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Creating a Compelling Scorecard - By Sue Kruse To move an organization from a 'kick me' to a 'count on me' orientation takes accountability and trackable measurement. Sue Kruse talks about how using a Scorecard can help accomplish a proactive environment. ...more
Food & Beverage - Selective Menu Revision - By Joe Dunbar If the higher fuel prices and dropping home values are cutting your covers, you may still see full dining rooms on the traditional busy nights. Keeping the menu intact will allow a baseline business volume to be established each week. Try to use the revenue from these nights to cover all fixed expenses. ...more
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Trends
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Weekly U.S. lodging performance for the week of October 08, 2006 - October 14, 2006 Weekly summary of Occupancy, ADR and REVPar for the United States. ...more
US Hotel Telephone Revenues Declined 16 Percent Since 2000 PricewaterhouseCoopers research, supplemented by Smith Travel Research (STR) and Cellular Telecommunications and Internet Association (CTIA) data, indicates that telecommunications revenue in hotels has declined an average of 16 percent since its peak in 2000. ...more
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Development
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10 largest Hotel Projects of the World The largest, with over 4,100 rooms will be opened by MGM Mirage in 2009 in Las Vegas, USA . ...more
Starwood Capital Group and Barry Sternlicht Unveil Groundbreaking New Hotel Concept: '1' Hotel First Five Star, Environmentally Friendly Hospitality Brand Will Demonstrate That Style and Luxury can be Delivered With Ecologically Sustainable Consciousness ...more
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Internet
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HSMAI's Best Practices Report on Resort Internet Marketing Now Available to Industry At-Large The first-ever, comprehensive study of 'Best Practices on Internet Marketing and Distribution for Resorts,' initiated by the Hospitality Sales & Marketing Association International's (HSMAI) Resort Marketing Special Interest Group, just went on sale to the industry-at-large. ...more
Behavioral Targeting: A Win-Win Proposition? As consumers spend more time surfing the Web and the online experience becomes increasingly sophisticated, travel companies are spending a larger percentage of their advertising budgets online. And Web advertising is playing an increasingly important role in the evolution of online travel. Programs like Google's Adsense contextual advertising are monetizing Travel 2.0 related startups and leveling the playing field for smaller travel companies. ...more
IAB Begins Addressing E-mail Deliverability Free Marketer & Agency Guide to E-mail Deliverability ...more
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'Is Peace Unnatural?' Asks Development Chief In a keynote address to the International Conference of the Americas, the head of an international development agency, addressing 'Development and Peace', suggested that "peace may be unnatural" because of the enormous amount of human endeavour needed to keep it alive. ...more
Hotel Wants to Be Place Where Gen-X Crowd Stays Generation X, your time has come. As the cohort raised with a computer in the study advances toward middle age, the lodging industry is adapting to its taste for coffee bars and plasma televisions. ...more
EMEA Hospitality Enews - Week Ending October 13 - 2006 Weekly Hotel Industry News Roundup from Europe, Middle East and Africa ...more
Asia Pacific Hospitality Enews - Week Ending October 13 - 2006 Weekly Hotel Industry News Roundup from Asia Pacific ...more
Adventure Travel Trade Association Launches State of the Industry Survey Results To Be Revealed In 4th Quarter 2006 ...more
First Boutique(R) Design Hotel in Beijing, China Awarded International Status The first and only hotel brand to exclusively represent genuine boutique hotels has carefully chosen Beijing, China's first design hotel to add to its worldwide collection of genuine boutique hotels and resorts. ...more
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