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Happy New Year!

Happy New Year!

I hope that everyone has enjoyed my outlook into real estate and hotel development, and I hope that you are able to grasp my passion and love for the field throughout the year.

Jan. 1, 2009 | Andrew Calvo | 0 comments | Continued
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Welcome!

So.. What do you think??
After running this blog for a little over a year – and then a slow period over the last few months, I’ve decided to go full force and post to the blog like I used too. I’m still just as passionate about the hotel and hotel development industry, and still attempting [...]

Nov. 3, 2008 | Andrew Calvo | 0 comments | Continued
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Follow Me On Twitter!

So I’ve decided to get in on the whole Twitter thing that alot of people are crazy about
Follow me! http://twitter.com/poaz
I’m planning on using Twitter to talk about hotel development/hotel industry things that I hear or see but don’t deserve a full post or article. I hope that you can follow along!
What is Twitter?
Well, if you are [...]

Aug. 11, 2008 | Andrew Calvo | 0 comments | Continued
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I’m Still Here!

I just had to post this quick message – I’m still here!! I’ve been pretty silent over the past few weeks, I’ve been so wrapped up in every day living that I really haven’t had too much of a chance to sit down and write – but trust me I think about it every day!
As of [...]

May. 4, 2008 | Andrew Calvo | 0 comments | Continued
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What Not To Do As A Public Relations Representative

I’ve been unsure about writing this post for awhile – going in between “ah, just let it go” to “maybe someone will learn something from this”, so, as you can see.. I’m going for the “Maybe someone will learn something from this” approach.
One of the most important things for any brand in the world is [...]

Mar. 24, 2008 | Andrew Calvo | 1 comment | Continued
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Why Bother Having a Resume?

Earlier this week Seth Godin published a blog post saying that most people should not need a resume to get a job. Recommendations, a tangible proof of concept of your qualities, a blog, or the like should be enough to get a company to have your attention, and hopefully hire you.
I agree to an extent [...]

Mar. 19, 2008 | Andrew Calvo | 0 comments | Continued
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Blogs: The Best Form of Networking on the Internet

I’ve made mention a number of times on this blog about the importance of networking and how I’m such a big proponent of it.
The internet has really helped networking by allowing instantaneous communication between distant areas, to the creation of social networking websites such as Facebook or MySpace, and also business networking sites such as [...]

Feb. 28, 2008 | Andrew Calvo | 0 comments | Continued
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I Could Never Be A Journalist

Whew, well I just finished my two days of being a guest editor at HotelChatter.com, I’ll post links to all of my 11 articles at the bottom of this post, but I wanted to say: I could never be a journalist!Even though HotelChatter is not the equivalent of a daily newspaper, or even a magazine, [...]

Feb. 12, 2008 | Andrew Calvo | 0 comments | Continued
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Me: Guest Editor at HotelChatter!

I was honored to be asked by the publishers of HotelChatter.com to be a guest editor on Monday and Tuesday this week! Please check out my articles (probably about 5 on each day) which can be found on HotelChatter.com or if you just want to view my articles, you can click this link.
If you have [...]

Feb. 10, 2008 | Andrew Calvo | 0 comments | Continued
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The Passionate Worker

I came across this blog post today from Seth Godin – an author whose opinion I don’t always agree with (I came very close to unsubscribing a number of times to his blog), but this post caught my eye – because it describes me and my passion for hotels, hotel development and working for Starwood Hotels [...]

Jan. 16, 2008 | Andrew Calvo | 2 comments | Continued
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Happy Holidays Everyone!

I wanted to post a quick message wishing everyone Happy Holidays and a Happy New Year!
It has been a fun few months writing this blog and I’ve received a lot of feedback from readers and people within the hotel development industry who have enjoyed my insights and views on development. I hope that my passion [...]

Dec. 23, 2007 | Andrew Calvo | 0 comments | Continued
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