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Joining the site is free, but farmers must consider how many RVs they can park, where that parking will be located, and also how to maximize the guest experience for travelers and themselves since farmers don't get paid to host. Farmers who work with Harvest Hosts sign up to offer parking sites for RVs on the farm. "The RV and van life industry has beenhttps://www.thewanderingrv.com/rv-industry-statistics-trends-facts/growing every year, with more than 1 million people living in RVs; the lifestyle has become more popular than ever", according to a late 2020 blog on Explore.com. [Extracted from the article]

Highlights from the article: The Farm Progress Show runs Aug. 27-29 in Decatur, Ill. RV and camper parking is available west of the show grounds and north of Richland Community College. The grounds open to camper and RV parking at noon Aug. 26.

Highlights from the article: Farmers, landowners and others interested in soil and water conservation are urged to attend the national Conservation In Action Tour, to be held this year in Iowa. Visit CTIC's tour sponsorship page or call Crystal Hatfield 765-494-9555 for more information.

A chart is presented depicting the costs and requirements for lodging chains and referral groups in the U.S.

The article reports on the emergence of U.S hotel firms in China. According to a research presented at the Wyndham Hotel Group Global Sales Team Summit meeting in Chicago, Illinois in June 2007, more buildings in a year are constructed in the country and there are 171 "mega cities" with more than one million in population which contributed to the boosting of hotel firms in the country. It stresses that such staggering numbers help explain why hotel brands scramble for even a tiny piece of Chinese lodging. It also points out that in a country like China with a population of 1.3 billion, a sliver of hospitality business can be a bonanza.

The article presents a list of consultants in the lodging industry and who are also member of the International Society of Hotel Consultants.

The article presents a directory of products and services in the lodging industry in Canada and the U.S. as of December 2004.

The article presents a directory of products and services in the lodging industry in the U.S. as of December 2004.

The article presents a chart of the costs and requirements for lodging chains and referral groups in the U.S.

This section presents charts of the costs and requirements for lodging chains and referral groups, as of July 2004.

Deals with the signs of recovery showed by the U.S. hospitality industry from crises as of July 2003. Events that have caused problems to the industry; Limitation of new construction projects to limited-service hotels; Comparison of the timeshare industry with the conventional lodging sector.

Presents advice to hoteliers to ensure success in the global lodging hospitality business. Importance of branding; Financing sources of the sector; Role of technology and the Internet.

Presents update on the lodging hospitality industry of the United States as of May 15, 2000. Sustainable tourism campaign of the National Park Hospitality Association; Rebuilding of the Diplomat Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada; Status of the industry in February 2000 according to the Lodging Industry Barometer. INSETS: Tell Salespeople How Important They Are;Growth Shouldn't Foster Complacency.

Presents news briefs in the lodging business in the United States as of February 1, 2000. Features of the Cleveland Clinic Inter-Continental Suite Hotel; Twenty-fifth anniversary of Budget Host International; New interior corridor prototype from Suburban Lodges of America. INSETS: Community Relations: Part of a Winning Strategy;Whispers of a Recession?.

Presents newsbriefs related to lodging industry in the United States. Extension of hotel service to clubs; Information on trial closings in hotels; Franchising in the hotel industry. INSETS: Trial Closings Help You Know Where You Stand;The Ultimate Encroachment Solution.

Presents directories of suppliers of products and services to the lodging industry of the United States. Address of Alliant Foodservice; Telephone numbers of Ameriphone Inc.; Bar Maid Corp.'s address.

Presents a directory of products and services for the lodging industry of the United States. Advertising specialties; Air cleaning; Air sanitizers.

Presents information on several issues about the lodging business in United States. Hotel bookings for the New Year; Factors for disappointing bookings; Franchisor and franchisee relations; Proposals to change agreements; Role of franchise advisory councils; Guest services director at Santa Barbara Hotel. INSETS: One Size No Longer Fits All;FACs: Lodging's Sleeping Giants;Time to Hone Your Questioning Skills?;60 Seconds With...

Presents updates on the lodging industry in the United States. Information on the merged Walt Disney World Swan and Dolphin Resort in Orlando, Florida; Movies in which Los Angeles, California's Westin Bonaventure hotel was featured; Reaction to advertising in hotel suites. INSETS: The Swan and Dolphin: One and the Same Animal;60 Seconds With...;Encourage Decision Making;King of the Extended-Stay Hill Sees the Hill Growing

Presents a chart of the costs and requirements of franchising lodging chains. Minimum rooms at Admiral Benbow Inns; Initial fee for AmericInn; Average construction cost per room at AmeriHost Inn Hotels.

Presents news briefs on lodging. Details on the opening of Loews Miami Beach Hotel in mid-December 1998 in South Beach, Florida; Asian American Hotel Owners Association's (AAHOA) poll on franchisee dissatisfaction on the sales and managent practices of their franchisor; Top ten business traveler requests for 1998 unveiled by E-Travel, the online booking software giant.

Features various executives in the hospitality industry. Bjorn Hanson; John F. Davis III; Thomas Arasi; Personal background; Career in the hospitality industry.

Presents a directory of products and services for the lodging industry. Accounting services; Air cleaning; Architectural services; Bar accessories; Bathroom accessories.

Presents the top lodging chains in the United States as of August, 1994. US properties; Status of properties; Foreign properties.

Focuses on the room rates of the lodging industry in California. Occupancy statistics; Problems in the hospitality business; Effect of increasing hotel maintenance costs; Comments on the rates of budget hotels; Forecast on rates; Emphasis on performance-oriented management fees; Developer interest in international markets.

The article focuses on the new Members' Lodge & Spa at Idaho's Tamarack Resort, which is slated to open in March 2006. Its seven-level building design is one focal point of an unfolding master plan that includes a European-style village of boutique shops, restaurants and a mix of condominiums and hotels. The foremost objective in the design of Members' Lodge & Spa is to embrace its surrounding unspoiled natural beauty. From the main entry, a panoramic view of mountains, trees and the Robert Trent Jones II Signature Golf Course can be seen through the lobby and lounge areas at perimeter expansive windows. The next phase in the master plan is the Village Plaza which will include residential condominiums and lodging facilities for guests and full-time residents who be served by cafes, boutique shops and galleries. INSET: Sweet Suite.

This section presents news concerning the lodging and hospitality industry in the U.S., as of July 2004. Starwood opened its fourth Westin-branded vacation ownership resort, the Westin Kierland Villas, in suburban Scottsdale, Arizona. The resort is part of the 730-acre Kierland master-planned community that is also home of the 735-room Westin Kierland Resort & Spa, which opened in late 2002. The first phase of the 10-acre timeshare resort has 51 two-bedroom villas, each with living rooms, dining rooms and fully equipped kitchens. On the other hand, Marriott Vacation Club International broke ground on the second phase of its Ko Olina Beach Club timeshare resort on Oahu in June 2004. The project includes 91 two- and three-bedroom villas. The resort's two-bedroom, two-bath villas have 1,240 square feet of space. A limited number of three-bedroom and penthouse units will be included in the design. Meanwhile, according to data released by the ARDA International Foundation, the U.S. timeshare industry made a $66.7-billion impact on the U.S. economy in 2002. The total breaks down to $44 billion of direct expenditures, $16 billion in payroll and related income and $6 billion in tax revenues. The industry segment accounts for 476,000 full- and part-time jobs, according to the research.

This article provides an update on the extended-stay segment of the lodging industry as of May 2004. The extended-stay segment of the lodging industry many have finally come of age. Signs of that maturation include the spate of recent acquisitions in the niche and the convening of the first national industry conference on the topic. And after more than a decade of stability, a-number of significant changes in brand ownership in the extended stay segment occurred in the past year. Biggest news was probably The Blackstone Group's $3.1-billion purchase of Extended Stay America. Of equal importance was InterContinental Hotel Group's -$15.3-million acquisition late last year of the Candlewood Suites brand. Lesser deals in 2003 saw 14 Summerfield Suites converted to InterContinental's Staybridge Suites brand, and a rebranding of 17 MainStay Suites (a Choice Hotels brand) to Homestead Studio Suites. According to The Highland Group, extended stay occupancy, average rate and RevPAR fell slightly last year, but followed much worse performance in 2002. Several markets--Charleston, South Carolina; Norfolk-Virginia Beach-Newport News, VA; and Albuquerque--posted double-digit RevPAR gains last year. The news hasn't been good everywhere. Some markets, including Boston, San Francisco, New York and Austin, have seen extended-stay RevPAR drop by more than 30 percent since 2000. Although nearly every extended-stay executive bemoans the amount of new development in the segment, all have growth plans of their own. The argument remains that demand for the product outstrips supply by a wide margin. INSET: Hot and Not.

Reports on the results of a survey of lodging brand selection decision makers conducted by industry consultants David Brudney and Wayne Williams. Criteria for selecting a brand for a property; Challenges faced by respondents in dealing with hotel brands; Effect of consolidation in the industry on decision makers.

Presents updates on executive appointments in the lodging hospitality industry of the U.S. as of March 2002. Appointment of Robert O'Hearn at Mountain View Grand in Whitefield, New Hampshire; Citation received by Bill Kimpton, founder of the Kimpton Hotel & Restaurant Group; Appointment of Shonda Johnson at Marriott Metro Center.

Discusses the significance of Service World Network (SWAN) to the lodging industry in the United States. Services offered by SWAN; Objective of the company; Information on the core units of SWAN.

The article presents an interview with several hotel industry consultants, brand executives and developers regarding their outlook for the U.S. economy and where and what kind of lodging properties will be built in 2001. According to Mike Schiff of Cendant Corp., the hotel industry in the U.S. will continue to self-regulate; it is a combination of lenders being careful and watching where they invest their money and developers being very cautious in where they develop. Rick Swig of RSBA & Associates says if there are setbacks in the business they will be localized rather than global and driven by one region's or one city's primary demand generator having slippage in their business. Meanwhile, Charlie Muller of CNL Hospitality Corp. says a big concern is overall industry profitability from an operations standpoint. The costs to manage and market a business, the high costs of labor, the tough access to labor all make it harder to sustain growth in profits. On the question of what hotels and hotel companies can do to prepare for a serious downturn if one comes, Frank Nardozza of KPMG says that many properties and companies are posturing to hedge their bets one way or the other, depending on which direction the economy takes. He says they are doing everything in their power to drive as much revenue to the bottom line as possible.

Provides information on the performance growth, overall revenues and profits of the hospitality industry in the United States for the year 1999. Favorability of investments in the lodging industry; Trends in joint ventures and private placements of debt; Availability of mortgage loans for funding of hotel projects; Effects of advanced technologies in the lodging industry.

Focuses on the trend towards the installation of extended-stay amenities at lodging-houses in the United States. Profitability of extended-stay facilities driving development projects; Viability of mid-priced lodging facilities seen by consumers; Development programs planned by lodging-house companies.

Focuses on the midmarket lodging segment in the United States. Occupancy; Profits; Growth; Glut in the budget and economy segments; Price points; Business travel. INSET: LH inside stuff (information bits)..

Focuses on the growth of the extended-stay market in the lodging industry in the United States. Companies who are venturing in the extended-stay market; Average room rate per unit; Space area; Number of rooms in the extended-stay segment according to Mark V. Lomano, executive vice president of Smith Travel Research; Construction costs for the facility; Characteristics of an extended-stay facilities. INSET: Views of extended stay..

Focuses on reasons why lodging owners and operators in United States initiate a renovation. Study by International Society of Hospitality Consultants showing the needed capital expenditures for hotel restoration; Room preparation at Marriot Marquis in connection with Olympic Games in Atlanta; Banquet service improvement by Manor Care Hotels to increase profits; Restoration to lure convention business. INSET: Renovation hints..

Presents the top 50 economy/limited lodging service chains in the United States as of January 1, 1994. Ownership structure; Properties; Rooms; Average rooms per property.

Highlights from the article: Rosendin recently sponsored Austin, Texas' first Construction Camp for Girls from June 10 through June 14. "What many people don't realize is the construction industry is going high-tech, and if you are willing to learn and have the right attitude Rosendin will train you for a great career", says Claire Acquilano, Rosendin building information modeler.

The article reports on Missouri Hotel and Lodging Association disputing a report issued to the Columbia, Missouri City Council that argues the authority of charter cities to raise hotel taxes without state permission based on a 1999 Missouri state statute.