About Us

Glenn Hasek, President

Hasek Communications was founded in 2001 by Glenn Hasek, president. Based in Cleveland, Ohio, the company’s services include: news release writing, case study writing, media relations, newsletters, press kits, news or feature writing, brochure design and writing, copy editing and proofreading, project management and research, ad copy writing and design, and W eb content development. Hasek Communications specializes in hotel public relations, hotel industry supplier public relations, and public relations for small to medium size companies in manufacturing and other industry sectors.

Hasek Communications is also the publisher and editor of Green Lodging News, the lodging industry's leading environmental news source, a website and weekly e-mail newsletter. The newsletter now reaches more than 9,700 subscribers each week.

For the most professional, affordable and creative media solutions, contact Hasek Communications today!

About the president:

Glenn Hasek 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. He founded Hasek Communications in October 2001.

Hasek 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. He left H&MM as managing editor in 1996.

From 1996 to 2000, he worked as an associate editor for IndustryWeek magazine, a Penton Media publication. While at Penton, he managed two of the company’s most important projects for four years: the IndustryWeek 1000 and IndustryWeek’s 100 Best-Managed Companies.

He returned to H&MM in September 2000 to work as the on-line editor-in-chief for the publication’s website. He managed the flow of all content to the website, wrote news and helped increase the number of site visitors from 1,300 per week in October 2000 to 9,000 per week in September 2001.

As online editor-in-chief for H&MM, Hasek managed and developed a partnership with Mineola, N.Y.-based HVS International that led to the creation of the Hotel Franchise Fee Calculator. He also created, edited and wrote Week in Review, an HTML-based newsletter that reached 13,500 readers each week.

A new door opens….Since January 2002, Hasek has worked as a public relations consultant. He represents Los Angeles-based GoConcierge.net and and has worked as a public relations consultant for Mintek Mobile Data Solutions, Dunedin, Fla., The Netherlands-based Brilliant Hotelsoftware; Seattle-based Diversified Computer Corp. (GuestWare); Wolff-DiNapoli, Los Angeles; Youngstown, Ohio-based Broadband Hospitality; Garfield Heights, Ohio-based Ultra Electronics Audiopack; Paris-based FastBooking; Cleveland, Ohio-based Datacore Consulting; New York-based Advantage Reserve; The Glass People in Elyria, Ohio; Atlanta-based Hotel eMarketing; and Noble Investment Group, also in Atlanta. He writes news releases, case studies, newsletters, educational articles and text for marketing-related materials. He also works with the media to maximize publicity opportunities for each company.

As a result of his publicity efforts, his clients have received print or on-line media coverage from Hotels, Hospitality Construction, Hotel Business, Hospitality Technology, Fire Engineering, Homeland First Response, The Plain Dealer, Crain's Cleveland Business, Lodging Hospitality, Hospitality Upgrade, Hotel & Motel Management, L.A. Direct, Los Angeles Business Journal, Asia Hotel & Catering Times and many other publications.

Hasek is also a freelance writer. His articles have appeared in Ohio Magazine, Boutique Design, The Plain Dealer, Inside Business, Frontline Solutions, IndustryWeek, CraneWorks, Crain’s Cleveland Business, Fuel Cell Management and many others.

Recent activities and honors:

	Featured on Ohio Means Business website.
	Green Lodging News received second place for Best Trade Publication Web Site in 2008 from the Ohio chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists
	Green Lodging News named Best Website in Northeast Ohio by Inside Business Magazine--January 2008.
	Quoted in the Los Angeles Times, Travel Weekly, Smart Money, The Wall Street Journal Magazine, USA Today, Dow Jones MarketWatch, Peter Greenberg Worldwide, Mother Jones, Shape, The Washington Post and numerous other publications as a result of the success of Green Lodging News. Data from Green Lodging News cited on NBC Nightly News.
	Guest moderator at the 2008 Choice Hotels International Convention in 2008, speaker at Newmarket International's 2008 User's Conference and the Louisiana and Mississippi Bed & Breakfast Associations' 2008 conference. Panelist at the 2007 conference of the Ohio Hotel & Lodging Assn. Panel moderator at the International Hotel/Motel & Restaurant Show in New York in November 2007 and November 2008 and at the Greening the Hospitality Industry conference in Portland, Ore., in February 2007 and in Pittsburgh in February 2009. Speaker and moderator at the Green Hospitality Conference in Dallas in March 2007, and speaker at the November 2006 conference of the Ohio Hotel & Lodging Assn.
	Fall 2006: P.R. article reprinted in "Marketing Leadership in Hospitality and Tourism," a new text book published by Pearson Education Inc.
	Fall 2008: Green Lodging News article reprinted in "Managing Housekeeping Operations" textbook, currently available through the Educational Institute of the AH&LA.
	P.R. article reprinted in Winter 2006 issue of "Inn Touch," the publication of the Wisconsin Innkeepers Assn.
	Ran 24,000^th mile in 2008.
	Was guest speaker at the awards dinner for Bluffton College's communications department in May 2004.
	Cleveland Press Club Honorable Mention award winner for article appearing in the December 2002 issue of Frontline Solutions. Article title: “Where’s Your Weakest Link.” Award category: Trade Publications, Special Sections/Package.
	President, Cleveland Chapter of American Society of Business Press Editors, 3/97 to 5/99. Chapter selected “Chapter of the Year” in 1998.
	Raised $2,000 to benefit Leukemia Society of America by running the Chicago Marathon, 1996. Continue to support fund-raising events for that organization as well as the American Heart Assn. and Arthritis Foundation.
	Member of 4X800 meter relay team that won national championship at USA Track & Field Masters Championship, July 9, 1995.
	American Heart Association fundraising volunteer, 2002-2004. Also provides volunteer public relations support on an ongoing basis to Art House, a Cleveland-based nonprofit community arts organization.

Contact information:

Glenn Hasek
President, Hasek Communications
20513 Brookstone Trail
Cleveland, Ohio 44130

(440) 243-2055
Cell: (216) 702-0334

E-mail: hasekcom@aol.com

Hasek Communications--Hotel Public Relations and much more!

Testimonials

"We have a unique company that is focused on two entirely different industries—lodging and cable. In 2003, as a one man marketing department in a growing company, I had quickly become overwhelmed with work. Glenn was recommended to me as someone who might help, and who had many years in the hospitality industry. We started slow with him working on some case studies and press releases for the lodging side of our business. In a matter of just a few short months, Glenn was getting our name mentioned in several of the top industry publications. Those leads have resulted in sales today.

Because of that success, we asked Glenn to begin doing work on the cable side of the house. Since that time we have added additional work—customer newsletters, advertising assistance, white papers, you name it. Glenn has helped give me time to devote to sales initiatives. Glenn honestly does enough work that I almost think of him as our 26th employee—dedicated to go the extra mile each and every time."

Mark Sokol
Former Director of Product Marketing
Mintek Mobile Data Solutions

"Glenn Hasek has been instrumental in gaining exposure for my company. I have been particularly impressed with Glenn's writing skills and his ability to assist me in developing the appropriate messages for my target audience. Glenn has proven time and time again that he is able to be flexible, meet deadlines and ultimately prepare a press release that will capture the attention of the people we are striving to reach. I am grateful that I have had the opportunity to work with Glenn and am confident he can be a positive asset to other companies as well."

Adam Isrow
Executive Vice President
GoConcierge.net

"I highly recommend Glenn Hasek as a writer, editor and project manager. During his time at IndustryWeek, he successfully tackled challenging writing assignments and managed two of the publication's most successful global projects—the IndustryWeek 1000 and IndustryWeek's 100 Best-Managed Companies."

Pat Panchak
Former Editor-In-Chief
IndustryWeek

“Glenn Hasek demonstrated immense attention to detail on any project he tackled while at Hotel & Motel Management. He was instrumental in developing the cataloging and categorizing system currently employed on H&MM's e-Directory website.”

Mike Malley
Former Publisher
Hotel & Motel Management

“I rely on Glenn Hasek as a regular contributor to Ohio Magazine. He has become our writer of choice for articles on the Amish people and culture, but he can handle a variety of assignments, including a recent piece on philanthropy and planned giving. His writing is clear and direct, and his articles come in clean and on time. I also worked with Glenn at a national business magazine, where his strengths as a project manager were evident. He handled the details of complicated research and writing with aplomb.”

Vivian Pospisil
Managing Editor
Ohio Magazine

"I receive a number of unsolicited phone inquiries every single week. An obvious question I ask (after I find out their needs) is, 'How did you hear about us?' The caller often will refer to an article he read in one of the trade publications. It is because of the work of Glenn Hasek that Broadband Hospitality is mentioned in those publications. Not all of these inquiries turn into an order but they are definitely people that I would not even have an opportunity to talk to if they had not read about us and called."

Edward W. Santor
Broadband Hospitality

"I have worked with Glenn Hasek at two different publishing venues and on countless projects, and he always brought a high degree of professionalism, thoroughness, creativity and efficiency to any assignment that he tackled."

George Taninecz

"Glenn was an integral part of our team at IndustryWeek. His hard work and creativity were vital to our success."

John Brandt
Founder, CEO
The MPI Group