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More Restaurants Are Turning to Voice Tech: Here Are Three Reasons Why

Modern Restaurant Management

Technology has been a great help during these testing times and, in particular, more and more restaurateurs have been turning to conversational voice AI ordering systems to help them meet —and increase— their orders with the resources they have available. When it’s designed for a specific use case (like restaurants), voice technology is actually pretty straightforward to deploy.

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20 Restaurant Skills You'll Quickly Learn on the Job (Updated)

7 Shifts

Working in a restaurant is something more than 11 million people in the United States do. It's one of the most hands-on jobs you can have - and equips employees with an abundance of restaurant skills as a result. Like any job, a restaurant job teaches skills and processes you can put on your resume in addition to soft skills that make you both a better worker and a more well-rounded person.

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The Great Food Instagram Vibe Shift

EATER

The food blogger aesthetic has given way to something more realistic and DIY: Laissez-faire Instagram food is here For a long time, food looked one way on Instagram. It was the look of crisp, pristinely lit plates seen from above, with sprigs of herbs strewn to appear haphazard, despite the tedious work of styling tweezers; stacks of pancakes and cookies shot at exactly the correct angle to show a blur of eggs, old-timey glass bottles of milk, and an “accidental” dusting of flour in the backgrou

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IoH secures funding for EDI industry role

Boutique Hotel News

UK: The Institute for Hospitality (IoH) has secured funding from Savoy Educational Trust (SET) to employ an equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI) specialist for the global hospitality sector. The role will help the hospitality industry attract talent from a diverse talent pool, including LGBTQ+, neurodiversity, supporting people from disadvantaged backgrounds, gender reassignment, age, disability, religious beliefs and other important groups.

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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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Leverage Technology that Streamlines Your Back-Office Work

Modern Restaurant Management

You became a manager to build an effective team and connect with your guests. You envisioned leading your staff as they created amazing experiences for everyone that steps foot into your restaurant. But you didn't sign up for all the time-consuming back-office work. Behind the scenes, managers spend countless hours dealing with tip distributions, creating weekly schedules in spreadsheets, and doing the dreaded payroll twice a month.

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How Technology Can Help Incorporate Sustainability into the Hotel Business

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Boutique is best for ethical travel

Boutique Hotel News

Giles Fuchs, owner of Burgh Island Hotel, highlights why boutique hotels are in a favourable position to welcome travellers that seek ethical experiences. Tourists increasingly want to travel ethically, from finding alternatives to flying, to organising their time around morally sound activities. But for hospitality businesses, it isn’t always easy to measure the ethics of your offering.

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Tips for Handling Aggressive Restaurant Customers

Modern Restaurant Management

No matter how excellent your customer service is, you will always encounter the occasional aggressive customer. You cannot avoid them; sooner or later, you will encounter them. If you've worked in the hospitality industry, you've already had to deal with an aggressive customer or two. Customer satisfaction is always the top priority in the hospitality and restaurant industry, so it's essential to know how to handle aggressive customers in a way that will diffuse the situation and lea

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How Mews is helping the unemployed into hospitality | Mews CSR

MEWS

At Mews, we have three CSR (corporate social responsibility) goals. One of them is helping the homeless and displaced , and we’ve already written about tackling climate action. Today, we’re talking about furthering knowledge and education.

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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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4 Reasons Why Your Hotels Should Use Self-Check-in Kiosk

Soft Inn

The self-check-in kiosk is not a new concept, yet becoming a popular trend before 2021. Now it started to be embraced by hotel industries worldwide after the hit of the Covid-19 pandemic. Besides that, hotel guests are now becoming more aware of contactless service. This is proven based on the research run by students in UTEM, Malaysia, 93.7% of customers preferred a contactless check-in after the Covid-19 pandemic for their safety and convenience.

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Celebrity Chefs Flocked to This Food Nonprofit. But Employees Allege It Was Plagued by Inappropriate Behavior and Mismanagement.

EATER

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Three Ways QR Codes Alleviate Economic Downturn Stresses in the Restaurant Industry

Modern Restaurant Management

Restaurants are bracing themselves for the effects of an economic downturn. Roughly 43 percent of restaurant operators believe economic conditions will worsen in the coming months. They worry because rising food costs and inflation go hand-in-hand. The rising expense of food and supplies is trending ahead of inflation rates causing restaurant margins to plummet.

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Point of sale (POS) for inventory management

MEWS

POS inventory management is the process of using a point of sale system to successfully manage supply. In the case of hotels, you can use the POS to help you keep track of stock levels on cleaning and office supplies, any supplies relating to maintenance, food and beverage, and any other supply-chain-related matter that ensures the proper running of your hotel, along with ancillary services.

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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 meaning of 'hospitality' according to an airline company

EHL Insights

Whenever we think about hospitality, hotels are usually the first thing that comes to mind. During our 6-month mandate as Ambassadors of Swiss International Air Lines, we wanted to broaden our understanding of the meaning of hospitality according to the aviation industry. What better way of finding out than directly going to the field and being surrounded by professionals in the sector?

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The Biggest Restaurant Makeover in New York City

EATER

How the owners behind HAGS turned a famous — and famously dark and cramped — Momofuku space into a colorful restaurant that’s decidedly queer My first time walking into HAGS, a queer fine dining destination in the East Village, I thought I would be flooded with memories. I thought it would be obvious what it had been, the bones of its previous life pushing through the skin of its walls.

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QSRs Invest in Esports (Infographic)

Modern Restaurant Management

More than 30 QSR brands have nearly three Esports sponsorship deals on average, while 10 have five or more, according to SponsorUnited’s a “ QSR and Esports Sponsorship Snapshot.” The report notes that as Esports popularity grows, QSR brands are investing in the space through sponsorships. For the report, SponsorUnited's platform identified 47 active QSR brands buying sponsorships or media. “As the fandom in Esports continues to grow, QSR brands have been leaders in s

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What is POS transaction in the hospitality industry?

MEWS

You may be wondering: what is a POS transaction and how does it work in the hospitality industry? POS stands for point of sale and it’s used to charge guests throughout their stay at your hotel. Not only does it improve the guest experience by allowing payments to be made electronically from anywhere on the hotel premises, but it also helps hoteliers keep better track of sales in order to optimize and improve the customer journey as well as your bottom line.

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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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Raines Expands Third-Party Management Business in the Southeastern United States

Industry Insights Lodging Magazine

Since announcing its rebrand in March 2021, Raines, a hospitality management, development, and?investment?group that operates in the Southeastern United States, remains focused on growing its third-party management business in the region. The company recently added its first property in Florida and sixth managed hotel: the Fairfield Inn & Suites by Marriott Pensacola West I-10, owned by Season 21, LLC.

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A Glorious Browned Butter Skillet Fig Cake Recipe to Welcome Early Fall

EATER

Dina Ávila/Eater. The deep, nutty flavor of browned butter makes a perfect companion for the fresh figs that are still in season Growing up, the only time I ate figs was when my father brought home a package of Fig Newtons, his favorite grocery store cookies. Occasionally, he would come home, look at me wordlessly and crinkle the plastic wrap that encased our beloved treat, and I would follow him to the kitchen counter where we would sit, eating row after row of the fig-filled cookies.

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The Power of Pumpkin

Modern Restaurant Management

Fall has just begun, but pumpkin has already been spicing up menus and bringing in customers across the U.S. According to There’s Somethin’ About Pumpkin , from by foot traffic analytics firm Placer.ai, Dunkin’ and Starbucks both experienced boosts when they debuted fall-menu items this year. The report found that in 2019, 2021, and 2022, visits to the chains spiked in correlation with the releases.

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Digital ordering systems for hotel restaurants

MEWS

Digital ordering , once considered the wave of the future, is now firmly here to stay. This is good news because it’s a win-win for all parties concerned. Hoteliers will be able to generate clearer guest profiles, allowing them to better optimize the guest experience, while guests will be able to take the hospitality journey into their own hands, deciding when to order and pay, and how to pay.

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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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How Tech Innovations Prime Mr. Pickle’s for Explosive Growth

Fast Casual

In this fastcasual.com fireside chat, Chris Schefler, director of brand management of Mr. Pickles, will explore some of the top innovations that the industry is encountering and the increased demand for a fully integrated tech stack that supports franchise reporting, menu maintenance and labor management.

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You Should Be Infusing Your Whipped Cream

EATER

Shutterstock. It’s an easy way to level up homemade desserts This post originally appeared in the September 26, 2022 edition of The Move , a place for Eater’s writers and editors to reveal their recommendations and pro dining tips — sometimes thoughtful, sometimes weird, but always someone’s go-to move. Subscribe now. There is obvious pleasure in plain ol’ whipped cream, be it dolloped over a mousse or pie, smothered with hot fudge and sprinkles, or squirted from a Reddi-Wip tube straight into a

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7 Restaurant Inventory Tips to Boost Your Profitability

Sculpture Hospitality

As an owner or manager in the hospitality industry, you know that restaurants have narrow profit margins. This means it’s especially important for restaurants to find ways to cut costs to increase profitability.

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12 inspirational hospitality quotes to learn from at your hotel

SiteMinder

Trying to perfect the hospitality experience at your hotel can often have you thinking of a million different things and quickly overwhelm you. Sometimes getting it right isn’t all about reading dozens of blogs, books, or other resources, but instead taking note of a poignant quote and simple advice. In this blog we’ve picked some of the best hospitality quotes available on the web that you and your team can take inspiration from at your hotel.

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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.