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Third-Party Delivery Service Management in the Age of COVID-19 – and Beyond

Modern Restaurant Management

While takeout and delivery revenue has more than tripled since 2014, reaching over $300B+ in 2019, demand for delivery services has skyrocketed as businesses shift to takeout and delivery-only models in response to COVID-19.

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MRM Research Roundup: Mid-August 2021 Edition

Modern Restaurant Management

Consumer spending at restaurants was up +32 percent in the April-May-June 2021 quarter compared to the same quarter last year, and for a pre-pandemic view, flat compared to the same quarter in 2019. Quick service restaurants (QSRs), representing 81 percent of restaurant visits in the U.S., foodservice industry. “The U.S.

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Beating the Labor Crunch: Outsourced Strategies Are Key

Modern Restaurant Management

Labor markets were tight in the years prior to the pandemic, with nearly a million restaurant and hospitality jobs going unfilled as recently as 2019 , when Forbes sounded the alarm that “the ultimate service industry is experiencing epic problems in finding people to work.”

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LEVA Hotels announces expansion in MENA

Boutique Hotel News

Founded in 2019, LEVA provides full-service management of third-party hotel assets. The group’s flagship property is the LEVA Mazaya Centre – Dubai and in 2021, took over management of Resivation, an upscale coliving property in Dubai’s Al Furjan development.

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MRM Research Roundup: QSR Update and What Feeds Us

Modern Restaurant Management

To accurately assess the underlying trends of restaurant performance, RMS compared 2021 sales and traffic to pre-pandemic 2019 data. percent over 2019, and average check increased by a remarkable 22.9 percent compared to 2019. On average, sales were up 8.1 Compare that to average net price, which was up 7.5

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Wyndham reports record-high rooms growth in ’23

Hotel Business

Comparing to 2019 to neutralize for COVID-impacted travel patterns, U.S. Compared to 2019, international RevPAR grew in fourth quarter and full-year by 44% and 36%, respectively, on a constant-currency basis. in full-year 2022, which included 40 cents per share from the select-service managed and owned hotels.

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What simple practices should M&E teams adopt to secure more bookings?

Hotel Owner

By 2019, she had become Meetings and Events Performance manager for IHG’s UK & Ireland Managed Portfolio, overseeing 19 hotels. In August 2021, Tawadrous joined BVA BDRC as client services manager, overseeing the day-to-day operations of Venue Verdict and a brand compliance audit program.

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