monday/tuesday more of the same :)

Today, Tuesday, was very much like Monday in that more number punching and getting prepared for the upcoming budget 2007 season. Since next year still has a lot of possibilities, its hard to make a budget based on this year's performance, but hey that's part of the job!

Monday I just collected and pulled data to some of our main reports while James spent most of the day training Joanne. Today, I worked on a few of my side projects including researching the cruise line industry. Currently, Hawaiian cruise ships do stop in Kauai but its very hard to get them to come up to the north shore. So I'm trying to work with Stephanie and see if we can develop a package or something to try and draw guests to the hotel. Grant it, we wouldn't be able to get room revenue from then but perhaps other ways such as in the restaurants, bars, or pool concierge. Gotta always be thinking outside of the box on how to distinguish yourself from your competitors and I think this could be a great advantage to Princeville Hotel. I also spent part of the day filling Carol, the new leisure sales manager, in about the Golf Package. Carol will be responsible for the package once I leave and don't want to leave her in the dark about it! Stephanie, our PR rep, met yesterday with some Golf journalists for different newspapers/magazines and they all loved the package! Isn't life great when people like your work?!

It was pretty cloudy/drizzly this weekend, but people like it because it brings the waterfalls to the mountains. In fact I can sometimes see up to three waterfalls from my room window! Life is really tough out here, I tell you :)