kakatiya Posted May 1, 2016 Report Share Posted May 1, 2016 Gujaratis really began buying motels after 1965. That's the year the U.S. government began allowing in more people from developing nations. Now there are nearly 4 million people of Indian descent living here. "They really did change franchising," says Jan deRoos, who teaches at Cornell's School of Hotel Administration. He says Gujaratis played a huge role in the expansion of Best Westerns and Days Inns across the country, partly because they were willing to relocate to out-of-the-way places like Canton, Miss., or Plainville, Ohio. "Every small community in America today has a hotel or two, as a result of this community taking a business risk and establishing a hotel." Being the only Indian immigrants in these isolated communities could be tough, though. "It was hard," says Binita Patel, whose parents owned hotels in North Carolina in the 1980s. "I remember someone pulling their window down and yelling, 'Go back to your own country,' as we were walking home." Yet many Gujarati families stuck it out, and they did innovative things to make their motels profitable. They started the now-common practice of placing a washer and dryer in the room behind the lobby. That way, the person working the front desk at night would have the sheets and towels ready for the next day. They also economized by doing a lot of the upkeep themselves. Patel and her brother, for example, were in charge of vacuuming her parents' Holiday Inn on the weekends. "We would vacuum as a team because neither one of us would be strong enough to push the entire vacuum on our own," she recalls. As she got older she graduated to actually running some of her family's properties. And now, as an adult, Patel wants to take the business to the next level. She takes inspriation from her friend and fellow second-generation Gujarati, Jay H. Shah. Hersha Hospitality Trust, which began with that modest motel in Pennsylvania, is a now a $2.5 billion company Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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TechAdvice Posted May 1, 2016 Report Share Posted May 1, 2016 57 minutes ago, kakatiya said: Gujaratis really began buying motels after 1965. That's the year the U.S. government began allowing in more people from developing nations. Now there are nearly 4 million people of Indian descent living here. "They really did change franchising," says Jan deRoos, who teaches at Cornell's School of Hotel Administration. He says Gujaratis played a huge role in the expansion of Best Westerns and Days Inns across the country, partly because they were willing to relocate to out-of-the-way places like Canton, Miss., or Plainville, Ohio. "Every small community in America today has a hotel or two, as a result of this community taking a business risk and establishing a hotel." Being the only Indian immigrants in these isolated communities could be tough, though. "It was hard," says Binita Patel, whose parents owned hotels in North Carolina in the 1980s. "I remember someone pulling their window down and yelling, 'Go back to your own country,' as we were walking home." Yet many Gujarati families stuck it out, and they did innovative things to make their motels profitable. They started the now-common practice of placing a washer and dryer in the room behind the lobby. That way, the person working the front desk at night would have the sheets and towels ready for the next day. They also economized by doing a lot of the upkeep themselves. Patel and her brother, for example, were in charge of vacuuming her parents' Holiday Inn on the weekends. "We would vacuum as a team because neither one of us would be strong enough to push the entire vacuum on our own," she recalls. As she got older she graduated to actually running some of her family's properties. And now, as an adult, Patel wants to take the business to the next level. She takes inspriation from her friend and fellow second-generation Gujarati, Jay H. Shah. Hersha Hospitality Trust, which began with that modest motel in Pennsylvania, is a now a $2.5 billion company Chala kashta padutharu.. Antha valla family members vuntaru motel lo work chesey vallu, even plumbing, all kinds fixes they do on their own! And they don't spend a penny for American things, mostly won't eat out etc., too much tight vuntaru when it comes to $$$& Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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krisdevame Posted May 1, 2016 Report Share Posted May 1, 2016 Gujjus are Real mean Indians... I like it, thats one more sportive way of living life to the core fully Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpismahatma Posted May 1, 2016 Report Share Posted May 1, 2016 great.. Not like fake resumes .. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suryausa Posted May 1, 2016 Report Share Posted May 1, 2016 33 minutes ago, Imperial said: indian version of chinkies +1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Feelingbad Posted May 1, 2016 Report Share Posted May 1, 2016 Hardworking is the only thing i like in gujjus. Their personality sucks... big time. All 1 -2 star motels across the country owned by them and they call them selves entreprenuers 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Feelingbad Posted May 1, 2016 Report Share Posted May 1, 2016 They can suck any dlck for each dollar.. except earning money most of them unaware of what life is... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpismahatma Posted May 1, 2016 Report Share Posted May 1, 2016 4 minutes ago, Feelingbad said: They can suck any dlck for each dollar.. except earning money most of them unaware of what life is... Same with many of it folks..Who can suck dick for a project Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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