Protect the Asset. Improve the Stay.
About KRG Stay: Independent Hotel Consulting and Advisory
Helping Independent Hotels Build Their Next Chapter.
Stronger properties. More valuable assets. Guest experiences worth remembering.
Who We Are
KRG Stay is the independent hotel consulting and performance advisory of KRG Hospitality Inc. and operating within the KRG Collective.
Established in 2009 and led by co-founder and principal consultant Doug Radkey, KRG Stay helps owners, investors, and operators of established hotels, boutique properties, motels, and resorts improve profitability, strengthen operations, reposition their properties, and build long-term asset value.
Our Experience. Your Performance.
300+
Hospitality projects across the KRG Hospitality portfolio since 2009.
15-20+ Pt
We aim for a 15-20+ percentage-point uplift in occupancy.
4-6+ Pt
We aim for a 4-6+ percentage-point increase in Net Operating Income.
Why Your Business Deserves Its Own Next Chapter
Your next chapter may involve restoring momentum, attracting more valuable demand, improving guest spending, developing managers, or preparing the business for a transition in ownership.
KRG Stay exists because the business behind the property deserves the same attention as the physical asset. Positioning, guest experience, revenue strategy, operating systems, and leadership must work together to turn potential into sustainable performance.
Your property’s history gives it a foundation. The decisions you make next determine its relevance, resilience, and value.
“The future of independent hotels belongs to owners who turn distinctive guest experiences, disciplined operations, and clear positioning into lasting value.”
Our Approach to Independent Hotel Performance.
We connect hotel asset strategy, operational performance, guest experience, and financial accountability through one coordinated and actionable playbook.
While occupancy is one measure, we also examine average daily rate, revenue per available room, acquisition costs, total guest revenue management, departmental performance, and net operating income.
Our work moves from assessment to strategy and coaching, helping owners, investors, and operators set priorities, assign responsibility, and measure execution.
Positioning must influence pricing. Guest promises must influence service standards. Financial goals must influence daily decisions. The objective is stronger decisions across the business, with our mindset toward People, Processes, and Profit all working together.
Who Leads Your Engagement
Doug Radkey
Co-Founder + Principal Consultant
With more than 25 years of hospitality development and consulting experience, Doug leads KRG Stay’s strategic direction and oversees each engagement. He works with independent hotel owners to strengthen positioning, build effective operating systems, improve financial discipline, and deliver measurable profitability and long-term asset value.
Jennifer Radkey
Co-Founder + Mindset Coach
Jennifer is a Certified Life Coach with 15+ years of management experience and a background in mindset coaching. She works with hotel owners, managers, and leaders to strengthen clarity, confidence, accountability, and leadership skills, helping them lead healthier teams and build stronger, more resilient businesses.
David Klemt
Partner + Senior Consultant
David brings more than 20 years of hospitality operations experience, industry journalism, and professional study in hospitality and tourism. He works with independent hotel owners and operators to strengthen guest experiences, identify emerging trends, sharpen brand positioning, and keep their properties relevant, competitive, and memorable.
Specialist Hotel Expertise. One Connected Strategy.
KRG’s strategists lead the advisory relationship. When the scope requires it, independent specialists contribute hotel revenue management, distribution, property technology, design, branding, food and beverage, and other accommodation expertise.
These hand-chosen partners are external specialists engaged for defined needs. Their involvement, responsibilities, and commercial arrangements are clarified before any work begins with KRG Stay.
A More Relevant Property. A Stronger Business.
Your next chapter should create a clearer reason for guests to choose, return, and recommend your property. It should also give leadership stronger systems, ownership better visibility, and the business a more resilient path to sustainable profit.
That is the transformation KRG Stay works toward: a relevant, resilient, and profitable hospitality asset, supported by decisions the team can execute.
Who does KRG Stay work with? Owners, investors, and operators of already-operating independent hotels, motels, boutique properties, resorts, and small accommodation portfolios.
Frequently Asked Questions About KRG Stay
Is KRG Stay Separate from KRG Hospitality
No. KRG Stay is a specialist consulting and coaching practice operated by KRG Hospitality Inc., established in 2009. As part of KRG Collective, KRG Stay focuses on helping already-operating independent hotels, motels, and resorts improve profitability, operations, guest experience, and asset value. KRG Hospitality‘s core offering focuses on hospitality concept development and pre-opening strategy.
What Does KRG Stay Do?
Assessment, strategy, and coaching to align positioning, guest experience, revenue quality, operating systems, leadership, and profitability.
Who Delivers the Engagement?
An experienced KRG strategist, with Doug’s oversight and other KRG partners or independent specialists involved according to the agreed scope.
Where are Services Provided?
KRG Stay works with properties across Canada, the United States, Mexico, and select international markets. Let’s connect to discuss your market.