Glenn Hasek
About this Executive:
Name:
Glenn Hasek
Company:
Green Lodging News
Interview Topics:
Publishing, Green Hotel Management
Region:
Region 8 - Northeast Ohio
Green Lodging News focuses solely on environment-related issues that impact profitability for the lodging industry. Via the Web site, blog and a weekly e-newsletter, Green Lodging News targets a segment of buyers and sellers who are serious about saving money and conserving natural resources.
Green Lodging News covers the hottest issues impacting hotel operations in the following areas: energy management, HVAC, waste management, design, cleaning and maintenance, water conservation, lighting, appliances, green design and more. In addition to covering news events, Green Lodging News helps link buyers and sellers in a virtual green marketplace.
Glenn Hasek, publisher and editor for Green Lodging News, has been a professional business writer and editor for more than 20 years. He has more than 14 years of experience writing about the hospitality industry and more than four years of experience writing about manufacturing-related issues.
Glenn began his communications career in 1984 when he worked as the editor of a small northern Ohio newspaper. His career in magazine journalism began in 1989 when he was hired to work as an editor with Hotel & Motel Management (H&MM) magazine. From 1996 to 2000, he worked as an associate editor for IndustryWeek magazine, a Penton Media publication. He returned to H&MM in September 2000 to work as the on-line editor-in-chief for the publication’s website. He founded Hasek Communications in October 2001 and launched Green Lodging News in 2006.
Glenn shared with me why he calls Ohio home.
Q: Being in publishing, you could base your business operations any where in the world. Why Ohio?
A: My two-year-old publishing business is based in Middleburg Heights, just outside of Cleveland. Ohio is a great location to grow a start-up business for the following reasons: the price of real estate and office space is reasonable, public transportation is accessible and easily available, and there are many educated entrepreneurs with whom to network and partner.
Q: What are your thoughts about Ohio’s education system?
A: I have personally benefited from Ohio’s commitment to education. For me, it all began with the quality education I received in the Cleveland Public School System and while attending two Ohio colleges, Bluffton College and Ohio University. My teachers and professors pointed me in the right direction and gave me the tools I needed to excel. Without the quality education I received in Ohio, the mentoring of area business leaders, and my own hard work, I would not be where I am today.
Q: If an executive from the publishing industry was evaluating Ohio as a location for capital investment, what are the top three industry specific assets you recommend exposure to?
A: Ohio is unique in that it offers the following three assets: the availability of a talent pool ready to work thanks to several leading publishing companies being based here; the opportunity for post-graduate training thanks to some of the country’s leading journalism schools (Kent State University, Ohio State University, Ohio University); and the availability of cutting-edge printing facilities and Web talent.
Q: What is the most unique thing you enjoy about Ohio that you share with others?
A: I enjoy spending time outside appreciating the natural beauty of the state. Ohio has more forested land today than it did 100 years ago. That is the best thing about Ohio.
Ohio has everything a young (or older) professional would want in regard to natural and cultural offerings. Cleveland’s scenic Metroparks, Ohio’s state parks (Mohican and Findley) and even a national park (Cuyahoga Valley National Recreation Area) are an easy drive away. I enjoy driving up to Lakeside, close to Lake Erie’s islands, or to Amish country in Holmes, Wayne and Tuscarawas counties to get away for the day. Cleveland, where I live, and all of Ohio for that matter, are rich with museums, art galleries, theaters and sports venues. Ohio definitely has it all.