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In this upcoming cookie-less world, hotels must turn to zero- and first-party hospitality data to fill the gap. NB: This is an article from Revinate Zero-party data is proactively shared by guests via surveys, messaging, and phone conversations (though it’s often considered to be first-party data). First-party data is gleaned from customer interactions with websites, apps, social media channels, etc.
UK: The Roseate Edinburgh is the latest boutique hotel to open under Roseate Hotels & Resorts, joining properties in London, Reading and Bath. The property is spread across two newly refurbished, heritage Victorian townhouses, situated in Edinburgh’s West End. Formerly known as The Dunstane Houses , The Roseate Edinburgh offers 35 rooms and suites with en-suite shower rooms, Noble Isle bathroom amenities, and handcrafted four-poster beds with Scottish woollen throws.
The pre-arrival stage is the perfect time to break the ice and build anticipation by sending an enticing hotel pre-arrival email, plus a hotel pre-arrival emails also offer a fantastic chance to drive incremental revenue.
Milpa Collective are set to open the doors to their latest venue tomorrow with the launch of Bar Lucia in Sydney’s east. The Spanish tapas and wine bar is inspired by the streets of Spain, with lush furniture, art and candelabras to set the mood. International chef Alberto Palacios will be leading the kitchen team, serving up tapas dishes inspired by flavours of Spain with local produce.
Your financial statements hold powerful insights—but are you truly paying attention? Many finance professionals focus on the income statement while overlooking key signals hidden in the balance sheet and cash flow statement. Understanding these numbers can unlock smarter decision-making, uncover risks, and drive long-term success. Join David Worrell, accomplished CFO, finance expert, and author, for an engaging, nontraditional take on reading financial statements.
As we head into 2023, the hotel industry faces several challenges and changes that hotel managers need to be aware of to be successful. From shifting consumer preferences to new technologies and trends, there are many things that property owners and hotel managers need to keep in mind to stay competitive and meet the needs of their guests well. Here’s a quick guide hotelier can follow to stay successful in hotel management for 2023.
UK/Ireland: Hotel management system RoomRaccoon has appointed Edd Kerr as the company’s country manager for the UK and Ireland. Kerr joins RoomRaccoon with more than 15 years of experience in the travel industry. This includes six years in sales and business development positions with companies such as Booking.com, Guestline and RMS Cloud. The central focus of his new role will be to strengthen RoomRaccoon’s sales development and provide a direct service to independent hoteliers , B&Bs and
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Buddy’s Bar, located in the former Lentil as Anything site on Newtown’s King Street, is a venue that employs an innovative self-service beer wall. The idea for a self-service bar first came to Co-Owner Duncan McGeoch at a music festival. “I was waiting in line and thought, ‘This f**king sucks’ – like festivals are nice, but here I am 10 people deep in a line not moving,” he says.
Exceptional guest experience can elevate a hotel’s reputation and increase revenue and repeat stays. An effective strategy that can help is to upsell additional services or products relevant to customers. According to studies, it can cost five times more to attract new customers than to retain existing ones. Therefore, upselling in hotels is not only influential but cost-efficient as well.
As the world is largely re-opened post-COVID, people are eagerly out and about dining in restaurants and bars to reinvigorate their social routines. According to Morning Consult , 77 percent of all polled adults are comfortable dining out at restaurants or cafes as of June 2022. While there is a satisfactory level of comfort for patrons to return to in-person dining experiences, businesses should consider the dining experience as a whole – people crave togetherness in their social settings
Payroll compliance is a cornerstone of business success, yet for small and midsize businesses, it’s becoming increasingly challenging to navigate the ever-evolving landscape of federal, state, and local regulations. Mistakes can lead to costly penalties and operational disruptions, making it essential to adopt advanced solutions that ensure accuracy and efficiency.
Bather’s Pavilion is set to host top British Chef Simon Rogan this July as L’Enclume takes up residency at the much-loved Balmoral venue. For five weeks, Rogan will serving up an eight-course menu alongside snacks and petit fours that showcase his sustainable and regenerative cooking ethos. The menu will feature complex dishes from Rogan, highlighting his ‘perfect ingredient’ philosophy that notions only the perfect dish can be crafted through growing the perfect ingredients.
Despite all the attention social media and mobile marketing gets, direct - or hotel email marketing - remains the most powerful digital marketing method. A recent survey showed that 72 percent of consumers prefer email as their primary means of communicating with brands, which was corroborated by a McKinsey study that estimated that email is 40x more effective for acquiring new customers than social media strategies and the fact that conversion rates are three times higher than social media.
We all know that for restaurants – reputation is everything. But in a difficult hiring environment, how do you build a great reputation without jeopardizing your bottom line? It all comes down to your staff. And in 2023, that’s the problem most hiring managers in the restaurant industry are facing. The pandemic changed how restaurant workers view the industry – and it also changed their needs.
Implementing identity access management strategies, using secure payment processing solutions for online transactions, and requiring updated personal information all help ensure your data is safe and secure.
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.
Alibi Bar & Dining is back with a fresh look and offering on Woolloomooloo’s Finger Wharf in Sydney. Leading plant-based pioneer Shannon Martinez has teamed up with mixologist Andrea Gualdi for the reopening serving up modern, Mediterranean-inspired dishes. Shannon Martinez. Housed in a newly refurbished ‘indoor-alfresco’ dining room, Martinez has drawn on her Spanish heritage to craft a menu that showcases her flair with plant-based cooking.
Anyone who has spilled water on a laptop understands the relief of discovering that the machine works when it’s dry again. But anxiety about the incident still lingers. After all, hidden damage could manifest itself in the days or weeks ahead. In a sense, this is the place the restaurant industry is in right now. Restaurateurs are seeing the light at the end of the COVID-19 tunnel due to a variety of factors.
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.
One of Adelaide’s much-loved watering holes is coming to the Eastern suburbs, with a second venue set to open in Norwood this year. Part of the Norwood Green development on Magill Road, the venue will be the first expansion for the East End Cellars team from their original site in Adelaide’s CBD. East End Cellars Norwood will host a fine wine retail store, wine bar and restaurant with outside seating and the ability to consume purchased wines on premise.
With the Super Bowl and March Madness coming up, restaurant owners should be preparing now in order to capitalize on the influx of online orders. The first step in this process should be analyzing the data from their point-of-sale system – labor costs, game days sales and more. From that data, restaurant owners can gather winning insights into how to create an optimized menu, develop a promotional strategy as well as to create back-of-house efficiencies during peak hours to be able to hand
Hyatt Hotels Corporation shared today that Hyatt is positioned for continued transformative growth in 2023 and beyond with a record pipeline of approximately 117,000 rooms worldwide as of year-end 2022. Notably, nearly one in four pipeline properties is classified as a lifestyle hotel, representing 10 percent of the existing base of hotels, further strengthening Hyatt’s leadership position in the luxury, lifestyle and leisure segments.
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Spain: Music-inspired hotel brand UMusic Hotels has partnered with customer data and relationship management platform PUSHTech. PUSHTech is a cloud-based customer data and relationship management platform providing integrations with email marketing, marketing automation, hotel CRM, guest journey automation, and sales CRM. The platform has over 200 integrations including property management systems, booking engines, online reputation monitors, loyalty programs, mobile apps, WIFI portals, pre-ch
Employees affected by domestic violence can now access 10 days of paid family leave after the government amended the 2009 Fair Work Act. The former entitlement of 5 days of paid leave has been doubled, with all employees of non-small businesses (15 or more workers) able to access the payments, including part-time and casual staff. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese described the change as “overdue”, and says the bill will save lives.
You know what they say: time is money — and kitchen prep can take a lot of time. With labor being a challenge in today’s restaurants but with business booming, the key to success is finding equipment that can speed up prep time. Here are five types of equipment that can make your life easier. 1. Continuous-Feed Food Processors Hand-cutting produce takes time, but pre-cut produce is expensive and doesn’t last as long as whole vegetables.
The hotel industry in 2023 is projected to surpass pre-pandemic levels of demand, nominal room revenue and state and local tax revenue, while inching closer to other key 2019 performance metrics, according to the American Hotel & Lodging Association’s 2023 State of the Hotel Industry Report.
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.
France: Luxury hotel and resort brand Anantara has announced its French debut with the opening of Anantara Plaza Nice Hotel. Centrally located at the entrance to Nice’s Golden Square, Anantara Plaza Nice Hotel overlooks Albert 1er gardens and the Promenade des Anglais. Architectural firm David Collins Studio, local architect Jean-Paul Gomis, and TBC Studio designed the interiors of the hotel , which has undergone a two year renovation.
The team behind Sydney’s iconic Lansdowne Hotel have opened The Shaking Hand (aka Shakes) this week in Canberra. Inspired by famed venues from the Sunset Strip such as the Viper Room and Rainbow Bar, Shakes is set to be the capital’s go-to live music venue hosting local and international acts. The bar is serving up a range of Shakey’s pizza both by the slice and whole – think spinach with ricotta and tomato or an original Margherita.
Mondelēz International Foodservice tapped its network of Brand Ambassadors to share a report on what they see as the next big trends in foodservice this year. Here is a look at the top trends predictions: Innovative Mashups : Award-winning Chef Paola Velez foresees new twists on traditional breakfast foods to come front and center. “A big trend for 2023 will be curious breakfast flavor pairings – unique flavors blended into one tasty bite.
Accor, the largest hotel operator in Australia, will operate Wonil Hotel Perth, a new Handwritten Collection hotel set to open at the Forrest Hall Precinct in early February 2023. Wonil is the Noongar name for peppermint tree and the new hotel is located on the banks of the Swan River surrounded by peppermint trees, adjacent to The University of Western Australia.
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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