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Honoring the Legacy of a Historic Structure

Modern Restaurant Management

Seattle-based Floisand Studio Architects has had a long-term partnership with Pagliacci Pizza including the thoughtful reimagination of the chain's newest location across from Seattle’s Ballard Locks. The original design is a heavy timber replica of a six-beam Haida house—a traditional style of building by the Haida Tribe—which opened in 1939 as a Native American curio shop before serving as a restaurant space starting in 1945.

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Portsmouth, NH Shakes off Pandemic-Era Rust & Shows Promise for Future

Hospitality Net

Situated midway between Boston and Portland, picturesque Portsmouth features a waterfront downtown with a growing hotel market. This article serves as a primer on the market’s history, recent performance, and outlook.

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On Earth Day, recognizing Indigenous Peoples’ familial ties to these lands

Food Recovery Network

The first Earth Day celebration was in 1970. For many people, that Earth Day marked the first time we as a nation came together to give praise to Earth for sustaining our lives. And for many of those same people, Earth Day was thought to have launched the modern environmental movement in the United States: the understanding that human practices are harming our environment and the pursuit to change how we live to be in harmony with the natural world.

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HCN Showcases NEW Navigator 2.0 Tablets at BITAC Operations Conference in San Diego

Hospitality Net

This week hoteliers representing prominent hotels, resorts and management groups across the nation converged at the Rancho Bernardo Inn in San Diego to attend BITAC® Operations, a two-day interactive conference filled with education, relationship-building, and uninterrupted private meetings between buyers and sellers of hotel products, amenities and technologies.

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Reducing Food Waste for a Sustainable Future

Fresh Ideas

At Fresh Ideas, we understand the importance of protecting the environment and working towards a sustainable future. As a food service management company, it is our responsibility to work with clients and guests to reduce food waste. Through our dining programs, we aim to minimize waste in our kitchens and encourage guests to be mindful of their own food waste.

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IHG Hotels & Resorts signs first Vignette Collection in the UK

Hospitality Net

IHG Hotels & Resorts, one of the world’s leading hospitality companies, introduces Vignette Collection to the UK with the signing of The Halyard at Ropewalks Liverpool, Vignette Collection in partnership with Molo Hotels.

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Increasing Relevance and Profitability in the Lobby Market

Hospitality Net

With Gen Y and Gen Z now representing more than half of hotel guests, their lifestyle choices drive their hotel selections and are changing the way that spaces in the hotel are being used.

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From Data Overwhelm to Data Mastery: Strategies for Restaurant Success

Fast Casual

Insight360 platform is designed to help restaurants & multi-unit restaurant operators turn business intelligence into business profits.

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Hard Rock International Champions ’Save the Planet’ Pledge by "Going Dark" for Earth Hour

Hospitality Net

Hard Rock International, as a part of a commitment towards a cleaner, eco-friendly world, is once again reflecting on its partnership with global leader in environmental conservation World Wildlife Fund (WWF), and participation in the annual Earth Hour movement. On Saturday, March 25, more than 135 Hard Rock Hotels, Cafes and Casinos around the globe participated by "going dark" for one hour starting at 8:30 pm local property time.

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Upcoming 2023 HYB Technology Edition to unveil unparalleled insights into hospitality-tech advancements

Hospitality Net

The HOTEL Yearbook (HYB), the prestigious annual publication that serves as a trusted resource for hotel professionals worldwide, is delighted to announce the upcoming release of its highly anticipated HYB 2023 Technology Edition, to be published in conjunction with HITEC Toronto. This special edition, set for publication on June 25th, promises to provide hoteliers with unparalleled insights into cutting-edge technologies and innovative solutions shaping the future of the global hospitality indu

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HITEC 2023: A Masterclass in Hospitality Education

Hospitality Net

Brian Tracy once said, “Continuous learning is the minimum requirement for success in any field.” This sentiment applies to our personal and professional lives; a sense of curiosity and an appetite for education help us keep our minds young and our insights sharp. The best leaders in any field are those who not only keep an open mind to learning opportunities but actively seek them out while constantly challenging their own beliefs, observations, and biases to better fortify their perspectives a

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The State of Hotel Technology in 2023

Hospitality Net

In my work at Shiji with our various teams, partners, and clients around the world, as much as 60 to 70% of my time is spent traveling and staying at hotels. In those travels, I often hear top-level executives at major hotels, praising themselves for their great offers. In all honesty, I’m not sure they’re so great. I often wonder if they stay in their own hotels, as what they claim to offer simply doesn’t correspond to reality– even the basics are not done right.

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Croatia Hospitality Market Insight 2022

Hospitality Net

After two years since the COVID-19 pandemic started, the tourism market in Croatia has almost completely recovered in 2022, with only 2% fewer overnight stays than in 2019. Hotels achieved 5% higher revenues in the summer season than in 2019, primarily due to higher ADR. Occupancy reached 79%, 25% above the 2021 season but still 9% below 2019.

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Preserved Indonesian Culture Takes Center Stage at Cap Karoso

Hospitality Net

Surrounded by towering cliffs, turquoise lagoons with coral reefs, and Sumbanese houses with soaring 25-meter-high roofs, Cap Karoso, named for the Karoso beach on which its located, is a retreat where conscious travel, authenticity, and community unite. The resort, which opened last month, brings culinary excellence, contemporary Indonesian art, and modernist buildings together with traditionally styled pavilions, ikat woven textiles, and crafts made locally with age-old techniques.

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Ascott unveils new target to double fee revenue to over S$500 million in next five years

Hospitality Net

The Ascott Limited (Ascott), a lodging business unit wholly owned by CapitaLand Investment Limited (CLI), has achieved its target to secure 160,000 units by 2023, with the signing of over 4,000 units in 1Q this year. Sharpening its focus on quality growth, Ascott is renewing its target to double fee revenue to more than S$500 million in the next five years.

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New interactive shoppable streaming platform hits the road

Hospitality Net

Travel is always evolving and at Expedia Group Media Solutions we’re also constantly looking for new ways to engage travelers and help them get to where they want to go. We’re excited to announce the debut of an industry first: an interactive and shoppable streaming platform built by Media Studio, our award-winning in-house creative agency.

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Two-thirds of Travelers Agree the Best Getaways are Spontaneous

Hospitality Net

As temperatures begin to rise, travelers are getting the urge to explore, and new research shows they’re acting on that spur-of-the-moment travel bug. Recent data from leading economy lodging brands, Motel 6 and Studio 6, reveals that two out of three (67%) Americans with travel plans this year say that the best trips are spontaneous and decided on a whim.

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STR: U.S. hotel results for week ending 15 April

Hospitality Net

U.S. hotel performance increased from the previous week, and year-over-year comparisons reflected the positive side of the Easter calendar shift, according to STR‘s latest data through 15 April.

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Radisson Hotel Group on track to realize its ambitious growth plan after a strong start to the year

Hospitality Net

Radisson Hotel Group kicked off 2023 with the signing and opening of several landmark properties as it continues its ambitious growth and development plan with the expansion of nine diverse brands spanning from economy to premium luxury lifestyle brands across EMEA and APAC.

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MDO Celebrates Earth Day by Helping Hotels Reduce Environmental Footprint

Hospitality Net

BETHESDA, MD., April 21, 2023 – MDO, the world’s fastest-growing hotel performance management platform, continues to shine the spotlight on hotel owners and operators dedicated to reducing their environmental footprint. This Earth Day, MDO celebrates the 15 operators comprising more than 1,500 hotels who have qualified for MDO Sustainability Certification by verifying a paperless night audit process to save substantial natural resources.

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A Complete Guide to Online Reputation Management for Hotels

Hospitality Net

Your complete guide to online reputation management for hotels. Tips to improve the guest experience from pre-stay to post-stay.

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Sleep Inn and AllTrails Cross Paths to Help Travelers Unlock Adventure and Explore the Great Outdoors

Hospitality Net

Traveler preferences have evolved, with more than half of today’s leisure travelers saying that easy access to walking trails and wellness activities as a top amenity they consider when selecting lodging accommodations. In recognition of this – and its longstanding commitment to help guests maintain holistic wellbeing on the road – the Sleep Inn brand, known for its serene, nature-inspired design and proximity to top outdoor destinations, has teamed with AllTrails to make it easier than ever for

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Sage Inclusion and the Sustainable Hospitality Alliance announce partnership to promote Net Positive Hospitality

Hospitality Net

The promotion of accessible and inclusive travel has been strengthened thanks to a new partnership between the Sustainable Hospitality Alliance (the Alliance) and Sage Inclusion.

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Independent Hotels Have Largely Shed ’Inferiority Complex’

Hospitality Net

Between the 1950s and the year 2000, hotel owners wishing to expand business beyond their local community had two options.

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STR: U.S. hotel performance for March 2023

Hospitality Net

The U.S. hotel industry reported higher performance from the month prior, according to March 2023 data from STR.

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