Mon.Nov 27, 2023

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Seafood country of labelling to roll out across industry

Hospitality Magazine

Restaurants, cafes, and clubs will soon have to specify the origins of seafood on menus, with the government announcing new measures for the industry. The decision was made last week after a meeting of Consumer Affairs Ministers that has resulted in the introduction of the Australian-Imported-Mixed (AIM) model, which ensures consumers will know whether the seafood they’re eating is from Australia or overseas.

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Digital disruption: how hotels are embracing change

eHotelier

The strategic adoption of new technologies not only amplifies guest attraction but also catalyzes heightened revenue and a sustained competitive edge.

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In ‘Les Troisgros,’ a Restaurant Documentary That’s Well Worth Watching

EATER

Zipporah Films In “Menus-Plaisirs — Les Troisgros,” Frederick Wiseman turns his attention to fine dining at three-Michelin-starred restaurant Troisgros None of the cinematic tropes that have come to define today’s food documentaries — sweeping pans, glistening surfaces, a climactic symphony of strings — are present in Menus-Plaisirs — Les Troisgros , a spellbinding new four-hour documentary about the three-starred Michelin restaurant Troisgros.

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Brendan Wong is Hubert’s new executive chef

Hospitality Magazine

Sydney’s Restaurant Hubert has announced Brendan Wong as its new executive chef. Wong joins Swillhouse after time at Esca Group’s Lilymu and Merivale’s Mr. Wong, with the chef ushering in a new chapter for the French-leaning establishment. Having spent eight-plus years cooking Asian cuisine, guests can expect dishes that reference plates you’d see during Hubert’s early years.

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Less Stress, More Success: Accounting Best Practices & Processes for 2025

Speaker: Duke Heninger, Partner and Fractional CFO at Ampleo & Creator of CFO System

Are you ready to elevate your accounting processes for 2025? 🚀 Join us for an exclusive webinar led by Duke Heninger, a seasoned fractional CFO and CPA passionate about transforming back-office operations for finance teams. This session will cover critical best practices and process improvements tailored specifically for accounting professionals.

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Tiki’s New Fantasy Is Out of This World

EATER

With themes from outer space to “a tiki bar in hell,” today’s tropical bars are shedding the appropriative iconography of earlier eras to immerse us in entirely new, weirder worlds.

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Four Reasons AI Can’t Replace Hospitality Recruiters

Horizon Hospitality

As in every other industry, Artificial Intelligence has many hospitality recruiters on the edge of their seats. How can this technology be utilized? How will this technology change the industry? Will it replace certain roles? Our recruiting team has already discovered ways to leverage AI to research markets, build prospective candidate lists, efficiently catalogue candidate resumes, and streamline mundane administrative tasks.

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The 10 best plates of 2023

Hospitality Magazine

Like many of you reading this, eating my way across Sydney (and beyond) takes up a big part of the pie chart that is my life. A multi-course tasting menu and a steaming kimchi-jjigae are equally savoured in my books, so I thought I’d share some of the most memorable plates I’ve been fortunate enough to come across this year — 10 to be exact. Mumu’s abalone with concealed vermicelli noodles, Poetica’s oysters covered in piping-hot ’ndjua, and Porkfat’s Phuket curry are a few of the plates you rea

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Serviced apartments and the extended stay revolution

MEWS

It’s a very interesting time to run a serviced apartment or aparthotel brand. This type of blended accommodation sits right in the sweet spot of the demand for longer, more flexible stays and the emergence of technology that enables streamlined operations.

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Safeguarding Data: Concord Hospitality CIO on Preventing Cybercrime

Lodging Magazine

Unlike building security, cybersecurity is an area where criminals are continually finding new technological means to their ends. Thus, hotel operators must stay up to date on best practices to fend off data theft. “Cyber threats are continuously evolving,” said Brian Cornell, chief information officer at Concord Hospitality, which manages nearly 150 hotels.

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Food & Beverage Industry Report 2024

Driven by a diverse and exciting ecosystem of passionate, ambitious, and often young entrepreneurs, the Food & Beverage (F&B) sector is a highly competitive environment full of immense challenges and exciting opportunities. Expert Market’s 2024 industry report, sponsored by Toast, is informed by a survey of 522 U.S. food and beverage professionals, from restaurant owners to food service managers, providing insights into the real-time challenges and opportunities within the industry.

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Prioritizing Restaurant Maintenance – The Recipe for Long-Term Success  

Modern Restaurant Management

There are many factors that drive the bottom line for restaurants and properly managing maintenance is chief among them. Maintenance impacts multiple critical aspects of restaurant management and operations. Restaurant maintenance ensures technical difficulties don’t compromise food production and quality. Proper maintenance is also essential to customer satisfaction, retention, and word-of-mouth reputation building.

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Nutrition on the Go: Helping Guests Maintain a Healthy Lifestyle When Traveling

Lodging Magazine

Whether hitting the road on a new adventure or jetting off for a business venture, maintaining a healthy lifestyle is a priority that many of today’s travelers carry with them on their trips. One of the biggest focuses of these health-conscious travelers is nutrition. By understanding traveler preferences, hoteliers can help their guests maintain their healthy habits when traveling—improving satisfaction scores and building loyalty.

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Web Exclusive: Nipping guest complaints in the bud

Hotel Business

Most people love surprises, but not everyone, especially a hotel GM who has just found out a guest complaint after it’s become a crisis. Fortunately for many, including all hotels managed under National Hospitality Services (NHS) , a digital approach from Quore makes it so that a burst pipe in a guest’s room doesn’t burst a GM’s bubble. Kelly Haas, director of training and development, NHS, uses Quore’s software at all 40 of her company’s properties.

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Radisson Hotel Group further expands its portfolio in Nigeria

Hospitality Net

The hotel’s array of Scandinavian inspired accommodation will range from contemporary standard rooms to expansive executive suites, including a presidential suite.

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Why Every Small Business Needs an HCM Solution: A Comprehensive Guide

Managing HR tasks like payroll, compliance, and employee data can overwhelm small businesses. That’s where a Human Capital Management (HCM) solution comes in. Our eBook, Why Every Small Business Needs an HCM Solution: A Comprehensive Guide , shows how an HCM system automates tedious processes, ensuring your business stays compliant and efficient. You’ll learn how to simplify payroll, eliminate costly errors, and empower your employees with self-service tools.

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5 Doors Data Can Open for Hoteliers

Revenue Hub

Data is one of the most valuable assets for a hotelier looking to maximize business. It provides booking trends and guest preferences and can be applied across departments for more effective planning, from revenue management to marketing and distribution strategies, operations to staffing and more. Here are five ways that data can open doors for hoteliers.

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A brand-new Mercure hotel to open in Oradea

Hospitality Net

ACCOR, A LEADING GLOBAL HOSPITALITY GROUP, ANNOUNCES THE SIGNING OF A FRANCHISE AGREEMENT WITH LOCAL PARTNER GRAND HOTEL WEST, A FAMILY-OWNED HOTEL AND F&B BUSINESS. THE PARTNERSHIP WILL RESULT IN THE OPENING OF A NEW MERCURE HOTEL IN ORADEA IN EARLY 2026.

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When Dates Matter: Calendar-Centric Hotel Analytics

Revenue Hub

If you’re in the hospitality industry and want to understand how to interpret hotel data, this blog post is for you. We’ll explore the challenges, solutions, and wisdom gained through years of experience to help you make sense of what the numbers really mean. Our journey will take us through understanding the impact of weekends and holidays and how to adjust for seasonal fluctuations.

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Autograph Collection Hotels debuts in Hungary with the opening of Dorothea Hotel, Budapest

eHotelier

Autograph Collection Hotels, announces its debut in Hungary with the opening of Dorothea Hotel, Budapest, Autograph Collection. Housed across three historic buildings in Budapest’s iconic District V, the new hotel is named after Archduchess Dorothea, an influential character of the 1800s who brought significant cultural and economic development to the city alongside her spouse, Palatine Joseph.

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Best Practices to Streamline Compensation Management: A Foundation for Growth

Speaker: Joe Sharpe and James Carlson

Payroll optimization can be one of the most time-consuming and complex factors of small business management. Yet, organizations that crack the code on streamlining employee compensation often discover innovative avenues for growth. With the right strategies in place, outsourcing and streamlining payroll processes can result in substantial time and resource savings.

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Mobile Check-In Technology Enhancements Beyond Just Checking In

Larry Mogelonsky

The check-in experience is perennially under the microscope because first impressions are everything. When you consider the context of the guest that’s arriving – jetlagged, lower back pain from being crammed like sardines into an airplane, stressed from being in a foreign city – it makes sense to prioritize upgrading this aspect of the hotel stay, particularly when there are so many tech vendors who can help you solve the challenges of long lineups and disgruntled travelers who may not want to

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Alphonse Island elevates its experience with a new renovation

eHotelier

Alphonse Island, Seychelles, has undergone a programme of refurbishment and development that enhances its offering and reflects its dedication to eco-conscious travel. Unique among its peers, Alphonse Island offers the ultimate expression of blending indulgence and conservation in an idyllic Indian Ocean paradise.

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Asian countries lead in absolute RevPAR, while South America highlights recovery

Hospitality Net

STR’s global “bubble chart” update as of 11 November 2023 showed 79% of markets with growth in revenue per available room (RevPAR) compared to 2019. Different from the previous update, more markets outside of Europe have taken the top positions in recovery as winter approaches in the Northern Hemisphere.

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Shangri-la Tanjun Aru announces the appointment of new General Manager

eHotelier

Shangri-La Tanjung Aru, Kota Kinabalu, introduces Mr. Conor Hadlington as our newly appointed General Manager. With an illustrious career spanning the globe, encompassing the opulence of Asia, the allure of the Middle East, and the sophistication of the United States, Mr. Hadlington brings a wealth of international experience and a profound understanding of the unique demands inherent to luxury hotel brand management across diverse cultures.

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Pricing for Profit: How to Set, Negotiate, and Succeed

Speaker: Igli Laci, Strategic Finance Leader

In today’s competitive market, pricing is more than just a number — it’s the cornerstone of profitability. The right pricing strategy ensures that you capture the true value of your offering, paving the way for sustainable growth and long-term success. Join Igli Laci, Strategic Finance Leader, in this exclusive session where he will explore how a well-crafted pricing approach balances customer perception with business objectives, creating a powerful tool for securing both competitive advantage a

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Real Hospitality Group Expands Partnership with Stayntouch, Deploying Cloud PMS to Two New Properties

Hospitality Net

Stayntouch, a global leader in flexible cloud hotel property management systems (PMS) and guest-centric technology, has announced a significant expansion of its partnership with Real Hospitality Group (RHG), one of the fastest-growing hotel management companies in the United States, ranking in the top 15. RHG is furthering its collaboration with Stayntouch by implementing its intuitive cloud PMS system at two upscale New York properties — The Tillary Hotel Brooklyn and The FIDI Hotel in Manhatta

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Daniel van Wyk appointed General Manager at Hilton Doha The Pearl

eHotelier

Daniel van Wyk has been named as the new General Manager of Hilton Doha The Pearl. Boasting a distinguished career in the hospitality sector, Van Wyk brings a wealth of experience and a proven track record of success to his role at the upscale property.

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Premier Inn agrees pre-let lease for Leeds Kirkgate Market hotel

Hotel Owner

Whitbread has revealed that Premier Inn has been named as the proposed operator for a new hotel development at Leeds Kirkgate Market, as a pre-let lease has already been agreed. The news comes as Leeds City Council submitted a planning application in August for the scheme on the George Street side of the Grade I-listed market building. The group has had confirmation that the application will be considered by the council’s city plans panel at a meeting on Thursday 30 November.

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Andaz Hotels inspire travelers to be like no one’s watching through captivating global Andaz Campaign

eHotelier

Hyatt Hotels Corporation today announced Andaz, is encouraging imaginative travel through distinct, local experiences by unveiling its latest creative campaign Be Like No One’s Watching. Celebrating the brand’s mission to create unique havens for self-expression and individuality, this global marketing campaign recognizes the transformative potential of travel, calling on travelers to connect with their innermost curiosities and awaken to new experiences.

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Optimize Restaurant Operations With the Right Payroll & HCM Services

Running a restaurant involves juggling numerous tasks, but payroll and HR shouldn’t add to the stress. Our guide, "A Buyer’s Guide to Payroll & HCM Services," is tailored for the restaurant industry to help you choose the best provider. Efficient payroll services ensure timely, accurate payments, crucial for maintaining staff morale. Compliance support helps navigate labor laws and avoid costly fines.