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STAAH expands its guest services portfolio with Welcome Pickups integration

STAAH

Contact your account manager to find out more. About Welcome Pickups Founded in 2015 in Athens, Greece, Welcome goes above and beyond the commoditized transfer service as the first company to deliver a holistic, in-destination travel experience.

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EasyHotel appoints new finance director

Hotel Owner

He started his career at Baker Tilly as an auditor in 2008, before joining the National Basketball Association as finance manager in 2012 to 2015. The other hires who join this month are Kay Pithwa, UK and Ireland financial controller, Sophie Ruelland, France and Spain financial controller and Fil Goralczyk, senior management accountant.

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Phoenix forecasted for second-highest hotel RevPAR in Super Bowl history

Hotel Business

more supply in the market, a unique volume of demand is forecasted to push occupancy slightly higher than Phoenix’s last host year in 2015 (93.7%). The overall Phoenix market comprises 544 hotels accounting for 70,488 rooms. Even with 11.7%

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Phoenix achieves second highest Super Bowl weekend ADR, RevPAR

Hotel Business

The market’s previous daily ADR records were recorded when Phoenix last hosted the Super Bowl in 2015. When comparing 2023 hotel performance to 2008 and 2015, nominal and inflation-adjusted ADR and RevPAR significantly outperformed previous host years. However, this year generated 5,200 more occupied hotel rooms than 2015.

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Yorkshire’s Gomersal Park Hotel and Spa for sale

Hotel Owner

Formerly owned by Leeds United legend John Charles, Gomersal Park Hotel has been expanded and transformed to also feature as a function and wedding venue, and a Dream Spa, which was built by the current owner, Michael Downs in 2015. There is also a well-stocked gymnasium and restaurant.

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Overheard at the 2024 James Beard Awards

EATER

A version of this post originally appeared on June 13, 2024, in Eater and Punch’s newsletter Pre Shift , a biweekly newsletter for the industry pro that sources first-person accounts from the bar and restaurant world. Subscribe now for more stories like this. The biggest celebration of the restaurant and bar industry in the U.S.,

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Restaurant Payment Fraud: Who Is Liable?

Modern Restaurant Management

This exposed restaurants to a much higher number of “card not present” transactions, which account for 80% of card fraud losses. On October 1, 2015, liability for fraud on Magstripe transactions shifted to the merchant , an event known as “the liability shift.”