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Hotel Booking Engine Philippines

Soft Inn

A hotel booking engine system is used widely by hotels regardless of the size of the businesses ranging from small boutique hotels to medium-size, grouping hotels, and luxury types. A good online booking engine system is important to ensure it serves hotel business needs and purposes, at the same time making it convenient for guests to do the reservation online.

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How Hoteliers Can Ensure Safe and Secure Payments for Guests

Hotelogix

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Tips to Navigate a Perfect Storm That’s Threatening Our Food Supply

Modern Restaurant Management

We were ill-prepared for the COVID pandemic that devastated the food industry with supply chain disruptions, product and labor shortages, and soaring inflation. We simply didn’t see it coming, and we weren’t ready for the ongoing ramifications of this crisis. The biggest learning from COVID is that food businesses must be prepared for any crisis – and ensure their suppliers all along the supply chain are also prepared and resilient.

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We’re Always Falling for Fake Food Stunts

EATER

A person making “NyQuil chicken” | Screenshot via Know Your TikTok/YouTube. NyQuil chicken proves one of our worst collective online tendencies Last week, the Food and Drug Administration issued a warning : Don’t cook your chicken in NyQuil. This needed to be said, according to the FDA, because of a “recent social media video challenge,” presumably linked to TikTok.

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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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What is an EPOS system and why should you use one in a hotel?

MEWS

You may be wondering: what is an EPOS system and how it can benefit my hotel? You’ve come to the right place. Essentially, an EPOS combines hardware and software to help optimize your business, especially when it comes to processing payments. Technology synchronization allows you to improve your hotel’s operating processes by streamlining what would be otherwise manual processes.

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Three Reasons Why Brand Adaptability Is More Important Than Ever

Modern Restaurant Management

The restaurant industry has been hit hard by the pandemic, but many businesses are beginning to bounce back. To recover, brands have evolved and made effective changes to meet the continuous challenges, making an impact at the corporate level while providing operators with the necessary tools to be successful. At Bojangles, it became apparent that old tactics were no longer enough, and we needed to change our approach.

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How Netflix’s Hit Show ‘Mo’ Uses Houston’s Food Scene to Establish Identity

EATER

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How to prepare your financial statements for outside investment

MEWS

Many startups and growing companies are dreaming about an IPO or getting the big investor on board to grow the company to unicorn status and beyond. Companies are often ready with an amazing product and great business KPIs, but the major challenge is to have full, compliant, and representative financial statements to provide transparent and trusted insight into the company's financials.

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Five Qualities to Increase Hotel Revenue, Guest Satisfaction, and Brand Reputation

Hotelogix

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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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Taking on Goliath: How Video Marketing Is Leveling the Playing Field for Independent Restaurants

Modern Restaurant Management

Find out how video content can turn customers into brand ambassadors by enabling them to share their experiences with prospective customers. For too long, independent restaurants have struggled to compete with major chains because of their limited time and money. Single-location restaurants face the same challenges confronting all small business owners.

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Prioritise Guest Experience to Keep Them Coming Back for More

InnQuest

It’s one thing to meet customer expectations, and quite another to exceed them. Guest satisfaction is the ultimate indicator of success for hotels, restaurants, and other hospitality organisations since it directly impacts brand reputation, customer loyalty, and revenue. To get the best reviews and returning customers, go above and beyond to provide them with a welcoming atmosphere, comfort, and convenience.

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Product strategy tips from Gibson Biddle

MEWS

Last month, I was fortunate enough to be invited to a workshop with Gibson Biddle, former VP of Product at Netflix between 2005 and 2010, and it did not disappoint. While I’d read Gib’s teachings before, the delivery of his content was even more engaging, stimulating, and inspiring.

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Pumpkin LTOs still boosting traffic

Fast Casual

Although Thursday marked the first official day of fall, restaurants around the world didn't wait to launch their pumpkin-flavored LTOs with good reason. Pumpkin is still a huge traffic driver.

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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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Top Cocktail and Wine Trends

Modern Restaurant Management

Southern Glazer's Wine & Spirits unveiled the results of its 2022 Liquid Insights Tour , a coast-to-coast educational initiative designed to explore and identify the latest trends in cocktails and wine. The tour kicked off in Houston in February, and included stops in Kansas City, New York, Las Vegas, Chicago and Los Angeles. Over the course of 111 days, Brian Masilionis, Director, On-Premise Commercial Strategy & National Accounts for Southern Glazer’s, led a team of its indus

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Mentaiko Is Ready for Its Moment

EATER

Spicy, packed with umami, and incredibly versatile, Japan’s beloved salted cod roe is making inroads in American restaurants and grocery aisles — and it’s about time “I dumped my date to eat mentaiko,” reads a throw pillow on the Amazon search page. If upholstered encomiums to fish eggs aren’t your style, the site has 165 other (mostly) edible iterations of the stuff.

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Icebreakers Can Ease Social Anxiety, Engage Your Teams

CHART

Icebreakers are an underutilized tool, yet are so valuable to defeat social anxiety, warm up the group, and get everyone connected and engaged. Here are 7 of my go-to icebreakers that work every time.

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Innovative Ways Loyalty Programs Can Increase Sales for Your Restaurant

Fast Casual

Supply shortages, labor shortages, the tail end of a pandemic and a recession definitely don’t sound like a recipe for success for any business, and we are all feeling the pinch. However, some companies are recording the highest profits this year, and it’s not an accident. Join our webinar to learn how to make your eatery a success story.

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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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MRM EXCLUSIVE: Restaurants Going Digital Require Technology That Always Works

Modern Restaurant Management

What’s new on the menu for today’s innovative restaurants? Internet of Things (IoT) technology. Thanks to the labor shortage and increased profit pressure, savvy restaurants are going digital to provide the best customer experience and to keep up with the hefty competition. What’s keeping restaurants humming: mobile point-of-sale (POS) units, ordering terminals, tabletop tablets, and tablets for the waitstaff.

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A Guide to Lay’s Chinese Potato Chips

EATER

Michelle Min. From Pickled Fish to Italian Red Meat, Lay’s makes a wide range of chips for its customers in China Once upon a time, I adored Lay’s barbecue flavor potato chips so much that I could happily finish a bag by myself in one go. My mother soon became so irritated with her otherwise perfect daughter that she banished them from our home, so I’d pester my grandparents into keeping bags on hand for our weekly visits.

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4 Social Media Themes to Watch in 2022

Social Hospitality

Social media platforms started as a new and innovative method of communication and connection among friends and family. With time and refinement, it has transformed into an asset for businesses across the globe. This significant enhancement presents a vast number of opportunities for brands. 2022 Social Themes. In recent years, social media bridged the gap to new customer experiences with its ability to offer discovery, connection, and entertainment.

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Salata's top-performing franchisee reveals 4 go-to management strategies

Fast Casual

Before opening her first Salata Salad Kitchen location in 2013 in Texas, Tina MacInnes had no prior restaurant experience. Ten years later, she owns three locations, including the system's top-performing store and reveals what she's learned along her journey.

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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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Lighting Up the Denver Restaurant Scene

Modern Restaurant Management

Best known for its authentic drinks, creative tacos and an urban industrial vibe, Federales, a lofty, open-air tequila and taco establishment, offers an energetic atmosphere for restaurant and bar patrons alike. Concepted by college friends and founding members of Four Corners Restaurant Group—Andy Gloor and Matt Menna—the restaurant/bar traces its roots to Chicago, where the first Federales was opened in 2016 in Chicago’s West Loop.

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What’s the Point of Starbucks Now?

EATER

Jenn Moreno/VIEWpress. Starbucks is officially no different from any other fast-food chain After years of trying to convince people that it was a welcoming “third place” for gathering or working remotely, Starbucks is “evolving” away from that experiment and is leaning hard into operating just like any other fast-food restaurant. This week, a viral TikTok video filmed by a Starbucks barista alleged that the chain was getting rid of its power outlets, once touted as a way to attract work-from-hom

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Hotel management apps: What are they and what are the best ones to use?

SiteMinder

With so much to think about as a modern hotelier, including how to respond to growing customer needs while maximising revenue and efficiency, you need to find solutions that make running a property much easier. Hotel management apps are one way of both increasing performance at your business and generally making life easier. This blog will tell you everything you need to know.

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Understand the Hotel Guest Journey to Enhance Experience

eZee Absolute

Everything in hoteliering is dynamic. The practices of yesterday are no longer relevant today. Back in the past, accommodation businesses wouldn’t bother to dig deeper and gain insights into their potential guests’ preferences. But not anymore. Over the last decade, hotels are inclining toward data-driven and psychological approaches. One such aspect of hoteliering is “understanding the guest journey”.

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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.