What Should Our Food Cost Be? - By Joe Dunbar

In a suburb of New Haven, CT, I was asked to help an event caterer organize accounting for receivables and payables. During our discussions, he decided to expand the scope of the project to include inventories and cost of goods sold. ...more

You got web site traffic? Now turn those visits into dollars - By Keith Paulin

I see all kinds of wild figures thrown around from 0.5% to 20.0% of site visitors that book then and there; this is broadly referred to as the conversion factor. I'm not going to tell you what it should be for your web site because I don't believe in it. ...more

Meeting/Convention Planners Rule! - By John R. Hendrie

If audacious, they will change the landscape of Hospitality. ...more

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Travel and Tourism - China

In 2004, China took over Italy’s traditional position as the world’s fourth most visited destination, and with US$25.7 billion tourism receipts the same year, ranked seventh in the world according to the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO). A sign that it had indeed recovered from the setbacks caused by the SARS outbreak in 2003, the country saw a 27% increase in 2004, achieving an all-time record of almost 42 million tourist arrivals.
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Cornell Study Confirms the Value of Revenue Management

Fewer Consumers Using Internet to Make Travel Plans

Investment Perspective 2006 - By Gisle Sarheim

PricewaterhouseCoopers Forecasts Record Number of Occupied Rooms For U.S. Lodging Industry This Summer

Turn Trash into Cash

Chief Officers from Priceline, Travelocity, Carlson Wagonlit & Orbitz for Business join SVP's from Marriott & Royal Caribbean to discuss how to reduce distribution costs and profit from changes in travel distribution

Egypt Continues to Experience Double-Digit Growth in U.S. Tourism in 2006

Monthly U.S. Lodging Performance May 2006

Hotel Online Reviews Put Operators To Test

Four Seasons Launches Private Residence Rentals

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Great Hotels Organisation
2006-07-03
Meeting & Incentive Forums

International Institute for Peace through Tourism
2006-07-15
Tourism-Agent for Peace?

NBTA
2006-07-16
NBTA Annual Convention 2005

Exhibitions and Trade Fairs Pty Ltd
2006-07-23
ICTF 2006 - International Catering Trade Fair

HSMAI
2006-07-24
World Quest - New York

HSMAI
2006-07-27
World Quest - Washington

HSMAI
2006-07-28
World Quest - Chicago

CHART
2006-07-29
CHART Hospitality Training Conference

HSMAI
2006-07-31
World Quest San Francisco

HSMAI
2006-08-04
World Quest Seattle

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