October, 2024

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The power of experience: how guest satisfaction can influence hotel pricing strategies

eHotelier

As consumers become more informed and online booking environments offer new levels of transparency, hotels will discover that positive guest experiences are not just beneficial—they are essential for maintaining pricing power.

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Brae and Sydney Opera House announce collaboration

Hospitality Magazine

Brae Owner and Executive Chef Dan Hunter is coming to the Sydney Opera House for a four-night special event. The head of the three-hatted Victorian restaurant will collaborate on the series with acclaimed chef and culinary director of the Sydney Opera House event venue, Danielle Alvarez. The event, ‘Harvest of Purpose’, will take place in the Sydney Opera House Yallamundi Rooms from Friday 17 January to Monday 20 January.

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Revolutionizing Restaurants: Embracing Tech Solutions in a Challenging Labor Market

Modern Restaurant Management

Just as some people have experienced “long COVID,” with symptoms lasting well beyond the initial infection, so too have some industries struggled to fully recover from the pandemic’s economic impact. The restaurant industry is a case in point, where employment has yet to climb back from pandemic-induced losses. According to the National Restaurant Association (NRA), as of October 2023 eating and drinking places were 14,000 jobs below their February 2020 level.

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Effective Strategies to Increase Hotel Customer Retention

Hotelogix

Customer retention in the hotel industry is a crucial aspect of maintaining profitability and fostering long-term relationships with guests. As competition intensifies, hotels must implement effective customer retention strategies to ensure that first-time visitors become loyal patrons. This blog explores the importance of customer retention, the factors influencing it, and the latest trends that affect retention rates in the hotel sector.

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Navigating Payroll Compliance: Future-Proofing Payroll in an Evolving Regulatory Landscape

Speaker: Jennifer Hill

Payroll compliance is a cornerstone of business success, yet for small and midsize businesses, it’s becoming increasingly challenging to navigate the ever-evolving landscape of federal, state, and local regulations. Mistakes can lead to costly penalties and operational disruptions, making it essential to adopt advanced solutions that ensure accuracy and efficiency.

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Standing Out in a Highly Competitive Job Market

Horizon Hospitality

The hospitality industry offers a dynamic and diverse range of career opportunities. However, with this variety comes significant competition. Popular roles often attract hundreds of applicants, many with similar qualifications and backgrounds. Read on for some top tips to capture the attention of hiring managers and secure your next role. Highlight Unique Skills While customer service, team management, and hospitality software proficiency are essential, showcasing unique skills can set you apar

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Latinx-Owned Bakeries Are Revamping the Concha

EATER

Beautiful pan dulce | Lille Allen Second-generation bakers are rethinking what pan dulce can be Mayra Sibrian had a deceptively simple goal when she started Pan de la Selva in Seattle. “I wanted to highlight different styles of pan dulce that reflected both my Mexican and Salvadoran backgrounds,” she says. The California native grew up eating conchas and pan dulce with her family, and thought there was a way to blend the traditions of her childhood with the flavors of her Pacific Northwest commu

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Australian butchers go for gold in Paris

Hospitality Magazine

Seven of Australia’s best butchers have been selected to form the Australian team to compete against the world’s best. The World Butchers’ Challenge (WBC) will see Australia compete against 14 other countries in Paris in March 2025. It is the world’s largest butchery competition. The event will see each country given three and a half hours to transform one side of beef, one side of pork, one whole lamb, and five chickens into a themed display of value-added products. “As one of the foundin

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Overlooked Traits When Hiring Restaurant Managers

Modern Restaurant Management

When hiring restaurant managers, qualities like organization skills, experience and leadership are always at top of mind. However, many traits exist that often go overlooked in the hiring process impacting the success of a restaurant. Here are three traits that often go overlooked when hiring management positions within restaurants. Adaptability Restaurants are known to be fast paced environments with many different situations happening at once on any given occasion.

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3 sustainable changes that attract younger generations to your hotel

eHotelier

Given how cognizant younger generations are of climate issues, ensuring your hotel has features that align with their environmental ethics can be engaging. Not to mention, it offers significant benefits to your business.

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How OTAs Ranking Work: You Could Be Killing Your Revenue!

Revenue Hub

When travel demand shrinks, you need more visibility. The OTAs, no matter how much you love/hate them, are the go-to channel for tapping into that visibility you so much need. NB: This is an article from DYB (Direct Your Bookings) Subscribe to our weekly newsletter and stay up to date The way your hotel ranks on those OTAs can make or break your visibility.

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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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Roni Rolls Still Fuel Appalachia

EATER

Pepperoni rolls from Rolling Pepperoni in Pittsburgh. | Rolling Pepperoni The pepperoni roll reigns supreme in West Virginia, western Pennsylvania, and the Rust Belt, but the unassuming dish is at home anywhere people appreciate greasy, salty meat stuffed in bread When I was growing up in western Pennsylvania, pepperoni-stuffed bread rolls sustained many families on the cheap.

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India’ Chokhi Dhani Group achieves major direct booking surge with STAAH

STAAH

In STAAH, the Indian hospitality group found a sophisticated system to help manage room types and yield rules, and boost direct revenue by 30%. Founded in 1990, Chokhi Dhani is an India-based hospitality brand having multiple resorts, hotels, and restaurants across the country and abroad including Jaipur, Jaisalmer, Indore, London, Dubai to name a few.

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Chris Lucas to open mega French dining destination

Hospitality Magazine

Chris Lucas is set to open his anticipated French restaurant Maison Bâtard next month after eight years in the making. The four-level French dining destination will include a late-night supper club in the basement, a restaurant spanning the ground and first floor, and a rooftop terrace. Lucas has drawn on decades working as a restaurateur and travelling through France to develop the restaurant.

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Mastering Worker Classification: Seven Essential Tips for Restaurant Owners

Modern Restaurant Management

Navigating the bustling world of the restaurant industry comes with its own set of challenges, and one critical area that often flies under the radar is worker classification. Understanding whether your staff are employees or independent contractors isn’t just about following the rules—it’s key to maintaining a fair, compliant and smoothly running establishment.

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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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Commandaria, the wine for kings – the king of wines

eHotelier

Commandaria is a sweet wine from the Island of Cyprus in Mediterranean and it is considered to be the oldest wine still in the making, recognized by the Guiness Book of world records.

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Hotel Pricing for Buyouts: How to Maximize Revenue with Groups

Revenue Hub

Hotel buyouts present a compelling business opportunity that delivers both financial stability and operational efficiency. NB: This is an article from Tripleseat Subscribe to our weekly newsletter and stay up to date When a single group books the entire property, hotels secure guaranteed revenue upfront, eliminating concerns about vacancy rates and providing predictable income streams.

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At Chicago’s Michelin-Starred Esmé, Art Is Interwoven Into Dinner

EATER

The Michelin-starred restaurant collaborates with a rotating cast of local Chicago artists Being told not to play with your food is a universal childhood experience, but the chefs at Chicago’s one Michelin-starred restaurant, Esmé, make it a priority. From the delicately braided cornmeal croissant to the clay pot poussin that arrives in a molded vessel shaped like a partridge, Esmé’s menu forms at the intersection of art and gastronomy.

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Destinations International Releases Industry Brief on Workforce Diversification and Retention in the Travel Industry

Hospitality Net

Destinations International (DI), the world’s leading association representing destination organizations and convention and visitors bureaus (CVBs), today issued an industry brief, “Addressing Workforce Diversification and Retention in the Travel Industry.” The brief highlights the importance of diverse talent attraction and succession planning in the industry and outlines commitments to accelerate progress.

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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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Find out all the winners of the ALIA 2024

Hospitality Magazine

Last night saw over 600 hospitality professionals gather at The Star Event Centre in Sydney for the 29th Australian Liquor Industry Awards (ALIA). The full list of winners and highly commended people, brands and venues can be seen below. ALIA is a peer, industry voted awards, so a big congratulations to all the finalists, highly commended and winners for being recognised as the best in Australia.

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Delivery Fraud: Fighting Scams to Protect Your Restaurant

Modern Restaurant Management

Restaurant operators need to be aware of a number of scams that food delivery apps are dealing with now including: Promotional abuse – Bad actors using advanced fraud technology to abuse promos like “15% off when you sign up” Driver fraud – Verified drivers doing things like renting out their accounts to illegitimate drivers or spoofing their location Collusion – Harder to spot because most of the fraud happens off the app but can include a person ordering food, the

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How to keep even the most challenging customers happy

eHotelier

Lets explore the implications of emotional intelligence in the customer journey and look at tips for improving the customer experience by improving EI in staff and management.

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The Travel Rate Debate: Selecting Dynamic vs. Fixed Hotel Pricing

Revenue Hub

There are certain questions to which the correct answer is almost always “both”. Wine or beer? Telecaster or Les Paul? Fixed or dynamic hotel rates? NB: This is an article from CWT Subscribe to our weekly newsletter and stay up to date With the hotel sourcing season well underway, many corporate travel and procurement teams are likely trying to figure out which hotel pricing model makes the most sense for their programs.

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Business Automation in Hospitality: A New World

Dive into the transformative potential of business automation within the hospitality sector. This comprehensive overview showcases how innovative technologies can streamline operations, reduce costs, and elevate guest satisfaction. Discover the advantages of integrating systems like automated check-ins, CRM, and energy management to not only save on expenses but also to provide a seamless and personalized guest experience.

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How Mexico City’s Panadería Rosetta Bakes Up to 500 Pan de Muerto Daily

EATER

For Día de Muertos, chef Elena Reygadas pulls out all the stops — including totomoxtle — at her beloved bakery Mexico City’s Panadería Rosetta may be widely known for its acclaimed rol de guayaba, or guava pastry, but when October hits, it’s all about the pan de muerto, or bread of the dead, which is prepared each Día de Muertos. Día de Muertos is a Mexican tradition celebrated each year on November 1 and 2.

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Percipia Releases Frequency PBX Video Calling for Hospitality Administrative Phones

Hospitality Net

Percipia, a leading provider of hospitality phone systems and enhanced guest room technology for hotels, resorts, casinos, and conference centers, announces the release of Frequency PBX Video Calling, a new feature that enables administrative staff to make video calls using the camera on their desk phones. This feature is designed to improve communication among staff, making it easier to complete operational tasks and collaborate remotely.

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How to build sales and loyalty with good news

Hospitality Magazine

Even with all the troubling headlines, your café or restaurant can be a source of good vibes and happy smiles. By focusing on the positives, you can gain more loyal customers and stand out from the larger chains. Let’s work on an action list… Introduce your team Staff are the centre of the action, so let customers get to know them. Create ‘meet the team’ posts on your website or social media platforms.

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Now Serving, The Biometrics Risk Evolution

Modern Restaurant Management

The Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (“BIPA”), 740 ILCS 14/1, et seq.—a statute regulating the collection of certain biometric data—has been a major driver of class action litigation in Illinois for nearly ten years. The constant evolution of technology is no doubt to credit. While the overwhelming bulk of the BIPA cases have been employment-related, focused primarily on time-keeping and security technology, new waves of consumer litigation have begun to crop up

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Planning Your Restaurant's Path to Profitability

Speaker: James Kahler, COO of Full Course

Ever wondered where to splurge and where to safely conserve when it comes to operating and growing your restaurant? 🤔 Join James Kahler, COO of Full Course and industry visionary, in this new webinar where he'll talk all about best practices to invest in your restaurant's success! Whether you're a new business or an established restaurant, a seasoned pro or a rookie, you'll learn the keys to sustainable success in this competitive industry.

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How modern gadgets are redefining senior adventures

eHotelier

Travelling is no longer just about the destination, it’s about the experience, and for today’s senior travellers, technology has become an indispensable part of the adventure.

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Hotel Digital Marketing Tips to Prepare for 2024-25 Ski Season

Revenue Hub

The 2024-25 ski season is approaching, and with a weaker La Niña pattern expected, ski resorts and hotels near the slopes are in for an unpredictable winter. NB: This is an article from gcommerce Subscribe to our weekly newsletter and stay up to date Cooler, wetter conditions up north and warmer, drier weather down south will mean varying snow levels.

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Dinner, With a Side of Climate Preaching

EATER

Restaurants hoping to make a positive impact on the climate face an enduring challenge: selling their ambitious goals to diners simply looking to have a good time This story was produced in partnership with Civil Eats. The “ PLNT Impact Tracker ” on PLNT Burger’s website wants you to think about what you’re eating. The tool from the East Coast vegan chain — a digital take on a split-flap mechanical display that appears on its website and in the chain’s ordering app — estimates the amounts of wat

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Latest News from Malaysia Hotel Industry October 2024

Soft Inn

The Malaysian hotel industry is currently facing challenges as many locals flocked to Thailand for holiday trips in the last month, September. This shift in travel patterns raises important questions about why travellers are choosing international destinations over local stays. Factors such as appealing travel deals, the allure of Thailand's vibrant culture and activities, and the ongoing interest in unique experiences are drawing attention away from Malaysia's own attractions.

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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.