coach, ...and your LinkedIn group owner/moderator
Ernest

--> PowerHour, serving the corporate housing & serviced apartment industry since 1995 and the apartment property management industry since 1988.
--> Join our weekly PowerHour Sales Academy that will help you sell more furnished/serviced apartments, gain better rankings and leads from your website & increase your number of industry referrals.
--> PowerHour Executive Recruiting, find/hire corporate housing & serviced apartment superstars.
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--> Based on group size ...we’re #176 of 2,176,785 worldwide LinkedIn groups with 130,000+ members who are part of our 20 LinkedIn groups.

October 23, 2011
68. AMEX Predicting 2012 Corporate Travel Prices

Interesting article below — with predictions from American Express about 2012 corporate travel prices, yes?

AMEX Predicting 2012 Corporate Travel Prices,

Read the part in this article about hotels projecting an increase in room rates of 1.5% to 6.5% in 2012?  How does this compare to their room rate increases in 2011? 

What kind of increases did you enjoy with your furnished apartments in 2011?  What are you budgeting/planning for increases — in 2012?

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This group is for corporate housing & serviced apartment professionals looking to sell furnished apartments, temporary housing, furnished suites, and/or serviced apartments + those who are part of CHPA.

The goal of this group is to facilitate connections between corporate housing & serviced apartment professionals, to help you improve your professional development/skills and to serve as a learning resource for the furnished suite sector.

This LinkedIn® professional networking services group helps the serviced apartment & corporate housing industry and corporate housing professionals collaborate, share, mentor, and strategize when it comes to issues, challenges and opportunities - with a focus on revenue success, more booked furnished suites and increased profitability.

The Coach, ...and your LinkedIn group owner/moderator
Ernest

--> PowerHour, serving the corporate housing & serviced apartment industry since 1995 and the apartment property management industry since 1988.
--> Join our weekly PowerHour Sales Academy that will help you sell more furnished/serviced apartments, gain better rankings and leads from your website & increase your number of industry referrals.
--> PowerHour Executive Recruiting, find/hire corporate housing & serviced apartment superstars.
--> Weekly PowerHour Sales Academy,
--> LinkedIn® professional networking services member #176 of 2,176,785 since 2003.
--> PowerHour Thought-Leadership Webinars.
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--> Based on group size ...we’re #176 of 2,176,785 worldwide LinkedIn groups with 130,000+ members who are part of our 20 LinkedIn groups.

October 22, 2011
67. Buying Apartment REITs & Rising Rents

Two more strong articles about success in the multifamily sector — but for the corporate housing & furnished/serviced apartment sector — it means less availability, higher occupancies and rising rents, yes?

Buy Apartment REITs: Growth From Housing Displacement

Rising Rents Improve Investors' Returns

And these quotes — jumped off the page for me — what about you?

==>> "With 1.4 million new renters this year, apartment construction can't keep up with demand."

==>> "There are 6 million people who went from being owners to being renters, Rand says. "The stars are aligned to make this the best time in modern history to be a landlord," he wrote in his book.

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The goal of this group is to facilitate connections between corporate housing & serviced apartment professionals, to help you improve your professional development/skills and to serve as a learning resource for the furnished suite sector.

This LinkedIn® professional networking services group helps the serviced apartment & corporate housing industry and corporate housing professionals collaborate, share, mentor, and strategize when it comes to issues, challenges and opportunities - with a focus on revenue success, more booked furnished suites and increased profitability.

The Coach, ...and your LinkedIn group owner/moderator
Ernest

--> PowerHour, serving the corporate housing & serviced apartment industry since 1995 and the apartment property management industry since 1988.
--> Join our weekly PowerHour Sales Academy that will help you sell more furnished/serviced apartments, gain better rankings and leads from your website & increase your number of industry referrals.
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--> Weekly PowerHour Sales Academy,
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--> Based on group size ...we’re #176 of 2,176,785 worldwide LinkedIn groups with 130,000+ members who are part of our 20 LinkedIn groups.

October 15, 2011
66. Ascott Enters Oman Market With New Serviced Residence

Nice to read about the global expansion and coverage of furnished/serviced apartments, yes?

Ascott Enters Oman Market With New Serviced Residence

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This group is for corporate housing & serviced apartment professionals looking to sell furnished apartments, temporary housing, furnished suites, and/or serviced apartments + those who are part of CHPA.

The goal of this group is to facilitate connections between corporate housing & serviced apartment professionals, to help you improve your professional development/skills and to serve as a learning resource for the furnished suite sector.

This LinkedIn® professional networking services group helps the serviced apartment & corporate housing industry and corporate housing professionals collaborate, share, mentor, and strategize when it comes to issues, challenges and opportunities - with a focus on revenue success, more booked furnished suites and increased profitability.

The Coach, ...and your LinkedIn group owner/moderator
Ernest

--> PowerHour, serving the corporate housing & serviced apartment industry since 1995 and the apartment property management industry since 1988.
--> Join our weekly PowerHour Sales Academy that will help you sell more furnished/serviced apartments, gain better rankings and leads from your website & increase your number of industry referrals.
--> PowerHour Executive Recruiting, find/hire corporate housing & serviced apartment superstars.
--> Weekly PowerHour Sales Academy,
--> LinkedIn® professional networking services member #176 of 2,176,785 since 2003.
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--> Based on group size ...we’re #176 of 2,176,785 worldwide LinkedIn groups with 130,000+ members who are part of our 20 LinkedIn groups.

October 9, 2011
65.  Marriott Projects Higher 2012 Corporate Rates Despite Uncertain Economy 

Great to see/read the article below — related to Marriott global hotel pricing for 2012, yes?

Marriott Projects Higher 2012 Corporate Rates Despite Uncertain Economy 

Your take on this article?  What trends are you seeing with Marriott hotel pricing this year? 

What are you seeing with their pricing for furnished/serviced apartments?

Want to learn more about the topic/discussion above? Join our LinkedIn® professional networking services group at the url here,

This group is for corporate housing & serviced apartment professionals looking to sell furnished apartments, temporary housing, furnished suites, and/or serviced apartments + those who are part of CHPA.

The goal of this group is to facilitate connections between corporate housing & serviced apartment professionals, to help you improve your professional development/skills and to serve as a learning resource for the furnished suite sector.

This LinkedIn® professional networking services group helps the serviced apartment & corporate housing industry and corporate housing professionals collaborate, share, mentor, and strategize when it comes to issues, challenges and opportunities - with a focus on revenue success, more booked furnished suites and increased profitability.

The Coach, ...and your LinkedIn group owner/moderator
Ernest

--> PowerHour, serving the corporate housing & serviced apartment industry since 1995 and the apartment property management industry since 1988.
--> Join our weekly PowerHour Sales Academy that will help you sell more furnished/serviced apartments, gain better rankings and leads from your website & increase your number of industry referrals.
--> PowerHour Executive Recruiting, find/hire corporate housing & serviced apartment superstars.
--> Weekly PowerHour Sales Academy,
--> LinkedIn® professional networking services member #176 of 2,176,785 since 2003.
--> PowerHour Thought-Leadership Webinars.
--> Internet Marketing PowerHour White Papers.
--> Based on group size ...we’re #176 of 2,176,785 worldwide LinkedIn groups with 130,000+ members who are part of our 20 LinkedIn groups.

This group is for corporate housing & serviced apartment professionals looking to sell furnished apartments, temporary housing, furnished suites, and/or serviced apartments + those who are part of CHPA.

The goal of this group is to facilitate connections between corporate housing & serviced apartment professionals, to help you improve your professional development/skills and to serve as a learning resource for the furnished suite sector.

This LinkedIn® professional networking services group helps the serviced apartment & corporate housing industry and corporate housing professionals collaborate, share, mentor, and strategize when it comes to issues, challenges and opportunities - with a focus on revenue success, more booked furnished suites and increased profitability.

The Coach, ...and your LinkedIn group owner/moderator
Ernest

--> PowerHour, serving the corporate housing & serviced apartment industry since 1995 and the apartment property management industry since 1988.
--> Join our weekly PowerHour Sales Academy that will help you sell more furnished/serviced apartments, gain better rankings and leads from your website & increase your number of industry referrals.
--> PowerHour Executive Recruiting, find/hire corporate housing & serviced apartment superstars.
--> Weekly PowerHour Sales Academy,
--> LinkedIn® professional networking services member #176 of 2,176,785 since 2003.
--> PowerHour Thought-Leadership Webinars.
--> Internet Marketing PowerHour White Papers.
--> Based on group size ...we’re #176 of 2,176,785 worldwide LinkedIn groups with 130,000+ members who are part of our 20 LinkedIn groups.

This group is for corporate housing & serviced apartment professionals looking to sell furnished apartments, temporary housing, furnished suites, and/or serviced apartments + those who are part of CHPA.

The goal of this group is to facilitate connections between corporate housing & serviced apartment professionals, to help you improve your professional development/skills and to serve as a learning resource for the furnished suite sector.

This LinkedIn® professional networking services group helps the serviced apartment & corporate housing industry and corporate housing professionals collaborate, share, mentor, and strategize when it comes to issues, challenges and opportunities - with a focus on revenue success, more booked furnished suites and increased profitability.

The Coach, ...and your LinkedIn group owner/moderator
Ernest

--> PowerHour, serving the corporate housing & serviced apartment industry since 1995 and the apartment property management industry since 1988.
--> Join our weekly PowerHour Sales Academy that will help you sell more furnished/serviced apartments, gain better rankings and leads from your website & increase your number of industry referrals.
--> PowerHour Executive Recruiting, find/hire corporate housing & serviced apartment superstars.
--> Weekly PowerHour Sales Academy,
--> LinkedIn® professional networking services member #176 of 2,176,785 since 2003.
--> PowerHour Thought-Leadership Webinars.
--> Internet Marketing PowerHour White Papers.
--> Based on group size ...we’re #176 of 2,176,785 worldwide LinkedIn groups with 130,000+ members who are part of our 20 LinkedIn groups.

Just saw/read the news below — and because the extended-stay market is so closely related to our corporate housing & serviced apartment sector/industry — I wanted to share this with you.

Hyatt Hotels Unveils New Extended-Stay Concept

Always helpful to read/know what's cooking with our direct industry/sector competitors on the extended-stay side, yes?

Your thoughts on how extended-stay hotels are impacting your revenue?

Want to learn more about the topic/discussion above? Join our LinkedIn® professional networking services group at the url here,

This group is for corporate housing & serviced apartment professionals looking to sell furnished apartments, temporary housing, furnished suites, and/or serviced apartments + those who are part of CHPA.

The goal of this group is to facilitate connections between corporate housing & serviced apartment professionals, to help you improve your professional development/skills and to serve as a learning resource for the furnished suite sector.

This LinkedIn® professional networking services group helps the serviced apartment & corporate housing industry and corporate housing professionals collaborate, share, mentor, and strategize when it comes to issues, challenges and opportunities - with a focus on revenue success, more booked furnished suites and increased profitability.

The Coach, ...and your LinkedIn group owner/moderator
Ernest

--> PowerHour, serving the corporate housing & serviced apartment industry since 1995 and the apartment property management industry since 1988.
--> Join our weekly PowerHour Sales Academy that will help you sell more furnished/serviced apartments, gain better rankings and leads from your website & increase your number of industry referrals.
--> PowerHour Executive Recruiting, find/hire corporate housing & serviced apartment superstars.
--> Weekly PowerHour Sales Academy,
--> LinkedIn® professional networking services member #176 of 2,176,785 since 2003.
--> PowerHour Thought-Leadership Webinars.
--> Internet Marketing PowerHour White Papers.
--> Based on group size ...we’re #176 of 2,176,785 worldwide LinkedIn groups with 130,000+ members who are part of our 20 LinkedIn groups.

September 10, 2011
61.  NYT, Putting The Staff Up In Style

Great article below — that will reach a global audience of NYT readers — who will learn more about the serviced apartment & corporate housing industry.

NYT, Putting The Staff Up In Style

Your take on this article? 

Your thoughts on ways to share it with your corporate decision-makers and your guests?

Thoughts about the insight shared by the Highland Group related to industry trends?

Want to learn more about the topic/discussion above? Join our LinkedIn® professional networking services group at the url here,

This group is for corporate housing & serviced apartment professionals looking to sell furnished apartments, temporary housing, furnished suites, and/or serviced apartments + those who are part of CHPA.

The goal of this group is to facilitate connections between corporate housing & serviced apartment professionals, to help you improve your professional development/skills and to serve as a learning resource for the furnished suite sector.

This LinkedIn® professional networking services group helps the serviced apartment & corporate housing industry and corporate housing professionals collaborate, share, mentor, and strategize when it comes to issues, challenges and opportunities — with a focus on revenue success, more booked furnished suites and increased profitability.

The Coach, ...and your LinkedIn group owner/moderator
Ernest

--> PowerHour, serving the corporate housing & serviced apartment industry since 1995 and the apartment property management industry since 1988.
--> Join our weekly PowerHour Sales Academy that will help you sell more furnished/serviced apartments, gain better rankings and leads from your website & increase your number of industry referrals.
--> PowerHour Executive Recruiting, find/hire corporate housing & serviced apartment superstars.
--> Weekly PowerHour Sales Academy,
--> LinkedIn® professional networking services member #176 of 2,176,785 since 2003.
--> PowerHour Thought-Leadership Webinars.
--> Internet Marketing PowerHour White Papers.
--> Based on group size ...we’re #176 of 2,176,785 worldwide LinkedIn groups with 130,000+ members who are part of our 20 LinkedIn groups.

Just saw/read the news below:
Real Estate Giants Bid On Archstone REIT

Interesting to see — how the big apartment owners and their management companies — are looking to grow/get even bigger/larger, yes? 

Your take on this continuing trend — from the point of view of how this impacts the corporate housing and serviced apartment sector?

Want to learn more about the topic/discussion above? Join our LinkedIn® professional networking services group at the url here,

This group is for corporate housing & serviced apartment professionals looking to sell furnished apartments, temporary housing, furnished suites, and/or serviced apartments + those who are part of CHPA.

The goal of this group is to facilitate connections between corporate housing & serviced apartment professionals, to help you improve your professional development/skills and to serve as a learning resource for the furnished suite sector.

This LinkedIn® professional networking services group helps the serviced apartment & corporate housing industry and corporate housing professionals collaborate, share, mentor, and strategize when it comes to issues, challenges and opportunities - with a focus on revenue success, more booked furnished suites and increased profitability.

The Coach, ...and your LinkedIn group owner/moderator
Ernest

--> PowerHour, serving the corporate housing & serviced apartment industry since 1995 and the apartment property management industry since 1988.
--> Join our weekly PowerHour Sales Academy that will help you sell more furnished/serviced apartments, gain better rankings and leads from your website & increase your number of industry referrals.
--> PowerHour Executive Recruiting, find/hire corporate housing & serviced apartment superstars.
--> Weekly PowerHour Sales Academy,
--> LinkedIn® professional networking services member #176 of 2,176,785 since 2003.
--> PowerHour Thought-Leadership Webinars.
--> Internet Marketing PowerHour White Papers.
--> Based on group size ...we’re #176 of 2,176,785 worldwide LinkedIn groups with 130,000+ members who are part of our 20 LinkedIn groups.

August 20, 2011
59.  AvalonBay Issues Public Offering

Just saw/read the news below:

The big property management companies — just keep getting bigger and bigger. And more powerful.

In turn, the ability to get rent concessions, vacancy credits and lease flexibility — is requiring a new and different way of getting these kinds of deals, yes

AvalonBay Issues Public Offering

Recent PowerHour webinars #11 and #20 on the url below — address this topic about inventory.

http://www.powerhour.com/corporatehousing/webinars.html

Want to learn more about the topic/discussion above? Join our LinkedIn® professional networking services group at the url here,

This group is for corporate housing & serviced apartment professionals looking to sell furnished apartments, temporary housing, furnished suites, and/or serviced apartments + those who are part of CHPA.

The goal of this group is to facilitate connections between corporate housing & serviced apartment professionals, to help you improve your professional development/skills and to serve as a learning resource for the furnished suite sector.

This LinkedIn® professional networking services group helps the serviced apartment & corporate housing industry and corporate housing professionals collaborate, share, mentor, and strategize when it comes to issues, challenges and opportunities - with a focus on revenue success, more booked furnished suites and increased profitability.

The Coach, ...and your LinkedIn group owner/moderator
Ernest

--> PowerHour, serving the corporate housing & serviced apartment industry since 1995 and the apartment property management industry since 1988.
--> Join our weekly PowerHour Sales Academy that will help you sell more furnished/serviced apartments, gain better rankings and leads from your website & increase your number of industry referrals.
--> PowerHour Executive Recruiting, find/hire corporate housing & serviced apartment superstars.
--> Weekly PowerHour Sales Academy,
--> LinkedIn® professional networking services member #176 of 2,176,785 since 2003.
--> PowerHour Thought-Leadership Webinars.
--> Internet Marketing PowerHour White Papers.
--> Based on group size ...we’re #176 of 2,176,785 worldwide LinkedIn groups with 130,000+ members who are part of our 20 LinkedIn groups.

August 15, 2011
58.  Global Hotel Trends, The Last 30 Days

Over the last 30 days — here are some of the industry trends we are seeing/watching within the hotel sector.  And because we/they are calling on the same corporate buyers and decision-makers — always helpful to read/know what's cooking on the hotel-side, right?

Corporate Buyers Expect Higher 2012 Hotel Rates

Hotels Rivaling Apartments As Choice Targets For Investors

What Soft Patch? U.S. Hotel Metrics Show Year-Over-Year Gains

Hyatt ADR Increase Worldwide

Your take on these trends above — as it relates to the cities/markets that you are in?

Want to learn more about the topic/discussion above? Join our LinkedIn® professional networking services group at the url here,

This group is for corporate housing & serviced apartment professionals looking to sell furnished apartments, temporary housing, furnished suites, and/or serviced apartments + those who are part of CHPA.

The goal of this group is to facilitate connections between corporate housing & serviced apartment professionals, to help you improve your professional development/skills and to serve as a learning resource for the furnished suite sector.

This LinkedIn® professional networking services group helps the serviced apartment & corporate housing industry and corporate housing professionals collaborate, share, mentor, and strategize when it comes to issues, challenges and opportunities - with a focus on revenue success, more booked furnished suites and increased profitability.

The Coach, ...and your LinkedIn group owner/moderator
Ernest

--> PowerHour, serving the corporate housing & serviced apartment industry since 1995 and the apartment property management industry since 1988.
--> Join our weekly PowerHour Sales Academy that will help you sell more furnished/serviced apartments, gain better rankings and leads from your website & increase your number of industry referrals.
--> PowerHour Executive Recruiting, find/hire corporate housing & serviced apartment superstars.
--> Weekly PowerHour Sales Academy,
--> LinkedIn® professional networking services member #176 of 2,176,785 since 2003.
--> PowerHour Thought-Leadership Webinars.
--> Internet Marketing PowerHour White Papers.
--> Based on group size ...we’re #176 of 2,176,785 worldwide LinkedIn groups with 130,000+ members who are part of our 20 LinkedIn groups.

August 10, 2011
57.  LinkedIn® professional networking services Privacy Settings, Related To Our Furnished Apartment Sector

Below is a discussion post/thread that I want to share and discuss/post here.

LinkedIn® professional networking services has recently changed the user privacy settings, by default, to give it permission to include photos, posts and related activities of LinkedIn® professional networking services Users in third party paid advertising. Thus making the user an implied endorser of a company, product or service, without his/her explicit consent.

The actual text reads as follows:
"LinkedIn® professional networking services may sometimes pair an advertiser's message with social content from LinkedIn® professional networking services's network in order to make the ad more relevant. When LinkedIn® professional networking services members recommend people and services, follow companies, or take other actions, their name/photo may show up in related ads shown to you.

Conversely, when you take these actions on LinkedIn® professional networking services, your name/photo may show up in related ads shown to LinkedIn® professional networking services members. By providing social context, we make it easy for our members to learn about products and services that the LinkedIn® professional networking services network is interacting with."

Thanks for the post/news above...

I have been on LinkedIn® professional networking services since 2003 — #176 of 2,176,785 — and over the last several years — I have been actively engaging with moderators who run/own the largest LinkedIn® professional networking services groups in the world — those with 130,000+ members, to be/stay on the leading-edge of what is happening across/around LinkedIn® professional networking services.

LinkedIn® professional networking services is constantly shifting/changing their guidelines regarding privacy settings, especially since they became a public company earlier this year.  And related to this — the user interface [the screen you are looking at---right now] is being changed/tweaked almost daily.  These small/subtle changes — are making LinkedIn® professional networking services even better/easier/faster & more powerful to use.

Since LinkedIn® professional networking services is about *business networking*, different than Facebook — which is about personal relationships — the best privacy settings on LinkedIn® professional networking services are the settings that allow your/our corporate decision-makers the best/easiest access to us — and giving them the fastest way to reach and be in touch with us.  If you would like a six-page PDF that we give/gift to our coaching clients when doing expert LinkedIn® professional networking services sales training — send me a quick note and I would be happy to share it. [ ].

And as you can imagine [**smile — we've had to update our suggested guidelines for account & privacy settings — nearly monthly, because of the constant updates/changes by LinkedIn® professional networking services.

Serious issues with LinkedIn® professional networking services remain on two fronts — related to the corporate housing & serviced apartment sector:

A.  Who are you connecting with---and why?  Who should you never connect with — and why?

B.  When a team member leaves a corporate housing and/or serviced apartment company — who owns their connections?  Who maintains/keeps their LinkedIn® professional networking services profile?  What are the industry best practices for setting up company LinkedIn® professional networking services profiles?

On LinkedIn® professional networking services, 115 million members/leaders are actively using LinkedIn® professional networking services to connect, network and earn more money. The average age of those on LinkedIn® professional networking services is 46 years old, average income is $109,703 per year, 58% have a college education, LinkedIn® professional networking services users are investing valuable time on 7.1 billion page views per month, and 52% of those on LinkedIn® professional networking services are C-level executives and senior/middle managers.

Sound like the profile of those who buy corporate housing & serviced apartments?  *smile*

In the corporate housing & serviced apartment sector + the related hospitality industry…151,000+ industry professionals are leveraging the LinkedIn® professional networking services network with success.  In my 25+ years of sales and marketing…I have never seen a better/fastest way to connect with corporate decision-makers and be able to drive/add more revenue and sales---than with LinkedIn® professional networking services.  Never.

Your take on privacy settings?  Your observations about LinkedIn® professional networking services as a tool to drive/add more furnished apartments?

Want to learn more about the topic/discussion above? Join our LinkedIn® professional networking services group at the url here,

This group is for corporate housing & serviced apartment professionals looking to sell furnished apartments, temporary housing, furnished suites, and/or serviced apartments + those who are part of CHPA.

The goal of this group is to facilitate connections between corporate housing & serviced apartment professionals, to help you improve your professional development/skills and to serve as a learning resource for the furnished suite sector.

This LinkedIn® professional networking services group helps the serviced apartment & corporate housing industry and corporate housing professionals collaborate, share, mentor, and strategize when it comes to issues, challenges and opportunities - with a focus on revenue success, more booked furnished suites and increased profitability.

The Coach, ...and your LinkedIn group owner/moderator
Ernest

--> PowerHour, serving the corporate housing & serviced apartment industry since 1995 and the apartment property management industry since 1988.
--> Join our weekly PowerHour Sales Academy that will help you sell more furnished/serviced apartments, gain better rankings and leads from your website & increase your number of industry referrals.
--> PowerHour Executive Recruiting, find/hire corporate housing & serviced apartment superstars.
--> Weekly PowerHour Sales Academy,
--> LinkedIn® professional networking services member #176 of 2,176,785 since 2003.
--> PowerHour Thought-Leadership Webinars.
--> Internet Marketing PowerHour White Papers.
--> Based on group size ...we’re #176 of 2,176,785 worldwide LinkedIn groups with 130,000+ members who are part of our 20 LinkedIn groups.

July 30, 2011
56.  Guest Satisfaction, What Matters Most

Good article below about the measurement of guest satisfaction in the hotel sector/industry, yes? Click on the link below for the full story.

J.D. Powers Survey Reveals Guest Satisfaction Improves

To consider:

1. How often do you survey the guests who stay in your furnished/serviced apartments?

2.  How often and in what format — do you share guest satisfaction scores/information with your team?  How is individual and team compensation tied to guest satisfaction scores?

3.  How are guest satisfaction scores shared with your corporate decision-makers?  What matters most?

4.  How are guest satisfaction scores and surveys shared when meeting with new prospective corporate clients?  Why are guest satisfaction scores the single most important part of your sales presentation?

Want to learn more about the topic/discussion above? Join our LinkedIn® professional networking services group at the url here,

This group is for corporate housing & serviced apartment professionals looking to sell furnished apartments, temporary housing, furnished suites, and/or serviced apartments + those who are part of CHPA.

The goal of this group is to facilitate connections between corporate housing & serviced apartment professionals, to help you improve your professional development/skills and to serve as a learning resource for the furnished suite sector.

This LinkedIn® professional networking services group helps the serviced apartment & corporate housing industry and corporate housing professionals collaborate, share, mentor, and strategize when it comes to issues, challenges and opportunities - with a focus on revenue success, more booked furnished suites and increased profitability.

The Coach, ...and your LinkedIn group owner/moderator
Ernest

--> PowerHour, serving the corporate housing & serviced apartment industry since 1995 and the apartment property management industry since 1988.
--> Join our weekly PowerHour Sales Academy that will help you sell more furnished/serviced apartments, gain better rankings and leads from your website & increase your number of industry referrals.
--> PowerHour Executive Recruiting, find/hire corporate housing & serviced apartment superstars.
--> Weekly PowerHour Sales Academy,
--> LinkedIn® professional networking services member #176 of 2,176,785 since 2003.
--> PowerHour Thought-Leadership Webinars.
--> Internet Marketing PowerHour White Papers.
--> Based on group size ...we’re #176 of 2,176,785 worldwide LinkedIn groups with 130,000+ members who are part of our 20 LinkedIn groups.

July 23, 2011
55.  Hotel & Extended-Stay Biz Trends

Interesting hotel and extended-stay news and trends below~from around the world.

Click on the links below to read about:

Extended Stay Searches For Rate GrowthGlobal Business Travelers Share Confidence

Rates Marriott Increase By 3.3 Percent

Hotel Industry Report Shows Slow, Steady Growth

Always helpful to read/know what's cooking with our direct industry/sector competitors, yes?

Your take on these trends?  What are you seeing from your direct/local hotel and extended-stay competitors?  What is happening with their pricing strategies? 

Are you gaining or losing corporate clients/guests…to your local hotels and extended-stay hotels?

Want to learn more about the topic/discussion above? Join our LinkedIn® professional networking services group at the url here,

This group is for corporate housing & serviced apartment professionals looking to sell furnished apartments, temporary housing, furnished suites, and/or serviced apartments + those who are part of CHPA.

The goal of this group is to facilitate connections between corporate housing & serviced apartment professionals, to help you improve your professional development/skills and to serve as a learning resource for the furnished suite sector.

This LinkedIn® professional networking services group helps the serviced apartment & corporate housing industry and corporate housing professionals collaborate, share, mentor, and strategize when it comes to issues, challenges and opportunities - with a focus on revenue success, more booked furnished suites and increased profitability.

The Coach, ...and your LinkedIn group owner/moderator
Ernest

--> PowerHour, serving the corporate housing & serviced apartment industry since 1995 and the apartment property management industry since 1988.
--> Join our weekly PowerHour Sales Academy that will help you sell more furnished/serviced apartments, gain better rankings and leads from your website & increase your number of industry referrals.
--> PowerHour Executive Recruiting, find/hire corporate housing & serviced apartment superstars.
--> Weekly PowerHour Sales Academy,
--> LinkedIn® professional networking services member #176 of 2,176,785 since 2003.
--> PowerHour Thought-Leadership Webinars.
--> Internet Marketing PowerHour White Papers.
--> Based on group size ...we’re #176 of 2,176,785 worldwide LinkedIn groups with 130,000+ members who are part of our 20 LinkedIn groups.

July 21, 2011
54.  Powerful Sales Strategies

Since 1995, Ernest has spent 27,530 hours coaching/guiding 350+ leading corporate housing & serviced apartment companies and their sales teams, around the world - and is the author of SmartMatch Alliances.

Please join me on July 21st for a discussion focused on *Powerful Sales Strategies*.  During this 60-minute PowerHour corporate housing & serviced apartment webinar we will be discussing the points below plus fielding your specific questions:

1.  What are the research and preparation steps required prior to every sales meeting with a prospective new client?

2.  What are the 7 key components of a powerful sales presentation? What are the 3 most important agreements that must happen during every sales meeting with a prospective new client?

3.  Can you make a one-call close?  What post-meeting follow-up is required after every sales presentation?

4.   What happens one day, one week and one month after every sales presentation?

Want to learn more about the topic/discussion above? Join our LinkedIn® professional networking services group at the url here,

This group is for corporate housing & serviced apartment professionals looking to sell furnished apartments, temporary housing, furnished suites, and/or serviced apartments + those who are part of CHPA.

The goal of this group is to facilitate connections between corporate housing & serviced apartment professionals, to help you improve your professional development/skills and to serve as a learning resource for the furnished suite sector.

This LinkedIn® professional networking services group helps the corporate housing & serviced apartment industry and corporate housing professionals collaborate, share, mentor, and strategize when it comes to issues, challenges and opportunities - with a focus on revenue success, more booked furnished suites and increased profitability.

The Coach, ...and your LinkedIn group owner/moderator
Ernest

--> PowerHour, serving the corporate housing & serviced apartment industry since 1995 and the apartment property management industry since 1988.
--> Join our weekly PowerHour Sales Academy that will help you sell more furnished/serviced apartments, gain better rankings and leads from your website & increase your number of industry referrals.
--> PowerHour Executive Recruiting, find/hire corporate housing & serviced apartment superstars.
--> Weekly PowerHour Sales Academy,
--> LinkedIn® professional networking services member #176 of 2,176,785 since 2003.
--> PowerHour Thought-Leadership Webinars.
--> Internet Marketing PowerHour White Papers.
--> Based on group size ...we’re #176 of 2,176,785 worldwide LinkedIn groups with 130,000+ members who are part of our 20 LinkedIn groups.

July 9, 2011
53.  Renters Say Owning Home Is Top Priority

Saw/read the story below — and I had to re-read it twice.  In these economic times — it's been awhile since I read this kind of news/trend.  What about you?

Click on the link below to read about:
Seven Out of 10 Renters Say Owning A Home Is A Top Priority

As you think about the trends you are seeing across the properties where you are requesting inventory for your furnished apartments — this kind of homeownership trend would/will actually help to lower occupancy levels at apartment communities — thus helping with the inventory challenges/availability being seen across many large/small cities in the United States.

I look forward to reading your feedback/insight related to this trend.

Want to learn more about the topic/discussion above? Join our LinkedIn® professional networking services group here.

This group is for corporate housing professionals looking to sell furnished apartments, temporary housing, furnished suites, and/or serviced apartments + those who are part of CHPA.

The goal of this group is to facilitate connections between corporate housing & serviced apartment professionals, to help you improve your professional development/skills and to serve as a learning resource for the furnished suite sector.

This LinkedIn® professional networking services group helps the serviced apartment & corporate housing industry and corporate housing professionals collaborate, share, mentor, and strategize when it comes to issues, challenges and opportunities - with a focus on revenue success, more booked furnished suites and increased profitability.

The Coach, ...and your LinkedIn group owner/moderator
Ernest

--> PowerHour, serving the corporate housing & serviced apartment industry since 1995 and the apartment property management industry since 1988.
--> Join our weekly PowerHour Sales Academy that will help you sell more furnished/serviced apartments, gain better rankings and leads from your website & increase your number of industry referrals.
--> PowerHour Executive Recruiting, find/hire corporate housing & serviced apartment superstars.
--> Weekly PowerHour Sales Academy,
--> LinkedIn® professional networking services member #176 of 2,176,785 since 2003.
--> PowerHour Thought-Leadership Webinars.
--> Internet Marketing PowerHour White Papers.
--> Based on group size ...we’re #176 of 2,176,785 worldwide LinkedIn groups with 130,000+ members who are part of our 20 LinkedIn groups.

July 2, 2011
52. Apartment Revenues Soar In Second Quarter

The multifamily trends below — are being seen/felt across many/most of the largest and smallest cities and markets around the United States.

Click on the link below to read about:
Apartment Revenues Soar In The Second Quarter

And here are the annual rent growth leaders for the second quarter 2011:

1: San Jose, Calif. +12.2% annual rent growth
2: San Francisco +7.7% annual rent growth
3: Seattle +7.1% annual rent growth
4: Oakland +6.6% annual rent growth
5 (tie): Portland, Ore. +6.4% annual rent growth
5 (tie): Austin, Texas +6.4% annual rent growth
7: Pittsburgh +6.1% annual rent growth
8: Minneapolis +5.8% annual rent growth
9: Chicago +5.4% annual rent growth
10: Denver +5.3% annual rent growth
11: Boston +5.2% annual rent growth

Your take on these trends? How are these trends impacting your corporate housing & serviced apartment city/market and your team?

Want to learn more about the topic/discussion above? Join our LinkedIn® professional networking services group here.

This group is for corporate housing professionals looking to sell furnished apartments, temporary housing, furnished suites, and/or serviced apartments + those who are part of CHPA.

The goal of this group is to facilitate connections between corporate housing & serviced apartment professionals, to help you improve your professional development/skills and to serve as a learning resource for the furnished suite sector.

This LinkedIn® professional networking services group helps the serviced apartment & corporate housing industry and corporate housing professionals collaborate, share, mentor, and strategize when it comes to issues, challenges and opportunities - with a focus on revenue success, more booked furnished suites and increased profitability.

The Coach, ...and your LinkedIn group owner/moderator
Ernest

--> PowerHour, serving the corporate housing & serviced apartment industry since 1995 and the apartment property management industry since 1988.
--> Join our weekly PowerHour Sales Academy that will help you sell more furnished/serviced apartments, gain better rankings and leads from your website & increase your number of industry referrals.
--> PowerHour Executive Recruiting, find/hire corporate housing & serviced apartment superstars.
--> Weekly PowerHour Sales Academy,
--> LinkedIn® professional networking services member #176 of 2,176,785 since 2003.
--> PowerHour Thought-Leadership Webinars.
--> Internet Marketing PowerHour White Papers.
--> Based on group size ...we’re #176 of 2,176,785 worldwide LinkedIn groups with 130,000+ members who are part of our 20 LinkedIn groups.

June 26, 2011
51.  Global Hotel Rates & Trends, 2011

Some very interesting global hotel trends, rates and statistics on the url below,
http://www.thebeat.travel/blog/taxonomy/term/286

And of course, always helpful to see/watch hotel trends, knowing the correlation between their rates and the rates we charge for our furnished apartments, yes?

Your take on these trends?

Want to learn more about the topic/discussion above? Join our LinkedIn® professional networking services group here.

This group is for corporate housing professionals looking to sell furnished apartments, temporary housing, furnished suites, and/or serviced apartments + those who are part of CHPA.

The goal of this group is to facilitate connections between corporate housing professionals, to help you improve your professional development/skills and to serve as a learning resource for the furnished suite sector.

This LinkedIn® professional networking services group helps the corporate housing industry and corporate housing professionals collaborate, share, mentor, and strategize when it comes to issues, challenges and opportunities — with a focus on revenue success, more booked furnished suites and increased profitability.

The Coach, ...and your LinkedIn group owner/moderator
Ernest

--> PowerHour, serving the corporate housing & serviced apartment industry since 1995 and the apartment property management industry since 1988.
--> Join our weekly PowerHour Sales Academy that will help you sell more furnished/serviced apartments, gain better rankings and leads from your website & increase your number of industry referrals.
--> PowerHour Executive Recruiting, find/hire corporate housing & serviced apartment superstars.
--> Weekly PowerHour Sales Academy,
--> LinkedIn® professional networking services member #176 of 2,176,785 since 2003.
--> PowerHour Thought-Leadership Webinars.
--> Internet Marketing PowerHour White Papers.
--> Based on group size ...we’re #176 of 2,176,785 worldwide LinkedIn groups with 130,000+ members who are part of our 20 LinkedIn groups.

June 20, 2011
50.  National Corporate Housing, Has Purchased Equity Corporate Housing

On the day you are set/ready to sell your corporate housing company — will it sell for a premium based on the steps/strategies you are deploying today? 

For a 60-minute PowerHour corporate housing webinar focused on "Selling/Buying A Corporate Housing Company", surf the url below:

http://powerhour.com/corporatehousing/webinars.html

During this 60-minute PowerHour corporate housing webinar we discussed the points below plus fielding specific questions:

1.  What is the pre-work you must/need to be doing today — even if you are planning on selling your corporate housing company over the next 3-5-10 years into the future?

2.  What can you expect as the seller of your corporate housing company — as the buying process begins?  And in reverse — what should you be looking for — as the potential buyer of a corporate housing company?

3.  Term of the deal…and due diligence. How are deals structured?  How are valuations calculated?  What are the final steps for the selling/buying of a corporate housing company?

Want to learn more about the topic/discussion above? Join our LinkedIn® professional networking services group here.

This group is for corporate housing professionals looking to sell furnished apartments, temporary housing, furnished suites, and/or serviced apartments + those who are part of CHPA.

The goal of this group is to facilitate connections between corporate housing professionals, to help you improve your professional development/skills and to serve as a learning resource for the furnished suite sector.

This LinkedIn® professional networking services group helps the corporate housing industry and corporate housing professionals collaborate, share, mentor, and strategize when it comes to issues, challenges and opportunities — with a focus on revenue success, more booked furnished suites and increased profitability.

The Coach, ...and your LinkedIn group owner/moderator
Ernest

--> PowerHour, serving the corporate housing & serviced apartment industry since 1995 and the apartment property management industry since 1988.
--> Join our weekly PowerHour Sales Academy that will help you sell more furnished/serviced apartments, gain better rankings and leads from your website & increase your number of industry referrals.
--> PowerHour Executive Recruiting, find/hire corporate housing & serviced apartment superstars.
--> Weekly PowerHour Sales Academy,
--> LinkedIn® professional networking services member #176 of 2,176,785 since 2003.
--> PowerHour Thought-Leadership Webinars.
--> Internet Marketing PowerHour White Papers.
--> Based on group size ...we’re #176 of 2,176,785 worldwide LinkedIn groups with 130,000+ members who are part of our 20 LinkedIn groups.

June 18, 2011
49.  Top Rental Markets About To "Explode"

The two articles below outline the business trends for REITs, multifamily owners & their property management companies — and from their point of view — the trends are certainly looking bright/strong.

From the corporate housing side — the point of view is certainly different, yes? Click on the links below to read the full article.

REITs Reason To Party

How are these trends — impacting the cost of the apartments you are renting & furnishing — and your 2011 budget?

How is this change/increase in apartment rental rates — being felt by your corporate housing guests?

How are these trends impacting your ability to maintain your existing corporate decision-makers at the same time you are increasing the monthly rental rates for their team members?

Want to learn more about the topic/discussion above? Join our LinkedIn® professional networking services group here.

This group is for corporate housing professionals looking to sell furnished apartments, temporary housing, furnished suites, and/or serviced apartments + those who are part of CHPA.

The goal of this group is to facilitate connections between corporate housing professionals, to help you improve your professional development/skills and to serve as a learning resource for the furnished suite sector.

This LinkedIn® professional networking services group helps the corporate housing industry and corporate housing professionals collaborate, share, mentor, and strategize when it comes to issues, challenges and opportunities — with a focus on revenue success, more booked furnished suites and increased profitability.

The Coach, ...and your LinkedIn group owner/moderator
Ernest

--> PowerHour, serving the corporate housing & serviced apartment industry since 1995 and the apartment property management industry since 1988.
--> Join our weekly PowerHour Sales Academy that will help you sell more furnished/serviced apartments, gain better rankings and leads from your website & increase your number of industry referrals.
--> PowerHour Executive Recruiting, find/hire corporate housing & serviced apartment superstars.
--> Weekly PowerHour Sales Academy,
--> LinkedIn® professional networking services member #176 of 2,176,785 since 2003.
--> PowerHour Thought-Leadership Webinars.
--> Internet Marketing PowerHour White Papers.
--> Based on group size ...we’re #176 of 2,176,785 worldwide LinkedIn groups with 130,000+ members who are part of our 20 LinkedIn groups.

June 13, 2011
48.  Hotel Investment Executives Remain Bullish

Knew you would enjoy reading the three articles below — that showcase the business trends for the hotel and hospitality sectors — which certainly are looking bright/strong, yes?

How are these trends — impacting your corporate travelers/guests — and their travel budgets?

How is this rapid change/increase in hotel rates — being felt by your corporate decision-makers?  Are you seeing an uptick in their willingness to shift their hotel budgets to corporate housing — because of the significant savings we can provide/offer?

Raving About RevPAR
http://www.hotelinteractive.com/article.aspx?articleID=20885

Corporate Rates Expected To Rise
http://www.hotelbusiness.com/hb/links/news/news.asp?ID=41270

Hotel Investment Executives Remain Bullish
http://nreionline.com/property/hotel/hotel_investment_remains_bullish/

April 2011 corporate housing biz — was up 20% — compared to April 2010!

May 2011 corporate housing biz — was up 33% — compared to May 2010!

Are you and your corporate housing team enjoying the rise of ADR and an increase in the number of booked furnished apartments?

Want to learn more about the topic/discussion above? Join our LinkedIn® professional networking services group here.

This group is for corporate housing professionals looking to sell furnished apartments, temporary housing, furnished suites, and/or serviced apartments + those who are part of CHPA.

The goal of this group is to facilitate connections between corporate housing professionals, to help you improve your professional development/skills and to serve as a learning resource for the furnished suite sector.

This LinkedIn® professional networking services group helps the corporate housing industry and corporate housing professionals collaborate, share, mentor, and strategize when it comes to issues, challenges and opportunities - with a focus on revenue success, more booked furnished suites and increased profitability.

The Coach, ...and your LinkedIn group owner/moderator
Ernest

--> PowerHour, serving the corporate housing & serviced apartment industry since 1995 and the apartment property management industry since 1988.
--> Join our weekly PowerHour Sales Academy that will help you sell more furnished/serviced apartments, gain better rankings and leads from your website & increase your number of industry referrals.
--> PowerHour Executive Recruiting, find/hire corporate housing & serviced apartment superstars.
--> Weekly PowerHour Sales Academy,
--> LinkedIn® professional networking services member #176 of 2,176,785 since 2003.
--> PowerHour Thought-Leadership Webinars.
--> Internet Marketing PowerHour White Papers.
--> Based on group size ...we’re #176 of 2,176,785 worldwide LinkedIn groups with 130,000+ members who are part of our 20 LinkedIn groups.

June 12, 2011
47.  AvalonBay Lays Plan as CEO Resigns

Interested to see/read this news about the CEO of AvalonBay resigning, yes? Click here to read the full story.

Your take on this — knowing that AvalonBay is the #2 largest REIT in North America — with 190+ apartment buildings — and 179,000 units? 

What are you finding — regarding apartment leasing options with AvalonBay — for corporate housing?

Want to learn more about the topic/discussion above? Join our LinkedIn® professional networking services group here.

This group is for corporate housing professionals looking to sell furnished apartments, temporary housing, furnished suites, and/or serviced apartments + those who are part of CHPA.

The goal of this group is to facilitate connections between corporate housing professionals, to help you improve your professional development/skills and to serve as a learning resource for the furnished suite sector.

This LinkedIn® professional networking services group helps the corporate housing industry and corporate housing professionals collaborate, share, mentor, and strategize when it comes to issues, challenges and opportunities - with a focus on revenue success, more booked furnished suites and increased profitability.

The Coach, ...and your LinkedIn group owner/moderator
Ernest

--> PowerHour, serving the corporate housing & serviced apartment industry since 1995 and the apartment property management industry since 1988.
--> Join our weekly PowerHour Sales Academy that will help you sell more furnished/serviced apartments, gain better rankings and leads from your website & increase your number of industry referrals.
--> PowerHour Executive Recruiting, find/hire corporate housing & serviced apartment superstars.
--> Weekly PowerHour Sales Academy,
--> LinkedIn® professional networking services member #176 of 2,176,785 since 2003.
--> PowerHour Thought-Leadership Webinars.
--> Internet Marketing PowerHour White Papers.
--> Based on group size ...we’re #176 of 2,176,785 worldwide LinkedIn groups with 130,000+ members who are part of our 20 LinkedIn groups.

June 5, 2011
46. Multifamily Rocking, 3 Articles In 3 Days

Just read the three multifamily trend articles below — all published in the same week.

Bright/sterling days are certainly here for the multifamily sector! But for the corporate housing sector — rental price increases, a reduction of apartment availability and a loss of rent concessions + lease flexibility will continue throughout all of 2011 and well into 2012.

New Normal Favors Renting, Requires Policies
http://www.multifamilybiz.com/News/3344/New_Normal_Favors_Renting_Requires_Policies

Apartment Owners to See Outstanding Returns Through 2012
http://nreionline.com/property/multifamily/apartment_owners_outstanding_returns_0531/

Harvard Study Warns of Rent Bubble
http://rismedia.com/2011-06-01/harvard-study-warns-of-rent-bubble/

How are these trends impacting your city/market regarding apartment pricing and inventory availability?

Do you and your team have a creative and entrepreneurial plan to navigate these upcoming/ongoing challenges for inventory?

How deep/strong are your property management relationships?

How do your apartment rental prices look for July/August/September look - related to these trends?

Want to learn more about the topic/discussion above? Join our LinkedIn® professional networking services group at the url below,
https://www.linkedin.com/groups/2355651/

This group is for corporate housing professionals looking to sell furnished apartments, temporary housing, furnished suites, and/or serviced apartments + those who are part of CHPA.

The goal of this group is to facilitate connections between corporate housing professionals, to help you improve your professional development/skills and to serve as a learning resource for the furnished suite sector.

This LinkedIn® professional networking services group helps the corporate housing industry and corporate housing professionals collaborate, share, mentor, and strategize when it comes to issues, challenges and opportunities - with a focus on revenue success, more booked furnished suites and increased profitability.

The Coach, ...and your LinkedIn group owner/moderator
Ernest

--> PowerHour, serving the corporate housing & serviced apartment industry since 1995 and the apartment property management industry since 1988.
--> Join our weekly PowerHour Sales Academy that will help you sell more furnished/serviced apartments, gain better rankings and leads from your website & increase your number of industry referrals.
--> PowerHour Executive Recruiting, find/hire corporate housing & serviced apartment superstars.
--> Weekly PowerHour Sales Academy,
--> LinkedIn® professional networking services member #176 of 2,176,785 since 2003.
--> PowerHour Thought-Leadership Webinars.
--> Internet Marketing PowerHour White Papers.
--> Based on group size ...we’re #176 of 2,176,785 worldwide LinkedIn groups with 130,000+ members who are part of our 20 LinkedIn groups.

June 4, 2011
45. Addressing Bedbugs In Hotel Negotiations Proves Vexing

Surf the url below to read/learn more about hotel chains — and how they are handling bedbugs.

Addressing Bedbugs In Hotel Negotiations Proves Vexing
http://www.businesstravelnews.com/Business-Travel/Hotel-News/Articles/Addressing-Bedbugs-In-Hotel-Negotiations-Proves-Vexing/

Your take on this article? Helpful to read/know this hotel point of view?

Your insight on how you and your corporate housing team are managing bedbugs?

Want to learn more about the topic/discussion above? Join our LinkedIn® professional networking services group at the url below,
https://www.linkedin.com/groups/2355651/

This group is for corporate housing professionals looking to sell furnished apartments, temporary housing, furnished suites, and/or serviced apartments + those who are part of CHPA.

The goal of this group is to facilitate connections between corporate housing professionals, to help you improve your professional development/skills and to serve as a learning resource for the furnished suite sector.

This LinkedIn® professional networking services group helps the corporate housing industry and corporate housing professionals collaborate, share, mentor, and strategize when it comes to issues, challenges and opportunities - with a focus on revenue success, more booked furnished suites and increased profitability.

The Coach, ...and your LinkedIn group owner/moderator
Ernest

--> PowerHour, serving the corporate housing & serviced apartment industry since 1995 and the apartment property management industry since 1988.
--> Join our weekly PowerHour Sales Academy that will help you sell more furnished/serviced apartments, gain better rankings and leads from your website & increase your number of industry referrals.
--> PowerHour Executive Recruiting, find/hire corporate housing & serviced apartment superstars.
--> Weekly PowerHour Sales Academy,
--> LinkedIn® professional networking services member #176 of 2,176,785 since 2003.
--> PowerHour Thought-Leadership Webinars.
--> Internet Marketing PowerHour White Papers.
--> Based on group size ...we’re #176 of 2,176,785 worldwide LinkedIn groups with 130,000+ members who are part of our 20 LinkedIn groups.

Surf the url below to read/learn more about property management companies and their use of revenue/leasing management systems. It will give you a better understanding of how apartment communities are managing their leasing/pricing strategies---as it relates to the pricing of your furnished apartments.

MEB Management Implements Rainmaker LRO
http://www.multifamilybiz.com/PR/674/MEB_Management_Implements_Rainmaker_LRO

Your take on this article? Helpful to read/know this apartment point of view?

Your insight on how revenue management pricing is impacting your apartment pricing?

Your thoughts on how the increase in apartment pricing [and thus the increase of pricing with your furnished apartments] is being shared with your corporate decision-makers?

Want to learn more about the topic/discussion above? Join our LinkedIn® professional networking services group at the url below,
https://www.linkedin.com/groups/2355651/

This group is for corporate housing professionals looking to sell furnished apartments, temporary housing, furnished suites, and/or serviced apartments + those who are part of CHPA.

The goal of this group is to facilitate connections between corporate housing professionals, to help you improve your professional development/skills and to serve as a learning resource for the furnished suite sector.

This LinkedIn® professional networking services group helps the corporate housing industry and corporate housing professionals collaborate, share, mentor, and strategize when it comes to issues, challenges and opportunities - with a focus on revenue success, more booked furnished suites and increased profitability.

The Coach, ...and your LinkedIn group owner/moderator
Ernest

--> PowerHour, serving the corporate housing & serviced apartment industry since 1995 and the apartment property management industry since 1988.
--> Join our weekly PowerHour Sales Academy that will help you sell more furnished/serviced apartments, gain better rankings and leads from your website & increase your number of industry referrals.
--> PowerHour Executive Recruiting, find/hire corporate housing & serviced apartment superstars.
--> Weekly PowerHour Sales Academy,
--> LinkedIn® professional networking services member #176 of 2,176,785 since 2003.
--> PowerHour Thought-Leadership Webinars.
--> Internet Marketing PowerHour White Papers.
--> Based on group size ...we’re #176 of 2,176,785 worldwide LinkedIn groups with 130,000+ members who are part of our 20 LinkedIn groups.

The Coach, ...and your LinkedIn group owner/moderator
Ernest

--> PowerHour, serving the corporate housing & serviced apartment industry since 1995 and the apartment property management industry since 1988.
--> Join our weekly PowerHour Sales Academy that will help you sell more furnished/serviced apartments, gain better rankings and leads from your website & increase your number of industry referrals.
--> PowerHour Executive Recruiting, find/hire corporate housing & serviced apartment superstars.
--> Weekly PowerHour Sales Academy,
--> LinkedIn® professional networking services member #176 of 2,176,785 since 2003.
--> PowerHour Thought-Leadership Webinars.
--> Internet Marketing PowerHour White Papers.
--> Based on group size ...we’re #176 of 2,176,785 worldwide LinkedIn groups with 130,000+ members who are part of our 20 LinkedIn groups.

May 19, 2011
42.  Internet Marketing White Papers

Since 1995, Ernest has spent 27,230 hours coaching/guiding 350+ leading corporate housing companies and their sales teams, around the world - and is the author of SmartMatch Alliances.

Please join me on May 19th for a discussion focused on *Internet Marketing White Papers*.  During this 60-minute PowerHour corporate housing webinar we will be discussing the points below plus fielding your specific questions:

1.  What is a corporate housing Internet Marketing PowerHour White Paper?  Why did it take 80+ hours to research and analyze a single city/market like Denver?  Why did we embark on writing this kind of White Paper?

2.  What have we learned that is eye-popping…from the completion of this corporate housing Denver/Toronto/Dallas Internet Marketing PowerHour White Papers? How will these PowerHour White Paper studies impact the research we are doing across the next 30 cities in North America?  What are the trends we anticipate finding…that will help you and your corporate housing team?

3.  Which cities have been selected for 2011 Internet Marketing PowerHour White Papers?  How soon will they be done/completed?  What information would you like to see us add/include for future/upcoming PowerHour White Papers?

Want to learn more about the topic/discussion above? Join our LinkedIn® professional networking services group at the url below,
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This group is for corporate housing professionals looking to sell furnished apartments, temporary housing, furnished suites, and/or serviced apartments + those who are part of CHPA.

The goal of this group is to facilitate connections between corporate housing professionals, to help you improve your professional development/skills and to serve as a learning resource for the furnished suite sector.

This LinkedIn® professional networking services group helps the corporate housing industry and corporate housing professionals collaborate, share, mentor, and strategize when it comes to issues, challenges and opportunities - with a focus on revenue success, more booked furnished suites and increased profitability.

The Coach, ...and your LinkedIn group owner/moderator
Ernest

--> PowerHour, serving the corporate housing & serviced apartment industry since 1995 and the apartment property management industry since 1988.
--> Join our weekly PowerHour Sales Academy that will help you sell more furnished/serviced apartments, gain better rankings and leads from your website & increase your number of industry referrals.
--> PowerHour Executive Recruiting, find/hire corporate housing & serviced apartment superstars.
--> Weekly PowerHour Sales Academy,
--> LinkedIn® professional networking services member #176 of 2,176,785 since 2003.
--> PowerHour Thought-Leadership Webinars.
--> Internet Marketing PowerHour White Papers.
--> Based on group size ...we’re #176 of 2,176,785 worldwide LinkedIn groups with 130,000+ members who are part of our 20 LinkedIn groups.

May 7, 2011
41. Apartment Industry Continues Brisk Recovery

Surf the two urls below to learn/read more about the fast-moving trends regarding markets that are showing a significant reduction in apartment vacancies + an improvement in the equity financing market.

http://www.realestateindustrynews.com/real-estate-market/apartment-industry-continues-brisk-recovery/

http://www.nmhc.org/Content/ServeContent.cfm?ContentItemID=6099

Your take on these trends as it relates to you and your corporate housing team? How are these tighter occupancies impacting your ability to gain/get inventory? What are you hearing regarding lease concessions, lease flexibility and vacancy credits?

How do your apartment rental prices look for May/June look — related to these trends?

Want to learn more about the topic/discussion above? Join our LinkedIn® professional networking services group at the url below,
https://www.linkedin.com/groups/2355651/

This group is for corporate housing professionals looking to sell furnished apartments, temporary housing, furnished suites, and/or serviced apartments + those who are part of CHPA.

The goal of this group is to facilitate connections between corporate housing professionals, to help you improve your professional development/skills and to serve as a learning resource for the furnished suite sector.

This LinkedIn® professional networking services group helps the corporate housing industry and corporate housing professionals collaborate, share, mentor, and strategize when it comes to issues, challenges and opportunities - with a focus on revenue success, more booked furnished suites and increased profitability.

The Coach, ...and your LinkedIn group owner/moderator
Ernest

--> PowerHour, serving the corporate housing & serviced apartment industry since 1995 and the apartment property management industry since 1988.
--> Join our weekly PowerHour Sales Academy that will help you sell more furnished/serviced apartments, gain better rankings and leads from your website & increase your number of industry referrals.
--> PowerHour Executive Recruiting, find/hire corporate housing & serviced apartment superstars.
--> Weekly PowerHour Sales Academy,
--> LinkedIn® professional networking services member #176 of 2,176,785 since 2003.
--> PowerHour Thought-Leadership Webinars.
--> Internet Marketing PowerHour White Papers.
--> Based on group size ...we’re #176 of 2,176,785 worldwide LinkedIn groups with 130,000+ members who are part of our 20 LinkedIn groups.

El Dorado Hills, CA - May 1, 2011 - SuiteAmerica [ www.suiteamerica.com ], an industry-recognized leader of exceptional customer service in the corporate housing industry, announced today its acquisition of US Suites, which brings 30 years of experience in the industry, as well as a knowledgeable staff and operations in San Diego, Portland, Seattle, Idaho and New Mexico.

The combined force of SuiteAmerica and US Suites will strengthen the company's emphasis on five-star customer service. US Suites will become a part of the SuiteAmerica family, which focuses on providing seamless transitions into corporate housing for employees being relocated or on temporary assignment. They are committed to providing luxury fully furnished and appointed apartments for short term stays, in order to create a home away from home for their clients.

US Suites employees will continue to work from their current offices, and will be supported by SuiteAmerica's advanced technology, accounting and marketing departments. The financial details of the acquisition have not been disclosed.

Of the acquisition, Chief Executive Officer James Masten said "We are excited about this great addition to our company. Both SuiteAmerica and US Suites are respected names in the Corporate Housing industry. Together, we will be a leader in the ability to serve our clients, whatever their location or size, with greater inventory, increased office support and the convenience of more offices."

Founded in 1990, SuiteAmerica has become a leader in the Corporate Housing Industry. SuiteAmerica was named Company of the Year in 2009 by the Corporate Housing Providers Association, and in 2011 they were awarded two Stevie Awards in Business and Customer Service for their front-line customer service team.

The Coach, ...and your LinkedIn group owner/moderator
Ernest

--> PowerHour, serving the corporate housing & serviced apartment industry since 1995 and the apartment property management industry since 1988.
--> Join our weekly PowerHour Sales Academy that will help you sell more furnished/serviced apartments, gain better rankings and leads from your website & increase your number of industry referrals.
--> PowerHour Executive Recruiting, find/hire corporate housing & serviced apartment superstars.
--> Weekly PowerHour Sales Academy,
--> LinkedIn® professional networking services member #176 of 2,176,785 since 2003.
--> PowerHour Thought-Leadership Webinars.
--> Internet Marketing PowerHour White Papers.
--> Based on group size ...we’re #176 of 2,176,785 worldwide LinkedIn groups with 130,000+ members who are part of our 20 LinkedIn groups.

Love this news — and these trends related to the hotel sector/industry.

Global Hotel Bookings Increased By 30 Percent

http://www.procurement.travel/March-average-daily-hotel-rates-Pegasus.2011042902

High water — will lift all boats, yes?

And if the hotel sector is improving/increasing/rising — so will corporate housing, right?

Your take on this article?

Want to learn more about the topic/discussion above? Join our LinkedIn® professional networking services group at the url below,
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This group is for corporate housing professionals looking to sell furnished apartments, temporary housing, furnished suites, and/or serviced apartments + those who are part of CHPA.

The goal of this group is to facilitate connections between corporate housing professionals, to help you improve your professional development/skills and to serve as a learning resource for the furnished suite sector.

This LinkedIn® professional networking services group helps the corporate housing industry and corporate housing professionals collaborate, share, mentor, and strategize when it comes to issues, challenges and opportunities - with a focus on revenue success, more booked furnished suites and increased profitability.

The Coach, ...and your LinkedIn group owner/moderator
Ernest

--> PowerHour, serving the corporate housing & serviced apartment industry since 1995 and the apartment property management industry since 1988.
--> Join our weekly PowerHour Sales Academy that will help you sell more furnished/serviced apartments, gain better rankings and leads from your website & increase your number of industry referrals.
--> PowerHour Executive Recruiting, find/hire corporate housing & serviced apartment superstars.
--> Weekly PowerHour Sales Academy,
--> LinkedIn® professional networking services member #176 of 2,176,785 since 2003.
--> PowerHour Thought-Leadership Webinars.
--> Internet Marketing PowerHour White Papers.
--> Based on group size ...we’re #176 of 2,176,785 worldwide LinkedIn groups with 130,000+ members who are part of our 20 LinkedIn groups.

Since 1995, Ernest has spent 27,100 hours coaching/guiding 350+ leading corporate housing companies and their sales teams, around the world - and is the author of SmartMatch Alliances.

Please join Ernest and the team at CorporateHousing.com on April 28th for a discussion focused on *Website Revenue Success*. During this 60-minute conference call we will be discussing the points below plus fielding your specific questions:

1. What must be at your website so the search engines will see/find your corporate housing company? What kind of key word research is required every 120-150 days to keep your website fresh and current with emerging search engine trends? What havewe learned that is eye-popping.from the completion of our corporate housing Denver Internet Marketing PowerHour White Paper? How will this white paper study impact the research we are doing across the next 30 cities in North America?

Surf the url below to learn more about the Denver Internet Marketing PowerHour White Paper that was discussed during the program:
http://www.powerhourseo.com/corporatehousing

2. What has changed with Bing in the last 90 days? Why did Google Local become Google Places and how has this impacted the entire corporate housing sector? What can we learn from JC Penny about what *not* to do---to gain/gather more website optimization and rankings?

3. Once a corporate decision-maker is at your website — what are the industry best-practices for conversion? What does it take to convert a website prospect into a paying corporate client and furnished apartment guest?

Want to learn more about the topic/discussion above? Join our LinkedIn® professional networking services group at the url below,
https://www.linkedin.com/groups/2355651/

This group is for corporate housing professionals looking to sell furnished apartments, temporary housing, furnished suites, and/or serviced apartments + those who are part of CHPA.

The goal of this group is to facilitate connections between corporate housing professionals, to help you improve your professional development/skills and to serve as a learning resource for the furnished suite sector.

This LinkedIn® professional networking services group helps the corporate housing industry and corporate housing professionals collaborate, share, mentor, and strategize when it comes to issues, challenges and opportunities - with a focus on revenue success, more booked furnished suites and increased profitability.

The Coach, ...and your LinkedIn group owner/moderator
Ernest

--> PowerHour, serving the corporate housing & serviced apartment industry since 1995 and the apartment property management industry since 1988.
--> Join our weekly PowerHour Sales Academy that will help you sell more furnished/serviced apartments, gain better rankings and leads from your website & increase your number of industry referrals.
--> PowerHour Executive Recruiting, find/hire corporate housing & serviced apartment superstars.
--> Weekly PowerHour Sales Academy,
--> LinkedIn® professional networking services member #176 of 2,176,785 since 2003.
--> PowerHour Thought-Leadership Webinars.
--> Internet Marketing PowerHour White Papers.
--> Based on group size ...we’re #176 of 2,176,785 worldwide LinkedIn groups with 130,000+ members who are part of our 20 LinkedIn groups.

From the Joint Center for Housing Studies of Harvard University — here is another article that addresses the shortage of rental housing, the rising cost of rental housing and the impact on the economy.

http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2011-04-26/business/ct-biz-0427-renters-20110426_1_cost-burdens-affordability-problems-renters

Your take on these trends as it relates to you and your corporate housing team?

How are these trends impacting your city/market regarding apartment pricing and inventory availability?

Want to learn more about the topic/discussion above? Join our LinkedIn® professional networking services group at the url below,
https://www.linkedin.com/groups/2355651/

This group is for corporate housing professionals looking to sell furnished apartments, temporary housing, furnished suites, and/or serviced apartments + those who are part of CHPA.

The goal of this group is to facilitate connections between corporate housing professionals, to help you improve your professional development/skills and to serve as a learning resource for the furnished suite sector.

This LinkedIn® professional networking services group helps the corporate housing industry and corporate housing professionals collaborate, share, mentor, and strategize when it comes to issues, challenges and opportunities - with a focus on revenue success, more booked furnished suites and increased profitability.

The Coach, ...and your LinkedIn group owner/moderator
Ernest

--> PowerHour, serving the corporate housing & serviced apartment industry since 1995 and the apartment property management industry since 1988.
--> Join our weekly PowerHour Sales Academy that will help you sell more furnished/serviced apartments, gain better rankings and leads from your website & increase your number of industry referrals.
--> PowerHour Executive Recruiting, find/hire corporate housing & serviced apartment superstars.
--> Weekly PowerHour Sales Academy,
--> LinkedIn® professional networking services member #176 of 2,176,785 since 2003.
--> PowerHour Thought-Leadership Webinars.
--> Internet Marketing PowerHour White Papers.
--> Based on group size ...we’re #176 of 2,176,785 worldwide LinkedIn groups with 130,000+ members who are part of our 20 LinkedIn groups.

Surf the url below.to see/read the work that corporate travel managers are doing to contain their hotel costs and airline rates that are both increasing for 2011

http://www.hotelinteractive.com/article.aspx?articleid=20374

Two things jump off the page from this article:

1. Hotel rates are increasing 7% internationally and 2% in North America. How are these hotel rate increases impacting your corporate
clients/guests? How are you using/leveraging these hotel increases to adjust your own rates for furnished apartments? How are you tucking these hotel rate increases directly into each/every sales presentation and meeting? How are you balancing your own need to increase prices — given the increase in apartment rental rates.shared in prior LinkedIn® professional networking services posts — and the increases in apartment rental rates that will continue well into 2012?

2. Program compliance is key for corporations to drive/lower their transportation, travel and lodging expenses. How are you and your team utilizing this strategy in your sales/marketing efforts to fill more furnished suites? What guidance are you giving your clients regarding compliance? How is compliance helping or hurting your ability to add/sell more furnished apartments?

Your take on this article/trend?

Want to learn more about the topic/discussion above? Join our LinkedIn® professional networking services group at the url below,
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This group is for corporate housing professionals looking to sell furnished apartments, temporary housing, furnished suites, and/or serviced apartments + those who are part of CHPA.

The goal of this group is to facilitate connections between corporate housing professionals, to help you improve your professional development/skills and to serve as a learning resource for the furnished suite sector.

This LinkedIn® professional networking services group helps the corporate housing industry and corporate housing professionals collaborate, share, mentor, and strategize when it comes to issues, challenges and opportunities - with a focus on revenue success, more booked furnished suites and increased profitability.

The Coach, ...and your LinkedIn group owner/moderator
Ernest

--> PowerHour, serving the corporate housing & serviced apartment industry since 1995 and the apartment property management industry since 1988.
--> Join our weekly PowerHour Sales Academy that will help you sell more furnished/serviced apartments, gain better rankings and leads from your website & increase your number of industry referrals.
--> PowerHour Executive Recruiting, find/hire corporate housing & serviced apartment superstars.
--> Weekly PowerHour Sales Academy,
--> LinkedIn® professional networking services member #176 of 2,176,785 since 2003.
--> PowerHour Thought-Leadership Webinars.
--> Internet Marketing PowerHour White Papers.
--> Based on group size ...we’re #176 of 2,176,785 worldwide LinkedIn groups with 130,000+ members who are part of our 20 LinkedIn groups.

The two articles below include some very current and positive sector trends for the multifamily industry — but will continue to create problems for corporate housing companies wanting/needing/requesting more rental inventory, more lease flexibility and better rental price and/or vacancy credits. This trend will continue well into 2012.and corporate housing leaders are already leveraging more/creative housing options for their corporate clients and corporate guests.

Our industry Internet Marketing PowerHour White Papers will address these issues,

http://www.powerhourseo.com/corporatehousing

Interesting quote, "Renting is becoming the de facto housing choice."

And this one as well, "the vacancy rate in 82 major markets fell a record 0.4% from the fourth quarter of 2010 to 6.2% in the first quarter of 2011. That's down from an 8% vacancy rate in the same quarter of 2010. "

Cozy Apartment REITs

http://stocks.investopedia.com/stock-analysis/2011/Cozy-Apartment-REITs-AVB-UDR-EQR-BRE-HME-AIV-REIS0418.aspx?partner=YahooSA

REITs Underperform Most Stock Benchmarks

http://www.housingwire.com/2011/04/15/reits-underperform-most-stock-benchmarks-still-poised-for-growth

Here are the key trends driving multifamily success:

A. Stricter lending requirements and potential buyers are not able to come up with thousands of dollars for a down payment.

B. Rising interest rates are raising the cost of borrowing.

C. Buyer-fear related to housing woes (primarily in the single family home segment) and financial uncertainty.

Your take on these trends as it relates to you and your corporate housing team?

How are these trends impacting your direct city/market and available rental inventory/pricing?

Want to learn more about the topic/discussion above? Join our LinkedIn® professional networking services group at the url below,
https://www.linkedin.com/groups/2355651/

This group is for corporate housing professionals looking to sell furnished apartments, temporary housing, furnished suites, and/or serviced apartments + those who are part of CHPA.

The goal of this group is to facilitate connections between corporate housing professionals, to help you improve your professional development/skills and to serve as a learning resource for the furnished suite sector.

This LinkedIn® professional networking services group helps the corporate housing industry and corporate housing professionals collaborate, share, mentor, and strategize when it comes to issues, challenges and opportunities - with a focus on revenue success, more booked furnished suites and increased profitability.

The Coach, ...and your LinkedIn group owner/moderator
Ernest

--> PowerHour, serving the corporate housing & serviced apartment industry since 1995 and the apartment property management industry since 1988.
--> Join our weekly PowerHour Sales Academy that will help you sell more furnished/serviced apartments, gain better rankings and leads from your website & increase your number of industry referrals.
--> PowerHour Executive Recruiting, find/hire corporate housing & serviced apartment superstars.
--> Weekly PowerHour Sales Academy,
--> LinkedIn® professional networking services member #176 of 2,176,785 since 2003.
--> PowerHour Thought-Leadership Webinars.
--> Internet Marketing PowerHour White Papers.
--> Based on group size ...we’re #176 of 2,176,785 worldwide LinkedIn groups with 130,000+ members who are part of our 20 LinkedIn groups.

How are you and your team handling bed bug clauses in your lease contracts?

Are you holding the guest in your furnished apartment — responsible to pay for extermination costs? Or, their direct employer?

What other options are available for handling bed bug problems?

Want to learn more about the topic/discussion above? Join our
LinkedIn® professional networking services group at the url below,
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This group is for corporate housing professionals looking to sell furnished apartments, temporary housing, furnished suites, and/or
serviced apartments + those who are part of CHPA.

The goal of this group is to facilitate connections between corporate
housing professionals, to help you improve your professional development/skills and to serve as a learning resource for the furnished suite sector.

This LinkedIn® professional networking services group helps the corporate housing industry and corporate housing professionals collaborate, share, mentor, and strategize when it comes to issues, challenges and opportunities - with a focus on revenue success, more booked furnished suites and increased profitability.

The Coach, ...and your LinkedIn group owner/moderator
Ernest

--> PowerHour, serving the corporate housing & serviced apartment industry since 1995 and the apartment property management industry since 1988.
--> Join our weekly PowerHour Sales Academy that will help you sell more furnished/serviced apartments, gain better rankings and leads from your website & increase your number of industry referrals.
--> PowerHour Executive Recruiting, find/hire corporate housing & serviced apartment superstars.
--> Weekly PowerHour Sales Academy,
--> LinkedIn® professional networking services member #176 of 2,176,785 since 2003.
--> PowerHour Thought-Leadership Webinars.
--> Internet Marketing PowerHour White Papers.
--> Based on group size ...we’re #176 of 2,176,785 worldwide LinkedIn groups with 130,000+ members who are part of our 20 LinkedIn groups.

Wow surf the url below~

Apartment Rental REIT Stocks Are On Fire

http://wallstcheatsheet.com/stocks/heres-why-apartment-rental-reit-stocks-are-on-fire.html

And here is another article from March — related to this same trend.

Renew Your Lease — Rents Could Rise 10%

http://money.cnn.com/2011/03/15/real_estate/rent_rise_housing/

Brighter days are certainly here for the multifamily sector! But for the corporate housing sector.rental price increases, a reduction of apartment availability and a loss of rent concessions + lease flexibility will continue throughout all of 2011 and well into 2012.

Your take on these trends for the corporate housing industry?

Do you and your team have a creative and entrepreneurial plan to navigate these upcoming/ongoing challenges for inventory?

How deep/strong are you property management relationships?

Want to learn more about the topic/discussion above? Join our LinkedIn® professional networking services group at the url below,
https://www.linkedin.com/groups/2355651/

This group is for corporate housing professionals looking to sell furnished apartments, temporary housing, furnished suites, and/or serviced apartments + those who are part of CHPA.

The goal of this group is to facilitate connections between corporate housing professionals, to help you improve your professional development/skills and to serve as a learning resource for the furnished suite sector.

This LinkedIn® professional networking services group helps the corporate housingmindustry and corporate housing professionals collaborate, share, mentor, and strategize when it comes to issues, challenges and opportunities - with a focus on revenue success, more booked furnished suites and increased profitability.

The Coach, ...and your LinkedIn group owner/moderator
Ernest

--> PowerHour, serving the corporate housing & serviced apartment industry since 1995 and the apartment property management industry since 1988.
--> Join our weekly PowerHour Sales Academy that will help you sell more furnished/serviced apartments, gain better rankings and leads from your website & increase your number of industry referrals.
--> PowerHour Executive Recruiting, find/hire corporate housing & serviced apartment superstars.
--> Weekly PowerHour Sales Academy,
--> LinkedIn® professional networking services member #176 of 2,176,785 since 2003.
--> PowerHour Thought-Leadership Webinars.
--> Internet Marketing PowerHour White Papers.
--> Based on group size ...we’re #176 of 2,176,785 worldwide LinkedIn groups with 130,000+ members who are part of our 20 LinkedIn groups.

Love the news and industry updates below~

http://www.hospitalitynet.org/news/154000436/4050898.html

Your take on these trends?

Want to learn more about the topic/discussion above? Join our LinkedIn® professional networking services group at the url below,
https://www.linkedin.com/groups/2355651/

This group is for corporate housing professionals looking to sell furnished apartments, temporary housing, furnished suites, and/or serviced apartments + those who are part of CHPA.

The goal of this group is to facilitate connections between corporate housing professionals, to help you improve your professional development/skills and to serve as a learning resource for the furnished suite sector.

This LinkedIn® professional networking services group helps the corporate housing industry and corporate housing professionals collaborate, share, mentor, and strategize when it comes to issues, challenges and opportunities - with a focus on revenue success, more booked furnished suites and increased profitability.

The Coach, ...and your LinkedIn group owner/moderator
Ernest

--> PowerHour, serving the corporate housing & serviced apartment industry since 1995 and the apartment property management industry since 1988.
--> Join our weekly PowerHour Sales Academy that will help you sell more furnished/serviced apartments, gain better rankings and leads from your website & increase your number of industry referrals.
--> PowerHour Executive Recruiting, find/hire corporate housing & serviced apartment superstars.
--> Weekly PowerHour Sales Academy,
--> LinkedIn® professional networking services member #176 of 2,176,785 since 2003.
--> PowerHour Thought-Leadership Webinars.
--> Internet Marketing PowerHour White Papers.
--> Based on group size ...we’re #176 of 2,176,785 worldwide LinkedIn groups with 130,000+ members who are part of our 20 LinkedIn groups.

Love the news and industry updates below~

http://www.hotelbusiness.com/hb/links/news/news.asp?ID=40805

Your take on these trends?

Want to learn more about the topic/discussion above? Join our LinkedIn® professional networking services group at the url below,
https://www.linkedin.com/groups/2355651/

This group is for corporate housing professionals looking to sell furnished apartments, temporary housing, furnished suites, and/or serviced apartments + those who are part of CHPA.

The goal of this group is to facilitate connections between corporate housing professionals, to help you improve yourprofessional development/skills and to serve as a learning resource for the furnished suite sector.

This LinkedIn® professional networking services group helps the corporate housing industry and corporate housing professionals collaborate, share, mentor, and strategize when it comes to issues, challenges and opportunities - with a focus on revenue success, more booked furnished suites and increased profitability.

The Coach, ...and your LinkedIn group owner/moderator
Ernest

--> PowerHour, serving the corporate housing & serviced apartment industry since 1995 and the apartment property management industry since 1988.
--> Join our weekly PowerHour Sales Academy that will help you sell more furnished/serviced apartments, gain better rankings and leads from your website & increase your number of industry referrals.
--> PowerHour Executive Recruiting, find/hire corporate housing & serviced apartment superstars.
--> Weekly PowerHour Sales Academy,
--> LinkedIn® professional networking services member #176 of 2,176,785 since 2003.
--> PowerHour Thought-Leadership Webinars.
--> Internet Marketing PowerHour White Papers.
--> Based on group size ...we’re #176 of 2,176,785 worldwide LinkedIn groups with 130,000+ members who are part of our 20 LinkedIn groups.

Surf the url below.it's always helpful to read/learn about our very near/close-by competitors, yes?

http://www.hotelinteractive.com/article.aspx?articleid=20237

To consider.

• A. In your local market/area, how strong/successful is the Residence Inn brand?
• B. How often do you meet/see their sales team.knowing they are calling on exactly the same corporate clients as you are?
• C. From a product perspective.how does the Residence Inn compete/compare with your suites in terms of size, amenities and services?
• D. From a pricing perspective.how does the Residence Inn compete/compare to your pricing?
• E. Over the last six months.have you been able to take/switch a corporate client/company from the Residence Inn to your corporate housing company?

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The goal of this group is to facilitate connections between corporate housing professionals, to help you improve your professional development/skills and to serve as a learning resource for the furnished suite sector.

This LinkedIn® professional networking services group helps the corporate housing industry and corporate housing professionals collaborate, share, mentor, and strategize when it comes to issues, challenges and opportunities - with a focus on revenue success, more booked furnished suites and increased profitability.

The Coach, ...and your LinkedIn group owner/moderator
Ernest

--> PowerHour, serving the corporate housing & serviced apartment industry since 1995 and the apartment property management industry since 1988.
--> Join our weekly PowerHour Sales Academy that will help you sell more furnished/serviced apartments, gain better rankings and leads from your website & increase your number of industry referrals.
--> PowerHour Executive Recruiting, find/hire corporate housing & serviced apartment superstars.
--> Weekly PowerHour Sales Academy,
--> LinkedIn® professional networking services member #176 of 2,176,785 since 2003.
--> PowerHour Thought-Leadership Webinars.
--> Internet Marketing PowerHour White Papers.
--> Based on group size ...we’re #176 of 2,176,785 worldwide LinkedIn groups with 130,000+ members who are part of our 20 LinkedIn groups.

More great news/trends for our multifamily industry on the url below, yes?

http://www.multifamilybiz.com/News/1578/The_Future_of_Housing_Think_Small

Your take on these trends — from an industry point-of-view?

Your insight — from a local/market perspective?

Want to learn more about the topic/discussion above? Join our LinkedIn® professional networking services group at the url below,
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This group is for corporate housing professionals looking to sell furnished apartments, temporary housing, furnished suites, and/or serviced apartments + those who are part of CHPA.

The goal of this group is to facilitate connections between corporate housing professionals, to help you improve your professional development/skills and to serve as a learning resource for the furnished suite sector.

This LinkedIn® professional networking services group helps the corporate housing industry and corporate housing professionals collaborate, share, mentor, and strategize when it comes to issues, challenges and opportunities - with a focus on revenue success, more booked furnished suites and increased profitability.

The Coach, ...and your LinkedIn group owner/moderator
Ernest

--> PowerHour, serving the corporate housing & serviced apartment industry since 1995 and the apartment property management industry since 1988.
--> Join our weekly PowerHour Sales Academy that will help you sell more furnished/serviced apartments, gain better rankings and leads from your website & increase your number of industry referrals.
--> PowerHour Executive Recruiting, find/hire corporate housing & serviced apartment superstars.
--> Weekly PowerHour Sales Academy,
--> LinkedIn® professional networking services member #176 of 2,176,785 since 2003.
--> PowerHour Thought-Leadership Webinars.
--> Internet Marketing PowerHour White Papers.
--> Based on group size ...we’re #176 of 2,176,785 worldwide LinkedIn groups with 130,000+ members who are part of our 20 LinkedIn groups.

Love this news about 2010 hotel price
increases — and the positive trends it will mean for 2011.

Surf this url to read more,

http://www.procurement.travel/significant-increases-pricing-2010-business-hotels.2011032901

Your take on these pricing trends from 2010?

What are you seeing in your market related to hotel pricing trends during the first quarter of 2011?

What about the extended-stay hotels in your market — what pricing trends are you seeing here?

Want to learn more about the topic/discussion above? Join our LinkedIn® professional networking services group at the url below,
https://www.linkedin.com/groups/2355651/

This group is for corporate housing professionals looking to sell furnished apartments, temporary housing, furnished suites, and/or serviced apartments + those who are part of CHPA.

The goal of this group is to facilitate connections between corporate housing professionals, to help you improve your professional development/skills and to serve as a learning resource for the furnished suite sector.

This LinkedIn® professional networking services group helps the corporate housing industry and corporate housing professionals collaborate, share, mentor, and strategize when it comes to issues, challenges and opportunities - with a focus on revenue success, more booked furnished suites and increased profitability.

The Coach, ...and your LinkedIn group owner/moderator
Ernest

--> PowerHour, serving the corporate housing & serviced apartment industry since 1995 and the apartment property management industry since 1988.
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Surf the url below,
http://www.hotelinteractive.com/article.aspx?articleid=20173

Another bright/positive trend for these economic times, yes?

My PowerHour office and team — is based in Park City, Utah — the home of three wonderful ski resorts — and the 2002 Olympics. No trip/vacation/destination is more expensive than a ski vacation. And related to the luxury trends/spending mentioned in this article above — it's been a strong/record ski year — and the resorts and local businesses are celebrating.

Big picture — if the affluent are back spending money on ski vacations and business/companies are back spending money/time on luxury accommodations and hotel/hospitality options — then businesses are back investing in their companies, hiring new employees and making decisions about capital expenditure projects. This means — the fluidity of financial flow — is back greasing the wheels of economic strides forward — good/great news for the corporate housing sector, yes?

Your take on this article/trend?

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The Coach, ...and your LinkedIn group owner/moderator
Ernest

--> PowerHour, serving the corporate housing & serviced apartment industry since 1995 and the apartment property management industry since 1988.
--> Join our weekly PowerHour Sales Academy that will help you sell more furnished/serviced apartments, gain better rankings and leads from your website & increase your number of industry referrals.
--> PowerHour Executive Recruiting, find/hire corporate housing & serviced apartment superstars.
--> Weekly PowerHour Sales Academy,
--> LinkedIn® professional networking services member #176 of 2,176,785 since 2003.
--> PowerHour Thought-Leadership Webinars.
--> Internet Marketing PowerHour White Papers.
--> Based on group size ...we’re #176 of 2,176,785 worldwide LinkedIn groups with 130,000+ members who are part of our 20 LinkedIn groups.

Surf the url below — regarding airfare and hotel rates.
http://www.marketingcharts.com/direct/airfare-rises-hotel-rates-stay-flat-16676/?utm_campaign=newsletter&utm_source=mc&utm_medium=textlink

From your guests and corporate clients — what are you hearing from them — related to these trends? How are these trends impact their 2011 budgets?

How are these trends helping/hurting your first quarter business trends for 2011? What does your forecast for the second quarter of 2011 look like?

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This group is for corporate housing professionals looking to sell furnished apartments, temporary housing, furnished suites, and/or serviced apartments + those who are part of CHPA.

The goal of this group is to facilitate connections between corporate housing professionals, to help you improve your professional development/skills and to serve as a learning resource for the furnished suite sector.

This LinkedIn® professional networking services group helps the corporate housing industry and corporate housing professionals collaborate, share, mentor, and strategize when it comes to issues, challenges and opportunities - with a focus on revenue success, more booked furnished suites and increased profitability.

The Coach, ...and your LinkedIn group owner/moderator
Ernest

--> PowerHour, serving the corporate housing & serviced apartment industry since 1995 and the apartment property management industry since 1988.
--> Join our weekly PowerHour Sales Academy that will help you sell more furnished/serviced apartments, gain better rankings and leads from your website & increase your number of industry referrals.
--> PowerHour Executive Recruiting, find/hire corporate housing & serviced apartment superstars.
--> Weekly PowerHour Sales Academy,
--> LinkedIn® professional networking services member #176 of 2,176,785 since 2003.
--> PowerHour Thought-Leadership Webinars.
--> Internet Marketing PowerHour White Papers.
--> Based on group size ...we’re #176 of 2,176,785 worldwide LinkedIn groups with 130,000+ members who are part of our 20 LinkedIn groups.

Since 1995, Ernest has spent 26,900 hours coaching/guiding 350+ leading corporate housing companies and their sales teams, around the world - and is the author of SmartMatch Alliances, http://www.powerhour.com/corporatehousing/smartmatchalliances.html

Please join Ernest and the team at CorporateHousing.com on March 23rd for a discussion focused on *2011 Inventory Challenges*. During this 60-minute conference call we will be discussing the points below plus fielding your specific questions:

1. What is happening with apartment building construction over the last two years? How will this impact your apartment rental costs, occupancy levels and inventory availability in 2011 and 2012?

2. Apartment inventory…what impacts your ability to have access? What are the steps for deepening your relationships with your rental properties and their property management companies/owners?

3. What options do you have for partnering with property management companies and how does this open/expand your inventory options?

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The goal of this group is to facilitate connections between corporate housing professionals, to help you improve your professional development/skills and to serve as a learning resource for the furnished suite sector.

This LinkedIn® professional networking services group helps the corporate housing industry and corporate housing professionals collaborate, share, mentor, and strategize when it comes to issues, challenges and opportunities - with a focus on revenue success, more booked furnished suites and increased profitability.

The Coach, ...and your LinkedIn group owner/moderator
Ernest

--> PowerHour, serving the corporate housing & serviced apartment industry since 1995 and the apartment property management industry since 1988.
--> Join our weekly PowerHour Sales Academy that will help you sell more furnished/serviced apartments, gain better rankings and leads from your website & increase your number of industry referrals.
--> PowerHour Executive Recruiting, find/hire corporate housing & serviced apartment superstars.
--> Weekly PowerHour Sales Academy,
--> LinkedIn® professional networking services member #176 of 2,176,785 since 2003.
--> PowerHour Thought-Leadership Webinars.
--> Internet Marketing PowerHour White Papers.
--> Based on group size ...we’re #176 of 2,176,785 worldwide LinkedIn groups with 130,000+ members who are part of our 20 LinkedIn groups.

Wow — surf the url below~
http://money.cnn.com/2011/03/15/real_estate/rent_rise_housing/

==> Sterling news — i f you own apartment real estate assets.

==> Not so sterling — for the corporate housing sector----regarding price increases, a reduction of apartment availability and a loss of rent concessions + lease flexibility.

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The goal of this group is to facilitate connections between corporate housing professionals, to help you improve your professional development/skills and to serve as a learning resource for the furnished suite sector.

This LinkedIn® professional networking services group helps the corporate housing industry and corporate housing professionals collaborate, share, mentor, and strategize when it comes to issues, challenges and opportunities - with a focus on revenue success, more booked furnished suites and increased profitability.

The Coach, ...and your LinkedIn group owner/moderator
Ernest

--> PowerHour, serving the corporate housing & serviced apartment industry since 1995 and the apartment property management industry since 1988.
--> Join our weekly PowerHour Sales Academy that will help you sell more furnished/serviced apartments, gain better rankings and leads from your website & increase your number of industry referrals.
--> PowerHour Executive Recruiting, find/hire corporate housing & serviced apartment superstars.
--> Weekly PowerHour Sales Academy,
--> LinkedIn® professional networking services member #176 of 2,176,785 since 2003.
--> PowerHour Thought-Leadership Webinars.
--> Internet Marketing PowerHour White Papers.
--> Based on group size ...we’re #176 of 2,176,785 worldwide LinkedIn groups with 130,000+ members who are part of our 20 LinkedIn groups.

Surf the url below — regarding the performance of extended-stay hotels.
http://www.hotelbusiness.com/hb/links/news/news.asp?ID=40672

Two things jump off the page:

1. Revenue for 2010 increased by 10% or more in 30 major markets and 15% or more in 12 major markets — compared to 2009. This is the first double-digit increase in revenue over the last five years.

2. No construction of new extended-stay hotels took place in 75% of the major markets in 2010. This will further increase the cost for an extended-stay room.

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The goal of this group is to facilitate connections between corporate housing professionals, to help you improve your professional development/skills and to serve as a learning resource for the furnished suite sector.

This LinkedIn® professional networking services group helps the corporate housing industry and corporate housing professionals collaborate, share, mentor, and strategize when it comes to issues, challenges and opportunities - with a focus on revenue success, more booked furnished suites and increased profitability.

The Coach, ...and your LinkedIn group owner/moderator
Ernest

--> PowerHour, serving the corporate housing & serviced apartment industry since 1995 and the apartment property management industry since 1988.
--> Join our weekly PowerHour Sales Academy that will help you sell more furnished/serviced apartments, gain better rankings and leads from your website & increase your number of industry referrals.
--> PowerHour Executive Recruiting, find/hire corporate housing & serviced apartment superstars.
--> Weekly PowerHour Sales Academy,
--> LinkedIn® professional networking services member #176 of 2,176,785 since 2003.
--> PowerHour Thought-Leadership Webinars.
--> Internet Marketing PowerHour White Papers.
--> Based on group size ...we’re #176 of 2,176,785 worldwide LinkedIn groups with 130,000+ members who are part of our 20 LinkedIn groups.

Since 1995, Ernest has spent 26,800 hours coaching/guiding 350+ leading corporate housing companies and their sales teams, around the world - and is the author of SmartMatch Alliances, http://www.powerhour.com/corporatehousing/smartmatchalliances.html

Please join Ernest and the team at CorporateHousing.com on February 17th for a discussion focused on *Guest Satisfaction…What Matters Most*. During this 60-minute conference call we will be discussing the points below plus fielding your specific questions:

1. Guest satisfaction — what level of responsiveness is expected? What is required?

2. Guest satisfaction surveys — what are the best practices, around the world? How are guest satisfaction survey results tied to compensation?

3. How can guest satisfaction surveys help your sales team drive new revenue?

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The goal of this group is to facilitate connections between corporate housing professionals, to help you improve your professional development/skills and to serve as a learning resource for the furnished suite sector.

This LinkedIn® professional networking services group helps the corporate housing industry and corporate housing professionals collaborate, share, mentor, and strategize when it comes to issues, challenges and opportunities - with a focus on revenue success, more booked furnished suites and increased profitability.

The Coach, ...and your LinkedIn group owner/moderator
Ernest

--> PowerHour, serving the corporate housing & serviced apartment industry since 1995 and the apartment property management industry since 1988.
--> Join our weekly PowerHour Sales Academy that will help you sell more furnished/serviced apartments, gain better rankings and leads from your website & increase your number of industry referrals.
--> PowerHour Executive Recruiting, find/hire corporate housing & serviced apartment superstars.
--> Weekly PowerHour Sales Academy,
--> LinkedIn® professional networking services member #176 of 2,176,785 since 2003.
--> PowerHour Thought-Leadership Webinars.
--> Internet Marketing PowerHour White Papers.
--> Based on group size ...we’re #176 of 2,176,785 worldwide LinkedIn groups with 130,000+ members who are part of our 20 LinkedIn groups.

Surf the url below — regarding the rising cost of hotel rooms and airfares.
http://www.procurement.travel/news.php?cid=new-corporate-priorities.Feb-11.28

Two things jump off the page:

1. Airfares and the cost of hotel rooms for corporate travelers are both rising at the same time.

2. Corporations have to make this adjustment in their 2011 budgets.

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This group is for corporate housing professionals looking to sell furnished apartments, temporary housing, furnished suites, and/or serviced apartments + those who are part of CHPA.

The goal of this group is to facilitate connections between corporate housing professionals, to help you improve your professional development/skills and to serve as a learning resource for the furnished suite sector.

This LinkedIn® professional networking services group helps the corporate housing industry and corporate housing professionals collaborate, share, mentor, and strategize when it comes to issues, challenges and opportunities - with a focus on revenue success, more booked furnished suites and increased profitability.

The Coach, ...and your LinkedIn group owner/moderator
Ernest

--> PowerHour, serving the corporate housing & serviced apartment industry since 1995 and the apartment property management industry since 1988.
--> Join our weekly PowerHour Sales Academy that will help you sell more furnished/serviced apartments, gain better rankings and leads from your website & increase your number of industry referrals.
--> PowerHour Executive Recruiting, find/hire corporate housing & serviced apartment superstars.
--> Weekly PowerHour Sales Academy,
--> LinkedIn® professional networking services member #176 of 2,176,785 since 2003.
--> PowerHour Thought-Leadership Webinars.
--> Internet Marketing PowerHour White Papers.
--> Based on group size ...we’re #176 of 2,176,785 worldwide LinkedIn groups with 130,000+ members who are part of our 20 LinkedIn groups.

Surf the url below —regarding the performance of extended-stay hotels.
http://www.hotelinteractive.com/article.aspx?articleid=19660

Two things jump off the page:

1. Revenue in the fourth quarter of 2010 increase by 10.3% compared to the fourth quarter of 2009. This is the first double-digit increase in revenue over the last five years.

2. The growth of new extended-stay construction is at the lowest level in 15 years. This will further increase the cost for an extended-stay room.

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This group is for corporate housing professionals looking to sell furnished apartments, temporary housing, furnished suites, and/or serviced apartments + those who are part of CHPA.

The goal of this group is to facilitate connections between corporate housing professionals, to help you improve your professional development/skills and to serve as a learning resource for the furnished suite sector.

This LinkedIn® professional networking services group helps the corporate housing industry and corporate housing professionals collaborate, share, mentor, and strategize when it comes to issues, challenges and opportunities - with a focus on revenue success, more booked furnished suites and increased profitability.

The Coach, ...and your LinkedIn group owner/moderator
Ernest

--> PowerHour, serving the corporate housing & serviced apartment industry since 1995 and the apartment property management industry since 1988.
--> Join our weekly PowerHour Sales Academy that will help you sell more furnished/serviced apartments, gain better rankings and leads from your website & increase your number of industry referrals.
--> PowerHour Executive Recruiting, find/hire corporate housing & serviced apartment superstars.
--> Weekly PowerHour Sales Academy,
--> LinkedIn® professional networking services member #176 of 2,176,785 since 2003.
--> PowerHour Thought-Leadership Webinars.
--> Internet Marketing PowerHour White Papers.
--> Based on group size ...we’re #176 of 2,176,785 worldwide LinkedIn groups with 130,000+ members who are part of our 20 LinkedIn groups.

Surf the url below — regarding the expectations for the hotel industry in 2011.

http://www.4hoteliers.com/4hots_nshw.php?mwi=8238

Two things jump off the page:

1. A renewed optimism for hotel revenues and room occupancies.

2. REITs and equity buyers are very actively buying hotels again.

Want to learn more about the topic/discussion above? Join our LinkedIn® professional networking services group at the url below,
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This group is for corporate housing professionals looking to sell furnished apartments, temporary housing, furnished suites, and/or serviced apartments + those who are part of CHPA.

The goal of this group is to facilitate connections between corporate housing professionals, to help you improve your professional development/skills and to serve as a learning resource for the furnished suite sector.

This LinkedIn® professional networking services group helps the corporate housing industry and corporate housing professionals collaborate, share, mentor, and strategize when it comes to issues, challenges and opportunities - with a focus on revenue success, more booked furnished suites and increased profitability.

The Coach, ...and your LinkedIn group owner/moderator
Ernest

--> PowerHour, serving the corporate housing & serviced apartment industry since 1995 and the apartment property management industry since 1988.
--> Join our weekly PowerHour Sales Academy that will help you sell more furnished/serviced apartments, gain better rankings and leads from your website & increase your number of industry referrals.
--> PowerHour Executive Recruiting, find/hire corporate housing & serviced apartment superstars.
--> Weekly PowerHour Sales Academy,
--> LinkedIn® professional networking services member #176 of 2,176,785 since 2003.
--> PowerHour Thought-Leadership Webinars.
--> Internet Marketing PowerHour White Papers.
--> Based on group size ...we’re #176 of 2,176,785 worldwide LinkedIn groups with 130,000+ members who are part of our 20 LinkedIn groups.

Surf the url below — regarding the rising demand for apartment rentals and the insufficient supply.
http://rismedia.com/2011-01-30/multifamily-rentals-nahb-sees-rising-demand-insufficient-supply/

Two things jump off the page:

1. New construction of rental apartments is well below the expected/need inventory.

2. Lack of financial funding for the building of rental apartments in 2009 and 2010 is carrying into 2011.

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This group is for corporate housing professionals looking to sell furnished apartments, temporary housing, furnished suites, and/or serviced apartments + those who are part of CHPA.

The goal of this group is to facilitate connections between corporate housing professionals, to help you improve your professional development/skills and to serve as a learning resource for the furnished suite sector.

This LinkedIn® professional networking services group helps the corporate housing industry and corporate housing professionals collaborate, share, mentor, and strategize when it comes to issues, challenges and opportunities - with a focus on revenue success, more booked furnished suites and increased profitability.

The Coach, ...and your LinkedIn group owner/moderator
Ernest

--> PowerHour, serving the corporate housing & serviced apartment industry since 1995 and the apartment property management industry since 1988.
--> Join our weekly PowerHour Sales Academy that will help you sell more furnished/serviced apartments, gain better rankings and leads from your website & increase your number of industry referrals.
--> PowerHour Executive Recruiting, find/hire corporate housing & serviced apartment superstars.
--> Weekly PowerHour Sales Academy,
--> LinkedIn® professional networking services member #176 of 2,176,785 since 2003.
--> PowerHour Thought-Leadership Webinars.
--> Internet Marketing PowerHour White Papers.
--> Based on group size ...we’re #176 of 2,176,785 worldwide LinkedIn groups with 130,000+ members who are part of our 20 LinkedIn groups.

Surf the url below — regarding the uptick in demand for airline travel.
http://www.management.travel/news.php?cid=US-Airlines-growing-demand-airline-demand-higher-fares-airfare.Jan-11.27

Two things jump off the page:

1. Delta went from a loss of 25M in the fourth quarter of 2009 to a 2010 fourth quarter profit of 19M.

2. Volume of passenger travel is back to 2007 and 2008 levels.

Want to learn more about the topic/discussion above? Join our LinkedIn® professional networking services group at the url below,
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This group is for corporate housing professionals looking to sell furnished apartments, temporary housing, furnished suites, and/or serviced apartments + those who are part of CHPA.

The goal of this group is to facilitate connections between corporate housing professionals, to help you improve your professional development/skills and to serve as a learning resource for the furnished suite sector.

This LinkedIn® professional networking services group helps the corporate housing industry and corporate housing professionals collaborate, share, mentor, and strategize when it comes to issues, challenges and opportunities - with a focus on revenue success, more booked furnished suites and increased profitability.

The Coach, ...and your LinkedIn group owner/moderator
Ernest

--> PowerHour, serving the corporate housing & serviced apartment industry since 1995 and the apartment property management industry since 1988.
--> Join our weekly PowerHour Sales Academy that will help you sell more furnished/serviced apartments, gain better rankings and leads from your website & increase your number of industry referrals.
--> PowerHour Executive Recruiting, find/hire corporate housing & serviced apartment superstars.
--> Weekly PowerHour Sales Academy,
--> LinkedIn® professional networking services member #176 of 2,176,785 since 2003.
--> PowerHour Thought-Leadership Webinars.
--> Internet Marketing PowerHour White Papers.
--> Based on group size ...we’re #176 of 2,176,785 worldwide LinkedIn groups with 130,000+ members who are part of our 20 LinkedIn groups.

Surf the url below — regarding the view of hotel transactions.
http://www.hospitalitynet.org/news/4049908.search?query=dramatic%20decline%20in%20hotel
%20capitalization%20rates%20reflects%20shift%20in%20market%20sentiment

Two things jump off the page:

1. Hotel revenue and occupancy is forecasted to increase in 2011 when compared to 2010. This bodes well for our similar/related corporate travelers and guests/clients who need accommodations for 30+ days.

2. REITs are back making acquisitions thus creating market fluidity.

Want to learn more about the topic/discussion above? Join our LinkedIn® professional networking services group at the url below,
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This group is for corporate housing professionals looking to sell furnished apartments, temporary housing, furnished suites, and/or serviced apartments + those who are part of CHPA.

The goal of this group is to facilitate connections between corporate housing professionals, to help you improve your professional development/skills and to serve as a learning resource for the furnished suite sector.

This LinkedIn® professional networking services group helps the corporate housing industry and corporate housing professionals collaborate, share, mentor, and strategize when it comes to issues, challenges and opportunities - with a focus on revenue success, more booked furnished suites and increased profitability.

The Coach, ...and your LinkedIn group owner/moderator
Ernest

--> PowerHour, serving the corporate housing & serviced apartment industry since 1995 and the apartment property management industry since 1988.
--> Join our weekly PowerHour Sales Academy that will help you sell more furnished/serviced apartments, gain better rankings and leads from your website & increase your number of industry referrals.
--> PowerHour Executive Recruiting, find/hire corporate housing & serviced apartment superstars.
--> Weekly PowerHour Sales Academy,
--> LinkedIn® professional networking services member #176 of 2,176,785 since 2003.
--> PowerHour Thought-Leadership Webinars.
--> Internet Marketing PowerHour White Papers.
--> Based on group size ...we’re #176 of 2,176,785 worldwide LinkedIn groups with 130,000+ members who are part of our 20 LinkedIn groups.

Surf the url below — regarding the affordability of housing compared to apartments.
http://rismedia.com/2011-01-24/homeownership-more-affordable-than-renting-in-72-percent-of-major-u-s-cities/

Two things jump off the page:

1. Former homeowners are flooding the rental market thus impacting the increase in rental prices for the corporate housing industry + a lack of available inventory of vacant apartments.

2. This imbalance of apartment inventory is here to stay.

As you think about your inventory of furnished suites/apartments…how are these trends impacting your ability to rent/reserve unfurnished apartments?

Want to learn more about the topic/discussion above? Join our LinkedIn® professional networking services group at the url below,
https://www.linkedin.com/groups/2355651/

This group is for corporate housing professionals looking to sell furnished apartments, temporary housing, furnished suites, and/or serviced apartments + those who are part of CHPA.

The goal of this group is to facilitate connections between corporate housing professionals, to help you improve your professional development/skills and to serve as a learning resource for the furnished suite sector.

This LinkedIn® professional networking services group helps the corporate housing industry and corporate housing professionals collaborate, share, mentor, and strategize when it comes to issues, challenges and opportunities - with a focus on revenue success, more booked furnished suites and increased profitability.

The Coach, ...and your LinkedIn group owner/moderator
Ernest

--> PowerHour, serving the corporate housing & serviced apartment industry since 1995 and the apartment property management industry since 1988.
--> Join our weekly PowerHour Sales Academy that will help you sell more furnished/serviced apartments, gain better rankings and leads from your website & increase your number of industry referrals.
--> PowerHour Executive Recruiting, find/hire corporate housing & serviced apartment superstars.
--> Weekly PowerHour Sales Academy,
--> LinkedIn® professional networking services member #176 of 2,176,785 since 2003.
--> PowerHour Thought-Leadership Webinars.
--> Internet Marketing PowerHour White Papers.
--> Based on group size ...we’re #176 of 2,176,785 worldwide LinkedIn groups with 130,000+ members who are part of our 20 LinkedIn groups.

Surf the url below — regarding the future of hotel pricing.
http://www.hotelinteractive.com/article.aspx?articleid=19414

Three things jump off the page:

1. Hotels are again focusing on price optimization and moving back to dynamic pricing.

2. Hotels are setting prices on a room-by-room basis.

3. Hotels are finding a balance between higher rates and occupancy levels.

As you think about your pricing strategies…how do the three points above impact the pricing for your furnished apartments?

Want to learn more about the topic/discussion above? Join our LinkedIn® professional networking services group at the url below,
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This group is for corporate housing professionals looking to sell furnished apartments, temporary housing, furnished suites, and/or serviced apartments + those who are part of CHPA.

The goal of this group is to facilitate connections between corporate housing professionals, to help you improve your professional development/skills and to serve as a learning resource for the furnished suite sector.

This LinkedIn® professional networking services group helps the corporate housing industry and corporate housing professionals collaborate, share, mentor, and strategize when it comes to issues, challenges and opportunities - with a focus on revenue success, more booked furnished suites and increased profitability.

The Coach, ...and your LinkedIn group owner/moderator
Ernest

--> PowerHour, serving the corporate housing & serviced apartment industry since 1995 and the apartment property management industry since 1988.
--> Join our weekly PowerHour Sales Academy that will help you sell more furnished/serviced apartments, gain better rankings and leads from your website & increase your number of industry referrals.
--> PowerHour Executive Recruiting, find/hire corporate housing & serviced apartment superstars.
--> Weekly PowerHour Sales Academy,
--> LinkedIn® professional networking services member #176 of 2,176,785 since 2003.
--> PowerHour Thought-Leadership Webinars.
--> Internet Marketing PowerHour White Papers.
--> Based on group size ...we’re #176 of 2,176,785 worldwide LinkedIn groups with 130,000+ members who are part of our 20 LinkedIn groups.

Since 1995, Ernest has spent 26,600 hours coaching/guiding 350+ leading corporate housing companies and their sales teams, around the world - and is the author of SmartMatch Alliances, http://www.powerhour.com/corporatehousing/smartmatchalliances.html

Please join Ernest and the team at CorporateHousing.com on January 17th for a discussion focused on *Selling To Relocation Companies*. During this 60-minute conference call we will be discussing the points below plus fielding your specific questions:

1. What products/services do relocation companies provide to their clients? As prep for this conference call, please surf, http://www.sirva.com and http://www.prudentialdinsmore.com/prudential-relocation and http://www.lexiconrelocation.com and http://www.brookfieldgrs.com

2. How does corporate housing fit into the array of services being offered by relocation companies? Why do relocation companies — need what we offer?

3. What are the steps for selling your furnished suites to relocation companies? What must you never do with relocation companies — and will remove you from the list of their corporate housing providers?

Want to learn more about the topic/discussion above? Join our LinkedIn® professional networking services group at the url below,
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This group is for corporate housing professionals looking to sell furnished apartments, temporary housing, furnished suites, and/or serviced apartments + those who are part of CHPA.

The goal of this group is to facilitate connections between corporate housing professionals, to help you improve your professional development/skills and to serve as a learning resource for the furnished suite sector.

This LinkedIn® professional networking services group helps the corporate housing industry and corporate housing professionals collaborate, share, mentor, and strategize when it comes to issues, challenges and opportunities - with a focus on revenue success, more booked furnished suites and increased profitability.

The Coach, ...and your LinkedIn group owner/moderator
Ernest

--> PowerHour, serving the corporate housing & serviced apartment industry since 1995 and the apartment property management industry since 1988.
--> Join our weekly PowerHour Sales Academy that will help you sell more furnished/serviced apartments, gain better rankings and leads from your website & increase your number of industry referrals.
--> PowerHour Executive Recruiting, find/hire corporate housing & serviced apartment superstars.
--> Weekly PowerHour Sales Academy,
--> LinkedIn® professional networking services member #176 of 2,176,785 since 2003.
--> PowerHour Thought-Leadership Webinars.
--> Internet Marketing PowerHour White Papers.
--> Based on group size ...we’re #176 of 2,176,785 worldwide LinkedIn groups with 130,000+ members who are part of our 20 LinkedIn groups.

Bright/positive economic trends.are coming for the apartment communities that are providing your furnished suites. But on the flip-side this is going to mean higher monthly rents, less availability and less lease flexibility and room for rental rate negotiations.

Surf the urls below:
http://rismedia.com/2011-01-16/rent-increases-on-the-way-say-analysts/
http://www.thestreet.com/story/10965555/1/rentals-offer-the-one-bright-spot-in-housing.html

Three things jump off the page:

1. Double-digit rent increases are coming.

2. In some markets.rents are already going up 7% to 8%. And in markets like Miami — high occupancy is triggering waiting lists.

3. In 2010, developers broke ground on only 114,000 rental units — and 2011 is forecasted at 133,000 rental units not nearly enough to cover expected demand. Low supply and high demand = higher rents

Your take on these trends.as it relates to corporate housing and your furnished apartments?

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Surf below — this article about hotel industry trends for 2011.
http://nreionline.com/finance/news/u_s__motel_market_recovery_0110/

Three key points — jumped out for me:

1. Hotel operators are raising their average daily rate.

2. Hotel demand is increasing by corporate/business travels. We like the correlation between this trend — and business travelers who need a furnished apartments.

3. Hotel inventory/supply is down — for new hotel rooms — thus less supply = higher daily rates.

Based on these trends — how are these trends reflected in your pricing strategies? And given the improvement of occupancy at apartment communities — how is this impacting your inventory selection and lease negotiations/flexibility?

We are following/tracking the leading-edge trends going into 2011 — and we see green shoots from 2010 turning into green lawns! Are you?

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Surf this article about 2011 travel industry trends below.
http://www.hotelinteractive.com/article.aspx?articleID=19192

Three key points — jumped out for me:

1. Monthly reports of new job losses have abated and the index of consumer confidence has displayed a modest upward trajectory in recent months.

2. Hotel rates will rise modestly in the majority of U.S. markets, and aggressively in a few such as New York and Miami, driven by the combined impact of growing demand from business travelers and the hiatus in new hotel construction observed during the past two years.

3. The bed bug problem will continue to pose challenges for hoteliers in selected urban destinations as it is now clearly on the minds of all travelers: a remarkable 31 percent of U.S. travelers are “very/extremely” concerned about an encounter with bed bugs on a future hotel stay; another 29 percent are “somewhat” concerned.

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