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Sydney is set to welcome a new restaurant tomorrow from Plate It Forward Hospitality Group, with Kolkata Social opening its doors on Newtown’s King Street. The restaurant has snagged top talent Ahana Dutt as its head chef, who spent several years working alongside Lennox Hastie at Firedoor. The opportunity to lead the new venue was a fortuitous event for the chef, who grew up in Kolkata and departed Raja in Potts Point last year after its closure.
The best way to come to grips with artificial intelligence (AI) for spa and wellness is through the phrase technology-adjacent therapies. That is, for our industry where human-to-human contact is ever-so-centric to guest satisfaction, its not that automation will supplant practitioners but that these contemporary tools will offset the undesirable, repetitive tasks to augment the experience.
Maestro Hospitality (run by Anna and Alessandro Pavoni) and business partner Bill Drakopolous (Sydney Restaurants Group) have purchased the iconic Marie Louise Salon on Enmore Road in Sydney’s Inner West. The two forces are the new custodians of the heritage-listed site which was previously home to Bar Louise, operated by Paisano & Daughters, which decided to sell the venue and focus on its string of new openings on Australia Street in Newtown.
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For hoteliers, balancing group and transient bookings is a constant challenge. Both segments offer unique advantages and play crucial roles in a hotel’s revenue strategy. NB: This is an article from Duetto Subscribe to our weekly newsletter and stay up to date But which one is better? The answer depends on factors like occupancy goals, revenue management strategies, and market conditions.
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For hoteliers, balancing group and transient bookings is a constant challenge. Both segments offer unique advantages and play crucial roles in a hotel’s revenue strategy. NB: This is an article from Duetto Subscribe to our weekly newsletter and stay up to date But which one is better? The answer depends on factors like occupancy goals, revenue management strategies, and market conditions.
Growing restaurant brand Light Years is heading to Perth for the first time, with its latest eatery to join Arcade Agency’s portfolio of Light Years restaurants located in Byron Bay, Noosa, Newcastle, Burleigh Heads, and the Gold Coast. Co-Owners Kim Stephen, James Sutherland and Robbie Oijvall have snapped up a heritage-listed building on William Street, which is part of a Cbus Property precinct.
Blue Diamond Resorts is set to turn heads and set pulses racing as it redefines all-inclusive hospitality in Barbados. As of today, Royalton CHIC Barbados, An Autograph Collection All-Inclusive Resort - Adults Only, is officially open for bookings, gearing up for a spectacular debut in Spring 2026. Nestled along Barbados glamorous Gold Coast, this stylish lifestyle resort is designed for trendsetters who crave excitement and sophistication in equal measure.
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My career has always been rooted in the architecture and design industry, but my focus shifted toward hospitality in 2018 when I accepted a position with an Italian company developing hotels in the United States. The post Where Creativity Meets Opportunity appeared first on LODGING Magazine.
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Cellar Rat is on sale March 25. | Photo illustration by Lille Allen; see below for additional credits Hannah Selingers new memoir reflects on her years spent working at restaurants like Momofuku and Jean-Georges In 2020, the writer and former sommelier Hannah Selinger wrote a review for Eater of Dave Changs memoir, Eat a Peach. In it, Selinger reflects on her brief time as the beverage director of the fledgling Momofuku in 2008 a position in which she experienced, as she wrote, the roiling, red
Are you ready to transform your hotels group business? Todays corporate planners are demanding more than just standard meeting rooms and beds. And social travelers are seeking more personalization than ever. NB: This is an article from Tripleseat Subscribe to our weekly newsletter and stay up to date Groups are looking for immersive, holistic experiences paired with distinctive extras that set hotels apart.
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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Maison Mtier and The Barnett, two New Orleans properties located adjacent to one another have officially joined the World of Hyatt loyalty program and respective Hyatt brands. Maison Mtier, after a rebrand and refresh, is entering The Unbound Collection as part of Hyatt’s luxury group. Simultaneously, The Barnett, which has undergone extensive renovations and reimagining, has joined JdV by Hyatt.
CHATTANOOGA, TennesseeVision Hospitality Group announced that the company expects to grow in 2025, with plans to open five new hotels, break ground on four hotels, and complete renovations on four others. Additionally, the company announced that it has begun seeking strategic partnerships with other hotel ownership groups. 2024 was particularly active for Vision, with strong strategic growth across our ownership and development divisions, said Mitch I.
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Starting in December 2024, leading up to some of the busiest travel days, Microsoft Threat Intelligence identified a phishing campaign that impersonates online travel agency Booking.com and targets organizations in the hospitality industry. The campaign uses a social engineering technique called ClickFix to deliver multiple credential-stealing malware in order to conduct financial fraud and theft.
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