Seminar for Future Innkeepers
Bill Oates and Heide Bredfeldt have presented over a hundred 3-day seminars for prospective innkeepers around the country. To encourage you to attend, our fee is a nominal $195.00 for a couple or $175.00 for an individual. (Room and meals at the hosting Inn are in addition to the seminar fee.)
The next seminar is scheduled for
August 17-19, 2008 (Sunday to Tuesday) at the Arrowhead Inn in Durham, North Carolina
Seminar registration is done through Inn Consulting Partners. More details and registration information.
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Typical Schedule:
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First day
- 5:30 pm
- Registration
- 6:30 pm
- Dinner
- 8:30 – 10:30 pm
- Introduction
- Session I: A tour of past, present and future of the
- Bed & Breakfast and Country Inn business
- Second day
- 7:30 am
- Breakfast
- 8:30 am
- Session II Taking Stock – Personal and Financial
- Session III Building a Model
- Size, Location, Style, Food Service
- Session IV: A look at personal goals
- 10:15 am
- Break
- 10:30 – 11:00 am
- Session V: Starting or Buying a Going Concern
- Start up pluses and minuses
- 11:00 – 12:30 pm
- Session VI: Structuring a Purchase Financially
- 12:30 – 1:30 pm
- Lunch
- 1:30 – 3:15 pm
- Session VII: Financial Models
- Income Statements
- Standard Costs
- 3:15 pm
- Break
- 3:30 – 4:30 pm
- Session VIII: Financing an Acquisition or Start up
- How much
- Sources of Financing
- 4:30 – 5:30 pm
- Session IX: Inn Operations - Session with Innkeepers
- 6:00 pm
- Social Hour and Dinner with Area Innkeepers
- Third day
- 7:30 am
- Breakfast
- 8:30 – 9:30 am
- Session X: Inn Operations - Systems
- Staffing
- Policies
- 9:30 – 10:30 am
- Product Sources
- Furnishings and Amenities
- 10:30 am
- Break
- 10:45 – 12:30 pm
- Session XI: Markets and Marketing
Seminar fee: $175 per person or $195 per couple. Fee includes manual and follow up Seminar Addendum. (Room and meals at the hosting Inn are in addition to the seminar fee.)
Seminar registration is done through Inn Consulting Partners.
