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Vol. 8: Issue 28 2006-07-26

INSIDE VIEW

Vertical Dashboard - Building Professional and Organizational Skills - By Gene Ference

It's time for your business to take stock of itself and make sure your managers and supervisors are up to their tasks of taking your company to new heights. Businesses must stay competitive and ahead of the curve...Enter-Vertical Dashboard. ...more

Are You Wasting Your Money on Diversity Training? - By Simma Lieberman

If you are planning to spend money on diversity training, WAIT! You may be wasting your money if you haven't done any foundation building. ...more

The Human Side of Food Cost Control - By Joe Dunbar

We ran feeding on large scale construction sites, mines and oil exploration and extraction projects. In our industry, chefs were not ranked by the number of stars or diamonds they received in the press and travel guides. They were very visible and each desirable chef was well known in the industry circles. ...more

Hotel Web Site Productivity - The New Way to Measure Your Site's Effectiveness - By Neil Salerno

The way I see it, search engines have become so convenient, user-friendly, and accurate that online consumers are being converted into search addicts. Search engines have become an essential part of the Internet. I feel bad for many hotel web sites that are not yet search-friendly and/or have not improved their site content to accommodate search requirements. ...more

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FEATURED SITE

The Institute of Quality Assurance (IQA)
Acknowledged as a leading professional body for the advancement of quality practices in the UK, the IQA aims to facilitate and promote the use of quality to add value to organizations and enhance the standing of quality professionals. Although a membership organization (with 13,000 individual members and 600 company members), does provide useful information to non-members in the form of frequently asked questions, reviews of key books in the quality field, plus factsheets of introductions to key subjects within quality, e.g. an overview of the ISO standards, or how to select a certification body for a quality management system. Also offers a number of accredited training courses and qualifications, along with access to selected articles from the IQA monthly magazine 'Quality World'. Links to other organizations concerned with quality, and contains a register of quality consultants.
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FEATURED SUPPLIER

Plantscapers

Interior plant design and maintenance company serving L.A., O.C and Riverside and San Diego Counties. Full line of Live, Silk and Replica. Award winning company.
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FEATURED MAGAZINE

SeaFood Business SeaFood Business provides important, timely editorial features to help seafood buyers with their purchasing decisions. Feature stories cover marketing and production trends, seafood prices and supplies, new products and technology, industry leader profiles, new sources of supply and more.
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MARKET RESEARCH

The Franchise Connection

Request Your Free White Paper! “A Blueprint for Success” - 21 page self-help guide will help you understand and research the franchise opportunities available to you.
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HEADLINES

Most viewed headlines this past week at Hotel News Resource. Click on the title to read.

Do Americans 'Take 5 to Travel?'

New Supply Side Forecast Predicts that 132,000 New Guestrooms Will Open in 2008

What Adventure Travel Really Means - Results of Client Survey

Loews Sets New Course for Development

Next wave of travel websites feels like MySpace

Europe's first 7-star hotel to open in Milan

Mostly No Preference, But 1/4 of Women Prefer a Male Boss

The Plaza Introduces 152 Hotel Condominium Residences

Weekly U.S. lodging performance for the week of Jul 09, 2006 - Jul 15, 2006

Three Buffalo firms see big future for allergy-friendly hotel rooms

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UPCOMING INDUSTRY EVENTS

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

ICreativeMinds
2006-08-11
IndiaTravelMart (ITM)

ICreativeMinds
2006-08-19
IndiaTravelMart (ITM)

EyeforTravel
2006-08-22
Travel Distribution Summit China

aiGroup
2006-09-01
Moscow International Travel Workshop

ICreativeMinds
2006-09-01
IndiaTravelMart (ITM

re-DISCOVER the Caribbean
2006-09-02
re-DISCOVER the caribbean Show

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FEATURED BOOK

Retail Entertainment - by Martin M. Pegler

A treasure trove of ideas. A powerful tool for retailers and hospitality professionals who realize that they are retailers also.
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