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How Generative AI is transforming travel marketing

eHotelier

Here is a closer look at how generative AI will impact travel marketing along with examples of its potential applications in hotels, destinations, restaurants, cruise companies and airlines.

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Sustainability in the hospitality industry and the most in-demand jobs

EHL Insights

As the world becomes more environmentally conscious, the hospitality and tourism industry is no exception. Sustainability in the hospitality industry is becoming increasingly important, and EHL Passugg recognizes this movement by offering a Sustainable Management major. Swiss Professional Degree graduates with this specialization have a wealth of career opportunities available to them.

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Single employees in the hotel industry

eHotelier

The hospitality workforce is increasingly home to single childless workers. The time has come to address their needs, prompting organisations to create more supportive environments for employees, whilst also boosting hotel outcomes.

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Rixos debuts in Montenegro

Boutique Hotel News

Montenegro: The all-inclusive resort brand Rixos Hotels has debuted in Montenegro with the opening of The Heritage Grand Perast. A UNESCO World Heritage Site, The Heritage Grand Perast has been fully renovated over the last two years and reopened last month. The hotel is housed in an 18th century palace and is comprised of four buildings – Smekja, Jadran, Grado, and Teodo, overlooking the Bay of Kotor.

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

Speaker: Amanda Adams, Fractional CFO, CPA

Are you ready to elevate your accounting processes for 2025? 🚀 Join us for an exclusive webinar led by Amanda Adams, 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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Sustainability tips and eco inspiration

Hospitality Magazine

Whether it’s in the kitchen or behind the bar, reducing a venue’s environmental footprint is front of mind for many hospitality workers. While it’s not easy to know where to start, there’s no better place to look than to the people who have built their businesses on doing their bit for the environment. Hospitality speaks to Dennis Yong from Parcs, Jo Barrett from Little Pickett and Luke Whearty from Byrdi about taking a multipronged approach to sustainability from utilising food scraps and

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Why prioritizing employee development has the best ROI for owners too

eHotelier

It is a fact that hotels that looked after their staff as best they could during Covid are having the least trouble getting staff back and finding new hires. People talk and they know who to work for and who to stay away from.

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Restaurants Under Attack from Cybercriminals: How to Protect Your Business

Modern Restaurant Management

As the restaurant industry becomes more reliant on technology, the risk of cyber attacks is rising. Cybercriminals are increasingly targeting restaurants, seeking to steal sensitive customer data and disrupt business operations. One study found that in 2016, the food and beverage industry accounted for ten percent of all data breaches. While many restaurant owners may not think they need to worry about cyber attacks, the reality is that no business is immune.

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MasterChef Australia to air on Sunday

Hospitality Magazine

Network 10 has confirmed series 15 of MasterChef Australia will air on Sunday this week. The network postponed the 1 May premiere after news broke Jock Zonfrillo had sadly passed away on Monday. MasterChef Australia posted a statement on social media yesterday that reads: “with the full support of Jock Zonfrillo’s family, MasterChef Australia will air at 7.30pm on Sunday 7 May. “ MasterChef Australia Judge Jock Zonfrillo took great pride in challenging and coaching the contesta

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Visualizing new ways to protect sharks with data and analytics

SAS

Where do hammerhead sharks go at night? And perhaps more importantly, why? Research Scientist and Professor Alex Hearn of the Galapagos Science Center hoped that a team of SAS analytics volunteers would be able to answer that by analyzing data he has collected over nearly two decades. The project is [.

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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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The Mille Club: the upside of crossing four digits in rate

eHotelier

Knowing how far to throttle up rate is still a bit of an art form but in 2023 there is a plethora of revenue management and business intelligence tools that can help you to accurately forecast where this upper limit will be.

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Moms First: US Restaurants Can Level Up their Game with Payments this Mother’s Day

Modern Restaurant Management

In 2023, it is estimated that 87 million Americans will dine out on Mother’s Day. This is great news for restaurants, but they should also be prepared for an influx of customers coming with their most special guests, and expecting nothing but a prime customer experience that will pamper their mothers. In this article, we’ll look at how payments technology has evolved over the last few years and became an important ally for restaurants that want to level up their customer experience a

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Thank God, Veggie Burgers With Actual Vegetables Are Making a Comeback

EATER

This veggie burger is made with mushrooms, sweet potatoes, carrots, farro, and quinoa. | Shake Shack After the rise of fake meat, Shake Shack’s new mushroom-and-quinoa patty suggests a return to good old veggie burgers With the rise of Impossible and Beyond burgers, the veggie burger has been in a bit of an existential crisis on American menus lately, as restaurants (and fast food chains in particular) quickly — and, for some, controversially — adopted the new products.

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Ennismore founder to open Estelle Manor in Oxfordshire

Hotel Owner

The founder of Ennismore, Sharan Pasricha, is to open a hotel and private members’ club Estelle Manor in Oxfordshire this spring. The property, formerly known as Eynsham Hall country house hotel, was purchased by Ennismore, the owner of Gleneagles in Auchterarder and the Hoxton hotel brand, in 2018. Pasricha has launched both Estelle Manor and its “sister property,” Maison Estelle, which are run separately from the Ennismore business.

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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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Scott McArdle appointed General Manager at Alaia Belize Autograph Collection in Ambergris

eHotelier

Alaia Belize Autograph Collection, one of the largest waterfront resorts on the principal island of Belize, announced seasoned professional Scott McArdle as its new general manager. In his new role, McArdle will be responsible for daily operations at the hotel to assure optimum performance, guest satisfaction, and that the property upholds the high-quality standards of the Marriott brand.

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How to Conduct a Successful Restaurant Audit

Modern Restaurant Management

An audit can also be a powerful tool that can help you improve the financial health and profitabilit y of your restaurant. Conducting a successful one can help you figure out where your business could use a little improvement. By identifying any weak spots, you can make necessary adjustments that can set you up for long-term success. How to Conduct a Successful Restaurant Audit First, take stock of the following areas of your restaurant business: Cleaning and Sanitation It’s difficult to o

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Tanara’s So Creative

EATER

Tanara Mallory’s videos have garnered millions of views. TikTok star Tanara Mallory knows grotesque viral food videos are a joke. Luckily, she’s writing the punch lines. There’s no shortage of out-there cooking videos on the internet: Just scrolling through TikTok you can find recipes that range from the inedible to the plain baffling. Thankfully, though, there’s now a voice of humorous reason to help us make sense of it all: Tanara Mallory.

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Novotel in Milton Keynes brought to market

Hotel Owner

The Novotel in Milton Keynes has been brought to market, with a price available upon application. The three-star rated hotel in Milton Keynes city centre features “extensive” conferencing and leisure facilities, as well as 124 en-suite bedrooms, a gym, bar and a 75 cover restaurant. It is said to provide “excellent” transport links which “attracts an array of leisure and corporate guests”, as it is less than a 10-minute drive to the M1 motorway and Milton Keynes train station, connecting visitor

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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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How to make salespeople in hotels more productive

eHotelier

The general manager must remove three significant obstacles that make it difficult for hotel salespeople to sell.

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How SAS helps Galapagos researchers learn more about phytoplankton populations

SAS

Sometimes the smallest creatures can have the biggest impact. Think, for example, of how often you hear about people’s gut microbiomes and their outsized impact on overall health. Now zoom out to a much larger ecosystem and you'll have an idea of what a team of SAS analytics volunteers was [.

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Easy Ways to Spruce Up Your Hotel’s Website

Revfine

Have you ever seen a great deal online and hesitated once you reached the seller’s website? Most of us spend a lot of time on the Internet, and we develop a sense of which websites are legitimate and which aren’t. Most people are reluctant to spend their money on a website that looks old and The post Easy Ways to Spruce Up Your Hotel’s Website appeared first on Revfine.com.

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Must Start Somewhere: Sourcing the Next Big Ideas in Lodging Tech

Lodging Magazine

Ambitious entrepreneurs in lodging technology innovation are motivated by a passion to improve the industry, companies, people, and maybe even the world. Driven by a desire to succeed, they work tirelessly to secure the funding, backing, and press necessary to transform their fledgling idea into a thriving business operation. But how do these ideas start?

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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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WTTC: U.S. travel & tourism to reach record high this year

Hotel Business

The World Travel & Tourism Council ’s (WTTC) 2023 Economic Impact Research (EIR) has revealed that the U.S. travel & tourism sector is forecast to exceed the 2019 peak this year. The sector is set to contribute $2.24 trillion to the U.S. economy this year, surpassing the 2019 pre-pandemic high of $2.17 trillion. WTTC is also forecasting that the sector will create more than 1.2 million jobs this year, recovering almost all of the jobs lost due to the COVID-19 pandemic to reach 17.4 milli

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You may never eat inside a fast food restaurant again

EATER

A growing number of fast food chains are experimenting with seatless locations with only takeout or drive-thru options. | Getty Images/iStockphoto As diners increasingly turn to delivery, the future of fast food may be one with no human interaction at all. There was a time when your local McDonald’s was the ideal spot for a 6-year-old’s birthday party.

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10 Smart Hotel Cost Control Ideas to Save Money

Xotels

Inflation, labour issues, and rising cost to meet the needs of an increasingly tech-savvy and sophisticated guest journey. Is there anything more pressing on the minds of hoteliers, preventing them from having sleepless nights thinking about how to bring down their hotel`s cost and keep their business afloat? With an ever-increasing amount of cost-associated challenges in our industry, this topic couldn’t have been addressed at a better time.

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The Power of Personalization

Lodging Magazine

According to a 2021 McKinsey & Company report, companies who excel at personalization generate 40 percent more revenue from those activities than companies who are merely average in that key area. The hospitality experience is particularly suited to customization, and hoteliers can certainly benefit from excelling in catering to guests’ individual preferences.

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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.