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| Global Airline Industry Trends |
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| Although operating margins may be squeezed by rising costs, IATA forecasts global industry net profit to rise to $38.4 billion in 2018, an improvement from the $34.5 billion expected net profit in 2017. Read more |
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| Winter Holiday Travel Trends |
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| Airlines for America (A4A) today projected that 51 million passengers are expected to fly globally on U.S. airlines over the 21-day winter holiday travel period from Friday, Dec. 15 through Thursday, Jan. 4, approximately a 3.5 percent increase over the 49.3 million estimated to have flown last year. Read more |
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| 2017 Smart Decision Guide To Restaurant Management And POS Systems |
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| Starfleet Research has announced the availability of two new Smart Decision Guides on next-generation hotel and restaurant technologies. These authoritative 'must read' resources are: The 2017 Smart Decision Guide to Restaurant Management and POS Systems and The 2017 Smart Decision Guide to Hotel Property Management Systems. Read more |
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| Global Airline Passenger Demand |
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| IATA announced global passenger traffic results for October 2017 showing that demand rose 7.2% compared to the same month last year. Read more |
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| Glass Recycling |
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| It was not long ago that beer and wine bottles at the 97-room Ranch at Laguna Beach left the property in the same shape in which they came - only empty and bound for an off-site recycling center. Today those same types of bottles stay at the property. Read more |
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| Foodservice Trends For 2018 |
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| Mintel has today announced four key trends set to impact the US foodservice market over the coming year. Read more |
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| 2018 Food Trends |
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| When it comes to dining out, the more things change, the more they sometimes stay the same, the National Restaurant Association 2018 survey finds. Read more |
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| Restaurant Trends |
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| Update from Restaurantchains.net on growing and emerging restaurant concepts Read more |
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| Personalization In Travel |
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| Personalization: Moving Beyond the Buzzword Read more |
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| The Business Case For Vanity Websites |
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| This piece was written to educate hoteliers by answering the question of WHY hotel owners and management companies should invest in a vanity site with supporting research data, case studies, and verified information. Read more |
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| Search Engine Marketing For Hotels |
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| Do you want to create a Search Engine Marketing (SEM) strategy for your hotel but don’t know where to start? Have you tried, but are bogged down by all the jargon? Don’t worry, you're covered with our SEM fundamentals. Read more |
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| Reservations Sales Training |
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| As a hotel reservations consultant and sales trainer, I’m often asked for my perspective on the current trends regarding the number of inquiry reservations call received vs. previous years. Many hotel marketers seem to think this is a simple question and I suppose that on one level it should be. It certainly is possible to just ask a large sample of hoteliers for their number of calls received YTD vs. previous YTD and then average the percentage of change either way. Read more |
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