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    Starting From Scratch

    By Steve Pike Culinary trends, cooking styles and palates routinely change with the times. However, those changes have been even…

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    Changes At The Top

    This week has been marked by a number of high-profile changes in the executive ranks within the lodging industry with…

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    Supplying Solutions

    If you talk to any lodging executive about the challenges the industry faces today supply chain issues will likely be…

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    In With The New For ‘22

    As we get ready to ring in 2022, it’s a good time to look back and reflect on the past…

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    Lifestyle Lessons

    A macro-trend to note for the decade ahead in hospitality is the shift towards experiential hotels. But what does that…

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    Chain Reaction

    If you talk to any hotel executive about the challenges the industry faces today supply chain issues will likely be…

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    The Power Of Pent-Up Demand

    Acknowledging a sizable shift in consumer attitudes and behaviors—impacted in large part by the Coronavirus pandemic and subsequent travel shut…

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    Surveying The Situation

    As we get ready to head into the holiday season, there are a number of challenges facing the lodging industry…

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    Automation Tech Needed Now

    In the face of the Delta Variant and so much prolonged uncertainty over the future of global travel recovery, hotels…

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    Trending Up

    While a full recovery for hospitality is going to be a multi-year effort, according to hotel experts, there are signs…

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    Help For Hurricane Ida Victims

    As Hurricane Ida makes its way north as a tropical storm, the focus begins to shift in hard-hit cities like…

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    Ingredients For Success

    Hotel food & beverage outlets continue to adapt to the post-pandemic ‘new normal’ in a variety of ways designed to…

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    The Future Of F&B

    Condensed menus, unique outdoor spaces, and an emphasis on food safety were all identified as key food & beverage trends…

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    Prevention Plans

    The lockdowns and shutdown of global travel was a ‘black swan,’ and even as we embark on a steadfast recovery…

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    Propping Up Their Portfolios

    Acquisition activity has gained momentum in recent weeks as many owners and operators look to try and expand their portfolios…

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    The Right Time To Renovate

    As hotel demand came to a screeching halt last spring with the onset of the pandemic, a handful of hotel…

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    A Fresh Start For Franchise Model?

    The relationship between hotel franchisors and franchisees has long been considered somewhat contentious. This is not true across the board,…

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    Picking Up The Pace

    A lot of industry metrics were down substantially in 2020 and transactions was among them as few properties changed hands…

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    An Improving Outlook

    Hotel performance has picked up considerably following the Memorial Day weekend, which bodes well for the lodging industry, but there…

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    The Power Of Pent-Up Demand

    Pent-up demand and a loosening of COVID restrictions could be creating the perfect storm for travel to return in a…

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    Post-Pandemic Purchasing

    From new safety product like plexiglass to more stringent cleaning protocols, the impact of COVID on purchasing has been profound,…

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    Heating Up

    Just as Florida was one of the hot spots—or at least perceived to be one of the problem areas—of the…

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    Looking For Labor

    By Steve Pike Thirteen months ago, the hospitality industry—from luxury resorts to mom-and-pop restaurants—was letting go of employees as a…

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    Survey Says…

    There are a number of signs of optimism for a lodging industry rebound sooner than later, according to a recent…

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    How An Integrated PMS Helps Grow TRevPAR

    In case you need a refresher on your acronyms, TRevPAR stands for total revenue per available room. The key difference…