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Radisson Hotel Group joins the GSTC

Hotel Owner

Inge Huijbrechts, global senior VP of sustainability, security and corporate communication at Radisson, said: “We believe the best way to achieve concrete results and move the industry on the path to Net Zero by 2050 is to work alongside global partners and industry bodies, such as the GSTC. .

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Why Do All Chefs Cross Their Arms in Photos?

EATER

Jean-Georges Vongerichten, a master of the crossed arms look, in 2007. But the stance also communicates something less savory to the viewer. Tiffany Leigh is a BIPOC freelance journalist with degrees in communications and business. David Chang and Christina Tosi do it. Aren’t we all just nervous kids on class picture day?

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Why Cali BBQ is a Digital-First Restaurant

7 Shifts

Mine happened when I realized social media wasn’t about meeting new people — it was about communicating in a brand new way. I remember teasing San Diego Charger Lew Bush at a catering event in 2007 because he told me he was going to stand in line for the first iPhone. Ovation lets our customers communicate with us.

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Eight Ways Restaurants Can Prepare for a New Normal 

Modern Restaurant Management

Senior Director of Communications at Upserve Amber van Moessner spoke about take-out operations being useful for some restaurants in the longer term. The pandemic has encouraged many restaurants who had not considered take-out to start offering it. Mixt Greens Yerba Buena ©Eric Rorer.

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Matthias Schmidt, between real life examples and creativity, the right balance

Les Roches

In 2007 I moved to Hong Kong working for ZUMA, which nowadays is a very well-known Japanese contemporary cuisine dining concept. Patience, empathy, good communication skills, problem solving, be open to feedback and showing initiative are values which are needed in hotel management. Understand other cultures.

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Restaurant Experts’ 2021 Outlook, Part One

Modern Restaurant Management

Brands are now realizing they can no longer rely on paid media and traditional methods of communicating with customers. Online brands like Amazon long ago discovered the tremendous value of owning first-party data and being able to communicate easily and personalize messages and offers to customers.

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A history lesson in revenue management and the top challenge facing today’s hotels

SiteMinder

Eventually, revenue management transformed into a more proactive discipline in the 2000s, prompted by the global economic crises that defined the decade. “The dot.com bubble burst in 2000, the housing bubble burst in 2007 and companies like Lehman Brothers collapsed.