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Vol. 8: Issue 41 2006-10-25

INSIDE VIEW

Brand Your Moments of Truth - By Rick Hendrie

The best brands offer many reasons for both purchase and continued loyalty. Two aspects of remarkable branding are critical: identifying the key moments in the buying process, the Moments of Truth, and branding them. ...more

How to Keep The Winners: Some Proven Business Management Techniques for Maintaining Great Staff - By Jack Turesky, President, The Hamister Group, Inc.

After spending a lot of time and resources finding and hiring the highest quality staff available, you might be in the fortunate position of having really great, dedicated people working at your company. ...more

Good Ideas are a Dime a Dozen...But, Success or Failure is in the Execution - By Neil Salerno

Knowing that the hotel business is often sensitive to nickels and dimes, not just dollars, it really pains me to see people throw money away without thinking things through. ...more

Resort Hotels -Wanted: Eaters, Golfers, and Shoppers - By Robert Mandelbaum

From a management perspective, resort hotels are a unique form of lodging. Multiple restaurants, lounges, retail stores, and recreational outlets make resort properties more complex to operate than the average transient hotel. ...more

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The Nutritional DiningStyles calculator helps you assess YOUR personal eating habits, how they compare to other American adults, and how you can take simple steps (if needed) to make healthier choices when eating out.
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FEATURED SUPPLIER

POSitouch CBS

Point of Sale for the restaurant industry. The most tenured complete point of sale system for the hospitality industry. Based upon Windows architecture, the POSitouch system is a complete system with integrated labor management, inventory, table management, retail capabilities and credit card processing.
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FEATURED MAGAZINE

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MARKET RESEARCH

Hotel Industry - Global Industry Analysts

The global outlook series on Hotel Industry provides a collection of statistical anecdotes, market briefs, and concise summaries of research findings. Get an aerial view of the Hotel Industry, and learn the dynamics underlying this aspirational needs driven market. Learn the latest trends prevalent in the international space, gauge the present level of competition, and get cursory insights into recent mergers, and acquisitions. The reader also stands to gain a macro level understanding of the scenario prevalent in regional markets.
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HEADLINES

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

10 largest Hotel Projects of the World

Food & Beverage - Selective Menu Revision - By Joe Dunbar

PricewaterhouseCoopers Forecasts 45 percent Increase in New U.S. Hotel Construction in 2006

Canadian Tourism Commission Unveils Canadian Spa Industry Survey

Starwood Capital Group and Barry Sternlicht Unveil Groundbreaking New Hotel Concept: '1' Hotel

Behavioral Targeting: A Win-Win Proposition?

Almost All Affluent Working Women Turning to the Internet

Marriott to Boost Hotel Inventory

US Hotel Telephone Revenues Declined 16 Percent Since 2000

HSMAI's Best Practices Report on Resort Internet Marketing Now Available to Industry At-Large

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UPCOMING INDUSTRY EVENTS

Xotels
2006-10-27
Xotels Fundamentals of Revenue Management & Distribution Seminar

WITI
2006-10-29
WITI's Women and Technology Summit

ICCA
2006-10-29
ICCA Exhibition 2006

Strategic Research Institute
2006-10-30
Natural Food & Beverage Forum

Xotels
2006-10-31
Xotels Fundamentals of Revenue Management & Distribution Seminar

CAST
2006-11-01
Green Globe International & Caribbean Green Tourism Conference


2006-11-02
Wine For Asia

Xotels
2006-11-02
Xotels Fundamentals of Revenue Management & Distribution Seminar

Covalcon Inc
2006-11-03
Calgary Snow Show

Beaulieu Exploitation
2006-11-04
Gastronomia 2006

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FEATURED BOOK

Security and Loss Prevention Management

Turn to this resourceful book to handle vital risk management issues in the hospitality workplace. Security and Loss Prevention Management is designed to help you accomplish four main goals:
1. to help a lodging property develop its own security and loss prevention program
2. serve as a reference for topics and issues to review if a security or loss incident should occur
3. help employees become aware of security and loss prevention concerns
4.to provide security and loss prevention information to students who are entering into the industry

This revised edition includes safety and security case studies developed with industry professionals; links to Internet-based, hospitality-specific resources for safety and security; and dozens of new exhibits and updated sample forms and documents.
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