"We will spend the next 12 months implementing ideas and tips from the conference. Some of the sessions had such great information; they easily could have lasted half a day or more. Thank you!"

Stephen O'Connor, The Tefft House


Programs
STRATEGY, LEGAL AND FINANCIAL
 

Keep your investment safe by knowing how to handle financial information, how to minimize liability, and look at options for moving on.

 

Profitable Performance Strategies
Learn how to evaluate your performance and quickly identify what is and isn't profitable for your inn so that you can focus your energy on the things that make you money.  Leave this workshop with a game plan for how you will implement these strategies when you return to your inn.

The Latest on Lawsuit Protection and Liability
Each innkeeper should know what to do to ensure financial immunity from business-related lawsuits.  Learn about the latest laws that can help you and the ones that could be potential pitfalls.  

From "Yes" to Success: The Closing Process from Agreement to Transfer
Perspectives from both sides of the table. Understand the skills, techniques, and psychology of the negotiating process. Become familiar with standard contracts, addendums, financing options, asset allocation, covenants and commitments.

Navigate the world of conveyancing, contingencies, inspections and certifications as either a Buyer or Seller so you can: "Close the Deal".

QuickBooks Part I and II
These two workshops will cover everything from why good, solid and regular financial record- keeping is essential to the running of a business to the more advanced skills that every innkeeper needs to know to get the most out of Quickbooks or any other accounting software.  Workshop II includes using reports to manage your inn business and improve results and performance goals.

Performance Indicators and Pricing
Join this panel discussion on understanding rate management, occupancy rates as a measure of quality, locations impact on length of stay, RevPar, Occ, and ADR. Hear specifically what an innkeeper can use, and then real examples from Innkeepers.

Assess the Return on Inn-vestment
This workshop with be an informative practical discussion on the steps to effectively analyze the return on your investment followed by a full panel on feasibility.

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These are top-rated workshops from the 2008 PAII Convention. If you were not there or did not attend these particular workshops, you have another chance to hear these outstanding presentations.