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+ Top Picks

Entrepreneur Magazine's How to Start a Bed & Breakfast: A Step-by-Step Guide to Success. Adams, Rob and Terry. Entrepreneur Media. 2003. (Reference TX911.2 .B43x 2003)

How to Open a Financially Successful Bed & Breakfast or Small Hotel: Arduser, L. and Brown, D. Atlantic Pub. 2004. (TX911.3.M27 F83 2004)

How to Start and Run Your Own Bed & Breakfast Inn. Hotch, R. and Glassman, C. Stackpole Books. 2005. (TX911.3.M27 H6627 2005)

Pamela Lanier’s Bed & Breakfast Guide Online.
Contains the Worldwide Bed and Breakfast Directory and the B&B Gazette and Innkeeper's Kitchen newsletters.

+ Overview

So -- You Want to be an Innkeeper: The Definitive Guide to Operating a Successful Bed and Breakfast or Country Inn. Brown, S. Chronicle Books. 2004. (TX911.3.M27 S62323)

The ... Travel & Leisure Market Research Handbook. Richard K. Miller Associates. 2005. (Reference G155.U6 T718)
Includes brief overviews of B&Bs, inns, guesthouses, and vacation homes and rentals.

+ Structure & Competition

PAII Study of B&B Marketing Practices. Professional Association of Innkeepers International. 2006.(Reference TX911.3 M3 P35 2006)

Industry Study of Bed and Breakfast/Country Inns: Operation, Marketing & Finances. Professional Association of Innkeepers International. Biennial. 2004. (Reference TX911.2 A16)                                      Comprehensive financial, operating and marketing data analysis of B&B/country inns.

+ Directories

The Complete Guide to Bed & Breakfasts, Inns & Guesthouses: in the United States, Canada, & Worldwide. Lanier, P. Lanier Pub. International. 2007. (Reference TX909 .L35x)

INNSTAR.COM: Bed and Breakfast Guidebook Reviews. Professional Association of Innkeepers International.
A rating service for Bed and Breakfast Guidebooks on the internet. Able to search alphabetically by title, by rating level of guidebook, or by region. Also provides a list of state/provincial association pages.

+ Trends and Statistics

PAII Study of B&B Marketing Practices. Professional Association of Innkeepers International. 2006.(Reference TX911.3 M3 P35 2006)

Industry Study of Bed and Breakfast/Country Inns: Operation, Marketing & Finances. Professional Association of Innkeepers International. Biennial. 2004. (Reference TX911.2 A16)                                      Comprehensive financial, operating and marketing data analysis of B&B/country inns.

The Travel & Leisure Market Research Handbook. Richard K. Miller Associates. 2005. (Reference G155.U6 T718)
Includes brief overviews of B&Bs, inns, guesthouses, vacation homes and rentals.

+ Current News

Arrington's B & B Journal (2002-2006) TX901 .A75

Innkeeping (1990-2006) TX901 .I54

Innkeeping Quarterly TX901. I5461

Inns TX901 .N67

+ Associations

Professional Association of Inkeepers International               www.paii.org                                                                               "Provides education, information, networking, advocacy, business opportunities and research relating to the innkeeping industry."