Learn. Perform. Achieve! February 2024: The Hotel Financial Coach and Human Trafficking Awareness

PERFORM, PERFORM 2024 Choice Hotels

Every month we highlight opportunities for leaders and managers to improve the performance of their teams. Plus, we are pleased to announce Operator Certifications (HOST/Extended Stay Essentials) completions and acknowledge the achievement of those who are now operator certified.

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Unlocking Financial Excellence: New and Refreshed Profitability and Financial Leadership Training

Written by Holli Roberts, Director, Learning Experiences & Engagement

Looking to elevate your hotel’s profitability game? We are excited to announce that ChoiceU.com has just rolled out an exciting array of new and refreshed content designed to boost your profitability and financial leadership skills. Let’s dive into this month’s highlights!

First, Choice University has forged a longstanding partnership with Profit Soup, a company specializing in financial education, benchmarking, and coaching. Dedicated to assisting hotel owners, advisers, and leaders in elevating their performance, Profit Soup collaborates with Choice University to deliver customized training tailored specifically for Choice Hotels’ franchisees. As a component of the Profit Soup training on ChoiceU.com, you’ll find two recently updated benchmarking eLessons within the section titled “Benchmarking Your Business Effectively”. Click HERE to check them out now. Blend this insight with resources like HotStats from Your Key to Profit and observe the potential for your hotel to achieve remarkable financial success.

Next, we’re thrilled to reveal our latest collaboration with The Hotel Financial Coach, David Lund. If you’re not familiar with him, he offers services like Financial Leadership Workshops, Mentoring, Professional Speaking, and Hotel Financial Consulting. Get ready for a variety of ChoiceU TV videos covering topics such as Financial Leadership, Principles, Hotel Financial Terms, Labor and Expenses, Financial Analysis, and more.

To kick things off, this month, we have launched a fresh 6-part video series delving into Financial Leadership concepts. The focus is on the crucial importance of financial acumen and leadership in the hospitality industry. Keep an eye out for upcoming insights on various financial topics in the coming months on ChoiceU TV under The Hotel Financial Coach!

An Opportunity to Raise Awareness about Human Trafficking

Human trafficking happens in all states, DC, and US territories regardless of the time of year. Still, it is wise for cities hosting large events (like the Super Bowl) to plan to raise awareness about the risk factors that could lead to human trafficking and to make sure everyone is aware of the Blue Campaign Hospitality Toolkit and the training available on ChoiceU.com.

Click here to view the Human Trafficking Prevention Training Training on ChoiceU.com.

Choice University is excited to announce that we have launched our LinkedIn page. Our goal is to work together to help hotel leaders and their team members achieve their goals through learning.

Please follow us on LinkedIn to stay connected to Choice University through our LinkedIn Page!

Operator Certifications (HOST/ExtendedStay Essentials) Earned in January!

Congratulations to the following individuals who earned their operator certification last month!

Bradlee Patrick AK038 Clarion
Marion Smith AR297 Comfort Inn
Kim Patel AR346 Quality
Debbie Strickland AZ292 Quality
Jack Henderson AZ533 WoodSpring
Harrison Hinton-Hardin CA041 Quality
Maria Medina CA451 Comfort Suites
Chrissy Wheeler CA784 Quality
Bunty Davawala CAC61 Quality
Marilou Pare CN347 Comfort Inn
Marianne Patricio CN922 Comfort Inn
Maribeth Chisholm CNA94 Comfort Inn
Cassandra Bachhal CNB83 Quality
David Wei CNB98 Comfort Inn
Daniel Espinosa CO107 Quality
Debbie Wiggins CO154 Comfort Inn
Katie Burns CO176 Quality
Joyce Radeh CO418 WoodSpring
Ylianna Figueroa CT111 Comfort Inn
Colin Sweetland FLC83 Comfort Inn
Gurasis Singh FLD04 Comfort Suites
Jay Patel GA466 Comfort Suites
Courtney Foreman GAB01 WoodSpring
Maulin Patel IL256 Quality
Tusshar Patel IL447 Quality
Herman Patel IN253 Comfort Inn
Bharat Patel IN446 Comfort Inn
Jessica Brennan IN484 Comfort Suites
Venkata Nattam IN533 Clarion Pointe
Randy Cundell KS226 Comfort Inn Best of Choice
Christopher Wren KS259 Sleep Inn
Manisha Patel KY221 Quality
Betty Johnson KY403 Clarion Pointe
Sanjay Kachiya KY445 Comfort Inn
Dana Jackson LA166 Comfort Suites
Shashi Yadav MI329 Quality
Sulltana Xhilaj MI435 Quality
Jay Benitez MI579 WoodSpring
James Standifer MS062 Rodeway Inn
Andy Desai MS085 Quality
Peter Patel MS153 Comfort Inn
Trina Sanders MT419 Comfort Inn
PJ Patel NC048 Comfort Inn
Jignesh Patel NC625 Comfort Inn
Tal’lencia Sullivan NC722 Radisson Hotel
Lawrence Caristo NC834 Sleep Inn
Prashant Abhyankar NC965 Comfort Inn
Vishal Patel ND015 Comfort Inn
Charlaine Hilt ND059 Quality
Julie Kittelmann NE160 Quality Platinum
Cynthia Valentine NE177 Comfort Inn
Trevor Shuman NM152 Comfort Inn
Brittany Andersen NV042 Quality
Jasmeet Sandhu NY263 Econo Lodge
Caleb Hill NY338 Ascend
Amredra Jha NY890 Quality
Jessica Trombley NY892 Ascend
Keppy Patel OH572 Comfort Inn
Maya Patel OH638 Comfort Inn
Shannon Petronio PA354 Comfort Inn
Parth Solanki PA907 Sleep Inn
Kishen Patel SC131 Econo Lodge
Harshal Patel TN654 Comfort Inn
Jigar Lad TN823 Econo Lodge
Lisa Tipton TN871 WoodSpring
Kristina Kilburn TN963 WoodSpring
Shahbaz Mistri TNA37 Mainstay Suites
Hinesh Hirani TX465 Comfort Suites
Adriana Arriaga TX467 Comfort Suites
Matt Harmon TXH64 Comfort Suites
Sherry Merryman TXI79 Clarion Pointe
Parth Patel TXN06 Comfort Inn
Abhi Chaudhari UT080 Comfort Inn
Dixit Patel VA399 Econo Lodge
Sarah Leake WA026 Quality Gold
Dan Kim WA072 Comfort Inn
Jason Perry WA322 Sleep Inn Gold
Hardik Patel WI331 Clarion
Sara Hartford WI334 Comfort Inn
Nick blaschke WI368 Sleep Inn
Elsy Linares WV078 Clarion