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As American Express Acquires Tock, Who’s Winning the Reservation Wars?

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What you need to know about the state of the reservations systems today Tock is changing hands yet again: The reservations system founded by restaurateur Nick Kokonas in 2014 has been acquired by American Express for $400 million, the financial services company announced today.

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Go Magnum or Go Home

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And because producers tend to reserve the magnum treatment for the wines they consider worth celebrating, it’s usually a safe bet that the big bottles contain something special. Many focus on Champagne, although Fineman promises there are interesting options for bubbles at every price point.

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The Best Canned Wines to Drink on Those Particularly Warm Days

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Cameron winemaker John Paul is well-regarded in the Pacific Northwest for bridging an old-school French approach to Pinot Noir with a natural wine ethos, resulting in startlingly serious and reflective red and white wines capable of fetching high prices, and aging for decades.

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“The office in your pocket”: SiteMinder and 3RPMS transform everyday operations at Hotel Hirsch 1783

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When Peter Schöllhorn took over the charming inn from his parents in 2004, he and his family lovingly renovated it. Here the price to performance ratio is just right. I always had to enter the prices twice and sometimes it was a real mess. And that is very important for us. I don’t have to do any additional work.

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IHM’s topsy-turvy Z-A: What to expect in hospitality and real estate in 2023

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A good example of this was the ill-fated ‘mini budget’ announced by then-UK chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng, which saw not only billions wiped off UK share prices, but a sharp drop in the value of the pound compared with the dollar and the euro. The group was established in 1997 and later became part of Dubai Holding in 2004.

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A Highly Specific Guide to Barcelona’s Best Tasting Menus

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Netflix began streaming the same kind of dramatically scored food worship for sidewalk noodles that it once reserved for white-gloved haute cuisine , and more than one publication officially declared the death of fine dining , or sees its demise coming. This trend has become especially true in travel — and rightfully so. Monica Burton.

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Blue Hill at Stone Barns Tells a Beautiful Story. Former Employees Say It’s Too Good to Be True.

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The Stone Barns Center for Food and Agriculture, a nonprofit regenerative farm and educational center, opened in 2004 on the site of a former dairy farm. For a number of other former employees, what Blue Hill at Stone Barns offered wasn’t worth the price. Amy Huo started in 2016 as an unpaid extern.