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Encouraging employees to invest in the environment

eHotelier

A new study finds that optimising leadership might be more effective than compensation programmes in motivating employees to engage in green practices.

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Mark Best charts his experience on Netflix’s The Final Table

Hospitality Magazine

Mark Best talks international fandom, being part of a new school of competitive culinary programming and why The Final Table was one of the greatest experiences of his career so far. When Netflix announced The Final Table in August 2018, the streaming platform described it as “a global culinary competition show featuring the world’s most renowned chefs”.

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Florida High Court Gave Bars a Big Win, But There Are Additional Ways to Reduce Liability Risk  

Modern Restaurant Management

Owners of bars, taverns, restaurants and other establishments serving alcohol kept a close eye on a case before the Supreme Court of Florida this year. At issue was a $28.6 million jury verdict against a bar awarded to a young woman catastrophically injured when she was hit by a pickup truck driven by an underage 20-year-old who had been drinking at the bar.

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Restaurant Accounting: A Comprehensive Guide

7 Shifts

Restaurant accounting isn’t easy. It involves tracking massive amounts of real data and industry benchmarks. It even has its own language, KPIs, EBITDAs, and CoGs. Sounds complicated? That’s probably because you’re hearing most of these words for the first time. Learning basic accounting is like studying a different language, regardless of how many decades you have in the restaurant industry.

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From Payroll Pains to Growth Gains: Streamlining Payroll & HR for Success

Speaker: Joe Sharpe and James Carlson

In the world of small business management, the challenge of managing payroll & HR efficiently while scaling operations can be overwhelming. Yet, with the right strategies in place, these challenges can become opportunities for growth and innovation. In this session, Joe Sharpe, Senior Director of Managed Payroll Services at IRIS, will reveal practical methods and expert insights for outsourcing and streamlining payroll processes, resulting in substantial time and resource savings.

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How can your hotel ensure guests sleep well?

eHotelier

By focusing on sleep quality, hotels can greatly improve the guest experience and satisfied guests are more likely to return and recommend your hotel.

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Is it PSL Season Already?

Modern Restaurant Management

While the restaurant industry has been focused on value meals so far this summer, Pumpkin Spice Latte (PSL) season has snuck up on us with independent restaurants leading the orange-colored way. From May 15 to July 15, SpotOn saw 1,070 “pumpkin” items added to menus across the country, with a spike of 176 items added just between July 7 and 13 alone.

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Restaurant POS systems: 5 keys to choosing the best one for you

Fast Casual

Eran Hollander, chief product officer of HungerRush, reveals how the right restaurant POS system will optimize efficiency and profitability and increase customer satisfaction.

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Unlocking potential: the benefits of early career exploration in hospitality

eHotelier

Early career exploration in the hospitality industry is about more than just landing a job; it's about developing skills, finding a passion, and starting a rewarding career path.

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Hotels with Ancillary Revenue Streams Need a CDP Purpose-Built for Hospitality

Hospitality Net

What’s the keystone system that a hotel should build its tech ecosystem around? Up until now, the answer to this question was always the property management system (PMS). Without properly administered rooms inventory, you have nothing. That’s your core, and the rest can be plugged in or swapped out (albeit painstakingly) as integrations to the PMS would allow.

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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 Text Analysis Helps Restaurants Identify Customer Issues

Modern Restaurant Management

Restaurants receive huge amounts of feedback from customers — in survey responses, via social media, on review sites, and more. This unstructured feedback — text responses about your restaurant — holds valuable insights into what’s going right or wrong at your locations, all of which drives repeat visitors, retention, and loyalty.

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The New Face of Hospitality: Facial Recognition Set to Further Streamline the Guest Experience

Lodging Magazine

With the hospitality industry’s ongoing move to facilitate the guest journey through digitization and self-service, it’s natural that hoteliers should consider leveraging biometrics for check in/check out, including payment of the final bill. But the last few years have mainly seen elevated interest in this technology with relatively little adoption, according to Terry Schulenburg, VP, business development, CyberLink.

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The business case for appealing to hotel guests with disabilities

eHotelier

A significant customer cohort that has yet to be fully embraced at both operational and marketing levels are guests with disabilities. Substantial opportunities exist to upsell and cross-sell to capture more total revenue from this growing segment.

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Can gastronomy tourism be a recipe for economic growth?

Hospitality Net

“Come for the sights, stay for the bites.” “Count the memories, not the calories.” Those were two of the snappier soundbites from the stage in Cebu on 26 June. Although both elicited laughs from an audience of 500 tourism officials, travel operators and culinary professionals, the tone of the inaugural UN Tourism Regional Forum on Gastronomy Tourism for Asia Pacific was businesslike.

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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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What Restaurant Operators Need to Know About RFID

Modern Restaurant Management

In early 2022, Chipotle Mexican Grill began testing radio-frequency identification (RFID) technology to enhance its traceability and inventory systems at its Chicago distribution center and approximately 200 restaurants in the greater Chicago area, becoming one of the first major restaurant companies to leverage RFID case labels to track ingredients from suppliers to restaurants via serialization.

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A Daiquiri for Every Mood

EATER

The 24 best Daiquiri cocktail recipes, including the classic and the Hemingway Daiquiri, plus frozen, clarified and Campari-spiked riffs.

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Is your hotel breakfast an overlooked profit center? 

eHotelier

Breakfast can be a profit center from brand recognition, search engine visibility, and increased turnover and profitability.

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IHG’s luxury InterContinental brand returns to the Philippines at Hann Reserve

Hospitality Net

IHG Hotels & Resorts (IHG), one of the world’s leading hospitality companies, announces the return of InterContinental Hotels & Resorts - the world’s first and largest international luxury hotel brand - to the Philippines in a franchise agreement with Hann Philippines Inc., an emerging leader in the local luxury integrated resort (IR) sector with its Hann Resorts brand.

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Top 5 Ways to Optimize Your Loyalty Strategy

Speaker: Lauren Barash, Vice President, Brand Marketing

In an ever-evolving industry, building and retaining loyal customers is critical to the success of any restaurant business. Join Lauren Barash, VP of Brand Marketing at Full Course, as she delves into the world of restaurant loyalty programs, and reveals the top five essential strategies to optimize your approach! This webinar will explore: Loyalty trends and what you should be focusing on 📊 Actionable insights and ideas to help you develop the most powerful and effective loyalty program

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Understanding Legality of Non-Alcoholic and Cannabis-Infused Beverage Trends

Modern Restaurant Management

There has been a lot of fluidity in the beverage sphere over the past few years with the rise of mocktails and other nonalcoholic experience. In 2023, off-premise sales of non-alcoholic beer, wine, and spirits topped $565 million, according to NielsenIQ, which was a 35-percent increase in dollar sales from the prior year. Alternatively, there's been an uptick in the cannabis-infused beverages market – with the $2.04 billion market in 2023 projected to grow to $3.09 billion globally.

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The Pumpkin Spice Slurpee Nobody Asked For Arrives Today

EATER

The color is giving pee, not PSL. | 7-Eleven WYD, 7-Eleven??? Like every other basic millennial white woman of a certain age, I, too, cannot resist the allure of fall. I can’t wait for shorter days, cooler temperatures, and yes, delicious fall beverages tinged with warming spices. But that enthusiasm for all things autumn doesn’t include the new pumpkin spice Slurpee from 7-Eleven , which officially arrives in certain “top Slurpee drink markets” — including stores in Texas, California, New York,

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Luxury brands expand into new hospitality sectors beyond cafés and spas

eHotelier

The frontiers of how luxury can be experienced are being widened resulting in greater market presence and richer multisensorial experiences.

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Lodging Econometrics: Dallas Continues to Lead U.S. Construction Pipeline

Lodging Magazine

According to the recent Q2 2024 United States Construction Pipeline Trend Report from Lodging Econometrics (LE), at the close of the quarter, the five markets with the largest hotel construction pipelines were led by Dallas with 189 projects, just four projects shy of its record-high at the end of Q4 2023 and a new record-high 22,392 rooms. Atlanta followed with a record-high 159 projects/18,522 rooms, then the Inland Empire with a record-high 124 projects/12,569 rooms, […] The post Lodgin

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Win More in 2024: Your Guide to Restaurant Marketing Success

Your Guide to Restaurant Marketing Success Start maximizing ROI and doing more with less with Olo’s ultimate guide to restaurant marketing. In this guide: Strategies to level up in 4 key areas: data, audiences, content distribution, and loyalty Interactive checklists to help you track your progress throughout the year Tips for leveraging guest data across your entire business What you’ll learn: Level 1 | Beginner: Learn how to collect guest data, build a healthy subscriber list, launch personali

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MRM Research Roundup: Price Wars, Influencer Impact and No-Show Fees

Modern Restaurant Management

This edition of Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine's Research Roundup features news of LTO impact, influencer impact and no-show fees. Adjusting Priorities Restaurant365 released findings from its midyear industry survey. Restaurant leaders representing nearly 3,700 QSR, fast casual, casual dining, and fine dining locations shared 2024’s top challenges and opportunities alongside plans for investment in back-of-house technology, increased sales, and team training, benefits, an

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2028 Opening Planned For Andaz Jakarta Sudirman

Hospitality Net

Hyatt Hotels Corporation (NYSE: H) announced today that a Hyatt affiliate has entered into a management agreement with PT Central Sudirman Development, for the first Andaz hotel in Jakarta, Indonesia. Slated to open in early 2028, the hotel will be an integral part of Two Sudirman Jakarta, a mixed-use two-tower development poised to be amongst the tallest skyscrapers in the country.

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Radisson Hotel Group expands its presence in Egypt with the opening of Radisson Residences, Cairo Heliopolis

eHotelier

Radisson Hotel Group is proud to announce the opening of Radisson Residences, Cairo Heliopolis located in the heart of Egypt’s vibrant capital in the famous Heliopolis district and the first Radisson Residences in Cairo.

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Marriott lowers FY guidance as Q2 revenues dip to $6.44bn

Hotel Owner

Marriott International has lowered its full-year room revenue guidance after reporting revenues of $6.44bn (£5.03bn) in the second quarter, which fell slightly short of previous guidance of $6.51bn (£5.09bn). Nevertheless, group-wide RevPAR rose by 4.9% during Q2, with the US and Canada registering a rise of 3.9%, and other international markets a rise of 7.4% compared to the same period last year.

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No-Code Technology: The Key to Unlock the Future of Your Business

Global economies are reeling from recent upheavals—pandemic aftershocks, geopolitical conflicts, and a tech sector crunch. Mark Zuckerberg's 2023 "Year of Efficiency" ethos extends into 2024, with leaders seeking cost reductions without stunting growth. No-code technology emerges as a beacon of hope, fostering resilience and adaptability. Platforms like Make.com and Zapier empower even non-technical staff to automate and innovate, freeing IT for strategic tasks.