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Rachel Lahr

Rachel Lahr
Rachel Lahr serves as VP & Head of Key Accounts for Hospitality at ASSA ABLOY Global Solutions. Holding more than 20 years of commercial experience, Rachel is tasked with forging and strengthening relationships with customers from hospitality markets around the world. With her expertise in building high performance teams and overseeing commercial negotiations, Rachel also plays a key role in aligning company solutions and go-to-market strategies with customer needs in order to maintain sustainable organizational growth. Based in Richardson, Texas, Rachel holds a Master and Bachelor of business administration from Western Michigan University.

The hospitality industry is recognized for its dynamic and vibrant nature, yet it faces significant challenges in recruiting and retaining a dedicated workforce. 82 percent of hotels report staffing shortages while the industry as a whole continues to suffer from a 84.9 turnover rate. Despite these issues, it is clear that maintaining a productive and reliable workforce is essential to operating a successful hotel business in an era where achieving guest satisfaction is paramount and based on ev...


Staying a Step Ahead of Human Traffickers Targeting Hotel Industry Businesses

With Human Trafficking Awareness month recently taking place in January, the hotel industry continues making progress on highlighting and combatting a global issue that ruins lives and jeopardizes business reputations. Organizations such as the AHLA have made it a priority to spread awareness on the issue and provide aid to human trafficking survivors, with major brands such as IHG Hotels & Resorts making substantial donations towards the effort. Others such as Marriott International have la...


The Top Three Hospitality Industry Challenges Hoteliers Must Resolve to Fully Optimize Business Perf...

For hospitality-based businesses, the industry has seemingly been hit by one crisis or challenge after another in recent years vying for the increasingly stretched attentions of hoteliers. From attempting to navigate the fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic to addressing rising guest expectations over what counts as a satisfying stay experience, hoteliers have more than enough issues requiring a need to revise business strategies and operational procedures. That being said, some industry challenges ...

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