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Hotel & Motel Management - February 2009 Contents Staff Management is Key for Smaller Budgets Perspective Guests Expect More from Green Programs Sales Clinic Legally Speaking HotelWorld Update Consultant's Corner Trends & Stats Laundry Investing Requires Return to Fundamentals Limited-Service Hotel-Chains Energy Management Ice Machines Broadband Marketplace Ad/Editorial Index Checking Out

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Hotel & Motel Management - February 2009 - Hotel & Motel Management - February 2009 (Page 1) Hotel & Motel Management - February 2009 - Hotel & Motel Management - February 2009 (Page 2) Hotel & Motel Management - February 2009 - Contents (Page 3) Hotel & Motel Management - February 2009 - Staff Management is Key for Smaller Budgets (Page 4) Hotel & Motel Management - February 2009 - Staff Management is Key for Smaller Budgets (Page 5) Hotel & Motel Management - February 2009 - Perspective (Page 6) Hotel & Motel Management - February 2009 - Perspective (Page 7) Hotel & Motel Management - February 2009 - Guests Expect More from Green Programs (Page 8) Hotel & Motel Management - February 2009 - Guests Expect More from Green Programs (Page 9) Hotel & Motel Management - February 2009 - Sales Clinic (Page 10) Hotel & Motel Management - February 2009 - Sales Clinic (Page 11) Hotel & Motel Management - February 2009 - Legally Speaking (Page 12) Hotel & Motel Management - February 2009 - Legally Speaking (Page 13) Hotel & Motel Management - February 2009 - HotelWorld Update (Page 14) Hotel & Motel Management - February 2009 - HotelWorld Update (Page 15) Hotel & Motel Management - February 2009 - Consultant's Corner (Page 16) Hotel & Motel Management - February 2009 - Consultant's Corner (Page 17) Hotel & Motel Management - February 2009 - Trends & Stats (Page 18) Hotel & Motel Management - February 2009 - Trends & Stats (Page 19) Hotel & Motel Management - February 2009 - Laundry (Page 20) Hotel & Motel Management - February 2009 - Laundry (Page 21) Hotel & Motel Management - February 2009 - Laundry (Page 22) Hotel & Motel Management - February 2009 - Laundry (Page 23) Hotel & Motel Management - February 2009 - Investing Requires Return to Fundamentals (Page 24) Hotel & Motel Management - February 2009 - Investing Requires Return to Fundamentals (Page 25) Hotel & Motel Management - February 2009 - Limited-Service Hotel-Chains (Page 26) Hotel & Motel Management - February 2009 - Limited-Service Hotel-Chains (Page 27) Hotel & Motel Management - 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