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Inspirational leaders: who they are and how can you become one?

eHotelier

Great leaders are all around us. They instill trust, motivate others, display honesty and integrity, get results, build relationships, and care about those around them personally and professionally.

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Gluten-free Mexican eatery debuts on Hardware Lane

Hospitality Magazine

The 100 per cent gluten-free Mexican eatery Hotel Nacional has swung open its doors on Hardware Lane in the Melbourne CBD. The five-level rooftop bar and restaurant is located in the former Campari House space and is the work of the operators behind Earlwood’s Repeat Offender and St Kilda’s Rufio. “We wanted to create a venue unlike anything else in the city.

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The Mille Club: Learning from a Luxury Airline

Larry Mogelonsky

Can hotels learn from an airline? Immediately, we suspect you may have said to yourself: unequivocally, no! And frankly, until a recent trip on Emirates Air, the two of us would have also been in the same camp. A recent trip changed that. For one of us (Larry), this was a trip to South Africa, Namibia and Mozambique over this past holiday season on Regent Seven Seas Cruises, which included return business class airfare to Cape Town.

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The Revolution of Loyalty: The Punch Card Goes Digital

Modern Restaurant Management

I’m an avid thrifter. I’ve visited almost every thrift store in my town — more than once. At checkout, I’m often handed a punch card alongside my receipt. We’re all familiar with punch cards; spend $100, get $10 free! But we’re also all familiar with the concept of forgetfulness. By the time I’ve purchased enough to get me to the $100 threshold (which for me, doesn’t take long), the long-forgotten punch card has already made its way to a trash can

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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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A Swiss resort showing the link between wellness, length of stay and revenue per guest

eHotelier

Optimizing length of stay (LOS) as a primary KPI not only boosts immediate revenues but also builds a loyal guest base, ensuring long-term business success.

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The Complicated Legacy of ‘Super Size Me’

EATER

Morgan Spurlock | FilmMagic, Inc The fuzzy line between the man Morgan Spurlock and his work results in a thorny legacy for the late, disgraced documentarian’s most influential film, Super Size Me , which turned 20 this year There’s an awkward scene toward the beginning of Super Size Me 2: Holy Chicken! — the unheralded sequel to the Oscar-nominated Super Size Me documentary — where Morgan Spurlock calls to inquire about procuring a bank loan to buy his own chicken farm.

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World Food Safety Day Roundtable

Modern Restaurant Management

There are approximately 48 million cases of foodborne illness annually – the equivalent of sickening one in six Americans each year, according to federal government estimates. Each year, these illnesses result in an estimated 128,000 hospitalizations and 3,000 deaths. The United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization and World Health Organization designated “Food Safety: Prepare for the Unexpected” as the theme for World Food Safety Day (June 7) 2024.

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Hilton set to double lifestyle portfolio to 700 hotels within next four years

eHotelier

With nearly 350 existing lifestyle hotels and another 350 expected to join the portfolio by 2028, Hilton is set to double its presence in the fast-growing lifestyle category in the next four years. The recent addition of Graduate Hotels and NoMad to Hilton’s portfolio, coupled with increasing guest and owner demand, has positioned the company to further accelerate lifestyle category growth.

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3 Tips for Hotel Emergency Planning Using Key Control

Lodging Magazine

No matter how stunning the views from a resort hotel or how convenient a location, all hotels are vulnerable to fire, power outages, weather-related natural disasters, and active intruder incidents. Preparing for disasters and emergency situations is crucial for hotel security teams. Having a solid emergency and disaster recovery plan helps to minimize operational disruptions with the aim of saving lives.

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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 World’s 50 Best Restaurants 2024: The Full List of Winners

EATER

World’s 50 Best Disfrutar in Barcelona takes the top spot, while Spain’s Asador Etxebarri and Paris’s Table by Bruno Verjus round out the top three The World’s 50 Best Restaurants List was announced tonight at an awards ceremony in Las Vegas, with Disfrutar in Barcelona, Spain, named to the top spot in the annual restaurant ranking. Rounding out the top five: Asador Etxebarri in Atxondo, Spain at No. 2; Table by Bruno Verjus in Paris at No. 3; Diverxo in Madrid at No. 4; and Maido in Lima at No.

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Net-Positive Dining at The Green Orchid

Modern Restaurant Management

The Green Orchid , a garden-to-table, fully solar-powered restaurant recently opened in Sarasota's Marie Selby Botanical Gardens, expects soon to be the world’s first net-positive energy restaurant, generating more energy than it consumes. Designed by Overland Partners and operated by Michaels On East, the eatery's seasonally inspired menu features produce from The Drs.

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IHG Hotels & Resorts heats up in Mexico, Latin America and the Caribbean with exciting openings and upcoming debuts across its luxury and lifestyle brands

eHotelier

IHG Hotels & Resorts (IHG), one of the world’s leading hotel companies, today celebrates its exceptional luxury and lifestyle growth in Mexico, Latin America and the Caribbean (MLAC). Already one of the largest luxury and lifestyle portfolios in the world, this expansion underscores IHG’s strategic focus, significant investment, and ambitious growth plans in the region for this important segment.

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A Lens on Labor: Growing Costs Remain a Setback for the U.S. Hotel Industry

Lodging Magazine

Although we are well into the new year, the global hotel industry is still facing many of the same struggles from years past, including staffing shortages. Those shortages are pushing hotels to increase pay and benefits to compete for available labor. When looking at the United States, average hourly earnings for employees in the leisure and hospitality sector are the highest they have ever been—averaging $23.37 in 2023 and hitting $23.86 in January 2024, according […] The post A Lens on L

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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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The 38 Essential Restaurants in La Paz, Bolivia

EATER

Home-style dishes at Phayawi. | Phayawi Chuleton steak on a buzzy parrilla, tasting menus at Noma co-founder Claus Meyer’s famed restaurant, beef skewers and stuffed fried potatoes at quintessential street vendors, and more of La Paz’s best meals La Paz is firing on all cylinders. The Bolivian capital, which sits pretty at 12,000 feet above sea level, lays out a spread of street foods like rellenos de papas (meat-stuffed fried potato balls) and jawitas (cheese-stuffed pastries sprinkled with spi

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The Art of Problem Resolution in the Restaurant Business

Modern Restaurant Management

In the dynamic world of the restaurant industry, challenges are inevitable, but what truly sets establishments apart is their approach to problem-solving. Rather than viewing guest complaints as obstacles, savvy restaurateurs recognize them as opportunities to foster long-term customer loyalty. The key lies in a proactive response that emphasizes active listening and a commitment to finding acceptable and reasonable solutions.

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Hyatt’s growth momentum continues with record global pipeline of 129,000 rooms

eHotelier

Hyatt Hotels Corporation highlighted today that its pipeline has grown by nearly 85 percent since 2017, reaching a record 129,000 rooms. This significant growth highlights the strong preference of hotel owners and the strength of the Hyatt brand. Hyatt’s commitment to creating the preferred portfolio for high-end guests has resulted in doubling luxury rooms, tripling resort rooms, and quintupling lifestyle rooms since 2017.

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Chatham Lodging Trust Acquires Home2 Suites by Hilton Phoenix Downtown

Lodging Magazine

WEST PALM BEACH, Florida—Chatham Lodging Trust announced that the company has acquired the recently opened, 148-room Home2 Suites by Hilton Phoenix Downtown for $43.3 million or approximately $293,000 per room. The institutional quality, six-story hotel sits in downtown Phoenix and includes the Fuller Paint Company Building that houses the hotel’s public spaces, including a food and beverage outlet.

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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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Taco Bell’s New Giant Cheez-It Is the Stuff of Fast Food Fever Dreams 

EATER

It’s weird, but it works. | Taco Bell The chain’s latest menu gimmicks are improbably good After a decade or so of writing about food, I am relatively immune to a fast-food gimmick. I no longer trust that a chain’s decision to make a sandwich that uses fried chicken instead of buns, a la the KFC Double Down , is actually going to be good. The key exception to this rule is Taco Bell, a chain that always seems to stick the landing when it comes to an absurd culinary mash-up.

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Creating a Restaurant Business Plan

Modern Restaurant Management

Learn the steps of crafting an effective restaurant business plan from Adam Guild, co-founder and CEO at Owner, an all-in-one platform for managing a restaurant's digital presence.

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Knowledge is power in the restaurant sector

eHotelier

Publicly disclosing information can have mixed outcomes for catering enterprises, new research shows.

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Expanded loan limits for hoteliers who go green

Hotel Business

By Kurt Chambliss In the ever-evolving hospitality industry, innovation and financial security is crucial for success. However, many hoteliers find themselves constrained by conventional financing options. Fortunately, there is a game changing solution: the Small Business Administration’s (SBA) 504 Loan Program. With the program, hoteliers can construct, purchase or refinance hotel facilities with only 15% down payment and a below-market rate, fixed for 25 years.

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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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The 25 Recipes to Make This Summer

EATER

The 25 best cocktail recipes to make this summer, from the ultimate frozen Margarita to a Piña Colada made with amaro and other easy drinks.

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A Pivotal Moment Regarding Sustainability for Restaurants

Modern Restaurant Management

It’s no great surprise to say QSR and fast casual restaurants can be considered among the most energy-intensive commercial building types making it increasingly challenging for operators to balance the goals of efficiency, profitability and sustainability. In order to reduce energy consumption and their carbon footprint in addition to realize savings, Craveworthy Brands is partnering with Budderfly.

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The essential guide to revenue management for hotel owners/operators, hotel managers and front desk managers

eHotelier

Here's an in-depth look at the benefits of revenue management for hotel leadership in non-revenue generating departments, including hotel owners/operators, hotel managers/GMs and front desk managers.

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How McDonald’s Managed Digital Transformation: a View From a Franchisee

Hospitality Net

Industries must adapt and innovate to stay competitive in an ever-evolving digital landscape. The food service sector is no exception. We sat down with Aris Gysel, a key figure in McDonald’s Switzerland, to discuss his experience steering the digital transformation of McDonald’s restaurants. In this interview, Aris shares his insights on digital ordering systems, the challenges of implementation, and the impact on customer experience and staff roles.

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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.