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Preferred Corporate Housing Welcomes Corporate Housing Industry Veteran to Team

Preferred Corporate Housing Welcomes Corporate Housing Industry Veteran to Team

Preferred Corporate Housing, a global leader in creating personalized corporate lodging solutions, is pleased to announce the addition of Jason Rolince to the team. Jason, a 20+ year corporate housi
PCH wins “Company of the Year” and “Innovation of the Year” Tower of Excellence Awards from CHPA

PCH wins “Company of the Year” and “Innovation of the Year” Tower of Excellence Awards from CHPA

The Corporate Housing Providers Association held its highly-anticipated annual awards event last month to recognize and honor companies who have achieved marked industry success throughout the past
PCH Director Featured on Popular Relocation Podcast

PCH Director Featured on Popular Relocation Podcast

Michelle Velasquez, PCH's Director of Client Services, was a guest on the widely popular 'Love + Relo' podcast hosted by Ben Cross. The hour-long conversation covered topics including how PCH is res
PCH wins ‘Transforming Perspectives’ Award from ARC Relocation

PCH wins ‘Transforming Perspectives’ Award from ARC Relocation

ARC Relocation, an industry leader for global employee relocation management services, hosted its first annual client and supplier forum in San Juan, Puerto Rico. This conference, a first of its kind,
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PCH Wins Partner of the Year Award

On Tuesday, February 4th, the Preferred Corporate Housing team attended Synergy Global Housing’s 2019 Partner Symposium in San Juan, Puerto Rico. This event brought together housing suppliers from
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Preferred Corporate Housing Shortlisted for Two ARC Relocation Partner Awards

ARC Relocation, an industry leader for Employee Relocation Management Services, released the shortlist of finalists for their annual ARC Awards. The ARC Awards include finalists in five categories inc
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Preferred Corporate Housing Welcomes Return of Industry Rock Star to its Services Team

Preferred Corporate Housing, a leading provider of temporary lodging solutions in more than 75,000 global destinations, is pleased to announce the return of Kimberlee Thomas to its Client Development
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PCH Director wins CHPA Tower of Excellence Award

Preferred Corporate Housing is excited to announce that Michelle Velasquez, Director of Client Services, has been named “Individual Member of the Year” at this year’s Corporate Housing Providers
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PCH Team Learns New Ways to Provide ‘Celebrity Service’

Last week the entire PCH Team came together for a day of celebration, commradery and continued reenforcement of the 'Celebrity Service' techniques offered to its Global client network. In a pep-rally
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The Best Team in the Business!!!!
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Preferred Corporate Housing Honored at the Expatriate Mobility Management Awards (EMMAs) gala in San Diego

Preferred Corporate Housing, a leading provider of temporary lodging solutions in more than 42,000 North American destinations, was honored as one of the top 3 corporate housing providers at the recen
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Michelle Velasquez Honored with Worldwide ERC® Meritorious Service Award

Michelle Velasquez, Director of Client Services with Preferred Corporate Housing, has earned a Meritorious Service Award from Worldwide ERC®, the workforce mobility association. The award was announc
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Preferred Corporate Housing Adds New Director of Business Development

Preferred Corporate Housing, a leading provider of temporary lodging solutions in more than 42,000 global destinations, is pleased to announce the addition of Andrew Cramer to their Business Devel
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Background Checks – Why You Should Be On Board

The use of tenant screening, more commonly referred to as “background checks,” is consistently growing in popularity throughout multi-family apartment leasing. These days just about every landlord
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Post-Vacay Blues: How to Get Your Office Groove Back

Even if you love your job as much as we love ours, getting back into the groove of things after a vacation can be quite challenging, especially if it was after an extended holiday. From the email back
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Preferred Corporate Housing Honored at FEM Americas Expatriate Management and Mobility Awards (EMMAs)

On Thursday May 4 2017, the winners of this year’s FEM EMMAs were announced at a glittering gala dinner at the Denver City Center Marriott, Denver, CO. The FEM EMMAs are the premier awards for the
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Company-Sponsored Intern Housing: Three Reasons to Include in Your Program

Ask an intern what’s the most stressful part about accepting an out-of-town position and chances are you’ll hear: “Short term housing.” Ask an employer what’s the most stressful part of hiri
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Preferred Corporate Housing Shortlisted for Americas EMMA Award

Preferred Corporate Housing, a leading provider of temporary lodging solutions in more than 42,000 North American destinations, has been shortlisted for the Forum for Expatriate Management’s (FEM) a
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PCH Team Member Joins Houston Relocation Professionals Board of Directors

"Preferred Corporate Housing is proud to announce that our Director of Client Services, Michelle Velasquez, has been appointed to the Board of Directors for the Houston Relocation Professionals organi
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Preferred Corporate Housing listed as one of the Largest Woman-Owned Businesses in Houston

The Houston Business Journal released its annual “Largest Woman-Owned Businesses” list earlier this month. This list includes the top 25 Houston-based companies that are at least 51 percent owned
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Preferred Corporate Housing Director earns Global Mobility Specialist® Designation

Michelle Velasquez, Preferred Corporate Housing’s Director of Client Services, has earned the certified Global Mobility Specialist® (GMS) designation. This designation is another example of Pref
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Office Politics = Risky Business

The world often feels like a crazy place these days! It seems like each day brings a new headline that grabs our attention and forces us to take sides and promote our opinions. While it is important f
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Americas Mobility Conference sponsored by the Worldwide Employee Relocation Council

At last month's Americas Mobility Conference sponsored by the Worldwide Employee Relocation Council (WERC), PCH team member Michelle Velasquez, led an interactive discussion on the most recent trends
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Most Affordable States for Job Seekers

Graduation season is upon us! This means thousands of college graduates ready to enter the workforce with high hopes and unrealistic expectations. Although job creation is on the rise and many glamoro
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PCH Short-Listed for EMMA Award by Forum for Expatriate Management (FEM)

Preferred Corporate Housing has been shortlisted for the Forum for Expatriate Management's (FEM) annual EMMA award for "2016 Corporate Housing Provider of the Year." This is the second consecutive
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Preferred Corporate Housing is First Member Company to be Accredited by the Corporate Housing Providers Association (CHPA)

The Corporate Housing Providers Association (CHPA) is the professional trade association exclusively dedicated to supporting corporate housing professionals and expanding the corporate housing industr
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Share the ‘LOVE’ with Your Team

We've previously referenced the article, "The Power of Praise in Business - and How to Do it Right," written by Ross McCammon and published in Entrepreneur Magazine in February 2012. We thought Februa
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Preferred Charity Helpers Program – Another Record-Breaking Year!

Preferred Corporate Housing is excited to announce donations of more than $139K in 2015 to local, regional and global charity organizations through its industry-leading community responsibility progra
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2015 – What a Year!

What a year! Preferred Corporate Housing really made the most out of 2015 from being named "Provider of the Year" by the Corporate Housing Providers Association (CHPA), to winning several key client R
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Preferred Corporate Housing is a ‘Best Place to Work’ for the 4th Consecutive Year

The Houston Business Journal released its 15th annual "Best Places to Work in Houston' list last month, and for the fourth consecutive year, Preferred Corporate Housing was included in this prestigiou
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How to Prevent the “Performance Review Panic”

As we start winding down the 2015 business year, many of us have already started our year-end team member performance evaluations. Few employees actually look forward to the performance evaluation. In
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PCH Honored at the 2015 EMMA Awards

Preferred Corporate Housing, a leading provider of temporary lodging solutions in more than 42,000 North American destinations, was honored as one of the top 3 corporate housing providers at the recen
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How to Get More Out of Every Day!

If you’re like most of us, you have too much work to do in too little time. Time is our most-valuable commodity, and although we all are allotted the exact same amount every day, there always seem t
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Hurricane Katrina – A Look Back at Disaster Preparedness

 On September 16, 2004 Hurricane Ivan made landfall along the coasts of Alabama and Florida. Prior to the storms’ arrival, mandatory evacuation orders were issued all along the Gulf Coast due to Iv
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Capture the “Back to School” Mentality

Whether you've been out of school for three months (congrats, grad!), 30 years or somewhere in between, there's something about those back-to-school commercials, sales in the department stores and yel
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Preferred Corporate Housing shortlisted for Expatriate Management and Mobility Award

Preferred Corporate Housing, a leading provider of temporary lodging solutions in more than 42,000 North American destinations, has been shortlisted for the Forum for Expatriate Management’s (FEM) a
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Tenant Screening – A Welcome Requirement?

The use of tenant screening, more commonly referred to as “background checks,” is growing in popularity in multi-family apartment leasing. These days just about every landlord and property manager
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Post-Vacay: How to Get Your Groove Back

Even if you love your job as much as we love ours, getting back into the groove of things after a vacation can be quite challenging, especially if it was after an extended holiday. From the email
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Preferred Corporate Housing Launches Partnership with Move for Hunger

Preferred Corporate Housing launched its very successful 'Preferred Charity Helpers' Program in the Fall of 2013. Through this client-driven initiative, PCH has committed to supporting various local,
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PCH Awarded “Company of the Year” by Corporate Housing Providers Association (CHPA)

Preferred Corporate Housing, a national provider of furnished lodging solutions in more than 42,000 locations across North America was just awarded the Tower of Excellence “Provider Member/Company o
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Living Our Vision Everyday – How We Show the L.O.V.E.

At Preferred Corporate Housing, our definition of LOVE is Living Our Vision Everyday! We love being able to provide temporary housing services for our clients anywhere they have needs, and as a nation
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How America Shows the Love – Valentine’s Day Spending

Here are some spending statistics from the National Retail Federation about how Americans use their wallets to 'show the love' on Valentine's Day each year. 18.6 Billion dollars- Average amount Amer
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What’s in store for PCH in 2015

2014 was amazing for PCH, and coming off such a great year, we are committed to keeping the momentum going throughout 2015. In fact, this year has already kicked off with several great things for Pref
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PCH is Leading the Way to Orlando for the CHPA National Conference

Each year in February, hundreds of corporate housing professionals gather together at the Corporate Housing Providers Association (CHPA) National Conference to network, discuss hot-button issues effec
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PCH Sponsors Relocation Partner Forum in Beaver Creek, CO

PCH was proud to be invited to attend the 4th Annual MSI Executive Forum in beautiful Beaver Creek, CO earlier this month. Hosted by the beautiful Ritz-Carlton, Bachelors Gulch Resort, the annual M
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Fantasy Football Costing Employers $13.4 Billion

If you haven't jumped on the fantasy football bandwagon, you may be in the shrinking minority. The NFL estimates that more than 33 million people play fantasy football each year, so the firm Challenge
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How to Stay Sane Post Vacation

Summer vacations are awesome! Whether you've taken a summer getaway to an exotic island, a family trip to one of the Disney parks or even a "stay-cation" in your own backyard you know that coming back
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It’s a Woman’s World

I recently came across an article published by Inc. Magazine titled “Women Managing Women.” It was written by Nan Mooney in March of 2006. Since Preferred Corporate Housing is a certified woman-ow
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Don’t Fall Prey to the Summer Productivity Slump

According to a survey done by the Captivate Network, workplace productivity tumbles about 20% in the summertime. Of the 600 workers surveyed throughout various industries, most of us feel distracted,
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Overcoming the Post-Vacay Blues

Summer vacations are awesome! Whether you've taken a summer getaway to an exotic island, a family trip to one of the Disney parks or even a "stay-cation" in your own backyard you know that coming back
Things You Say in Work Emails….And What They Really Mean!

Things You Say in Work Emails….And What They Really Mean!

In the corporate housing business, we send thousands of emails a day. Last week, one of our team members came across a post on her Facebook feed that provided new insight about business emails and how
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PCH Team Members Earn 100 Continuing Education Credits in 2014

Preferred Corporate Housing was one of only three temporary housing providers who exhibited its national furnished lodging services at last month’s Worldwide Employee Relocation Council - National R
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25 Ways to Lose Weight at Work

Article written by Hollis Templeton, Contributing Writer for Fitbie Summer is here, which means its time for swimsuits, shorts, and sundresses! But if you are like most people, becoming a slave to a
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Corporate Housing Rate Increase Offsets Slight Declines

The Corporate Housing Providers Association (CHPA) released the annual 2014 Corporate Housing Industry Report, highlighting the industry’s key performance indicators for North America, along with ma
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Preferred Corporate Housing Director wins Tower of Excellence Award at Corporate Housing Provider’s Association Annual Conference

[caption width="492" align="alignnone"] Michelle Velasquez, CCHP Director of Client Services - Preferred Corporate Housing[/caption] The Corporate Housing Providers Association (CHPA), the profession
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Show the ‘Love’ to your Team – An Excerpt from PCH’s February Newsletter

We've previously referenced this great article by Ross McCammon titled, "The Power of Praise in Business- and How to Do it Right." Since February is the month of love, we thought it was fitting to rec
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Tips to Overcome the Mid-Winter Work ‘Blahs’

These tips were taken from a Forbes.com post written by Lisa Quast. “I’m beginning to wonder if this grey winter weather is ever going to end,” remarked the woman in front of me as we waited
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2014 – PCH New Year’s Resolutions

Coming off such a successful 2013 year, it would be easy for us to just continue doing exactly what we've been doing and probably be okay. But at PCH, we don't strive for "okay." We want excellence, w
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Top 5 Places to Ring in the New Year

Preferred Corporate Housing has some exciting things planned for 2014, so we want to be sure to start this year off with a bang! We've put together a list of our favorite places to party on New Year's
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7 Tips for Safe and Stress-Free Holiday Travel

Everyone knows that winter and holiday travel can be extremely stressful, and like most, I tend to forget basic common sense when I am in extremely stressful situations. The team at Preferred Corporat
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A Season of Giving from Preferred Corporate Housing

Preferred Corporate Housing donates $21.5K to national and local charities in partnership with clients participating in its ‘Preferred Charity Helpers’ program. Third quarter participation in P
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2013 – Its Been a Great Year!

As 2013 comes to a close, we'd like to reflect on what a great year we've had at Preferred Corporate Housing. This past year, Preferred Corporate Housing was presented with numerous awards and honors
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Celebrate Veteran’s Day with Preferred Corporate Housing

Every year, Preferred Corporate Housing tries to find some way to thank our Veteran's for their service to our country. Veterans make up a large percentage of our clients, so it is extremely important
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‘Trick or Treating’ in your Apartment Community

If you thought trick-or-treating was just for people who live in houses, think again. Actually, this Halloween tradition can be fun for apartment dwellers too! Some apartment communities even organize
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Customer Service Week 2010 – October 4th – 10th

October 4th - 10th will mark the 8th annual National Customer Service Week. Preferred Corporate Housing is celebrating this week by honoring our outstanding Customer Service Department! We also want t
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Acclimating your pet to your temporary home

I previously posted an article about ways to make you feel at home in your temporary apartment, so it is only fitting that the follow up article is about ways to make your pets feel at home in your te
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How to make your temporary apartment feel like home

Many people choose fully furnished apartments for stays of 30 days or longer as alternatives to hotel stays because they want to feel more at home. They want the extra comfort and space than a cramped
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Independence Day – Fireworks Safety Tips

We at Preferred Corporate Housing are looking forward to enjoying the onset of summer and an opportunity to honor those who came before us to give our great country the independence we will be celebra
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Companies rely on Corporate Housing to Gain Control of Travel Budgets

A recent article posted on www.management.travel, discussed how adding corporate housing services to Corporate Travel Departments can save companies double-digit percentages and provide employees with
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Apartment Living Safety Tips from Preferred Corporate Housing

Preferred Corporate Housing offers fully furnished, temporary apartments in more than 10,000 cities across the United States, and we would like to offer these safety tips to make sure our guests are p
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Move Out Surveys

As the Quality Assurance Director of Preferred Corporate Housing, a nationwide corporate housing provider, my day is generally jam packed with a million and one things to review. But of all the things