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Vol. 9: Issue 50 2007-12-19

INSIDE VIEW

Strengths-Based Coaching - By Lyn Jeffress

Have you ever noticed that when you're doing something that comes naturally to you, you lose track of time? You forget to eat or take breaks - and when you've finished the task, you actually have more energy than when you started? ...more

Hospitality Relationships: Building Your Brand Starts With Your Guests - By J. Ragsdale Hendrie

It was Tip O'Neill, former Speaker of the US House of Representatives, who uttered that reknown phrase, 'All politics are local. The case can be made that all Hospitality relationships are initiated, molded and maintained on the local level, as well. ...more

New Opportunity for Hotel Property Tax Reductions - By Raymond Gray, Esq.

Disputes over hotel property taxes continue to mount all across the country and basically for one reason. Taxing authorities attempt to include both the real estate and the non-real estate values in developing their tax assessments when the law states that property taxes can be levied against only the real estate. ...more

Volatile Food Cost Results - By Joe Dunbar

Some operators experience wide swings from month to month in their food cost percentage. Trying to analyze a moving target can be a rough task. One month, everyone agrees the rising costs of raw ingredients are the reason food cost is way high. The next month, the cost plummets to a number far less than just 30 days ago. ...more

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One of the few large commercial sites that lists an updated hotel industry stock index.
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FEATURED SUPPLIER

American Liquor License Exchange

Liquor license consultants and brokers specializing since 1984 in helping clients buy and sell liquor licenses as well as in the filing of state liquor license applications and local zoning department liquor license applications.
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FEATURED MAGAZINE

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Written for senior business and IT management, CRM magazine's goal is to foster and promote an understanding of Customer Relationship Management (CRM) and the associated business and technological strategies. CRM magazine aims to assist senior managers to identify how to maintain and gain profitable customers, generate loyalty and reduce business costs.

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ENVIRONMENT

Survey - Guests Say Hotels Not 'Green' Enough

Survey Reveals Guests Willing to do Their Part ...more

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HEADLINES

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

Caribbean is Top Holiday Escape According to TripAdvisor Survey

London and Fort Lauderdale Top Lists of Spring Break Destinations

ELEMENT Hotel Coming To Lone Tree, Colorado

Young tycoon to open downtown Brooklyn hotel

High-Season Numbers Point to Promising Year for Tourism and Real Estate in Mexico

Hilton Hotels Corporation Signs Agreement to Launch First Hilton Garden Inn in Turkey

Kimpton Hotels & Restaurants to Enhance Online Presence, Selects VFM Interactive as Rich Media Production & Distribution Provider

Market Intelligence Report: Houston, Texas - By Shannon Sampson

2007: The Best Hotel Gyms in the U.S

Fairmont GM Appointments as International Portfolio Grows

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UPCOMING INDUSTRY EVENTS

Clarion ATE
2008-01-22
ATEI 2008

AH&LA
2008-01-28
Americas Lodging Investment Summit (ALIS)

EyeforTravel
2008-01-29
CRM in Travel 2008

Leisure Time Unlimited Inc.
2008-01-29
Annual Hotel, Motel & Restaurant Supply Show of the Southeast

ICreativeMinds
2008-02-02
IndiaTravelMart (ITM) - AHMEDABAD

American Bus Association
2008-02-02
American Bus Marketplace


2008-02-05
Travel Technology Show

Centaur Exhibitions
2008-02-05
Business Travel Show London

International Franchise Association (IFA)
2008-02-09
Annual Franchise Convention

HFTP
2008-02-10
European Hospitality Technology Education Conference (EHTEC)

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FEATURED BOOK

Food and Beverage Cost Control

This book is a must-read for any foodservice manager who is interested in an accurate, to the point, and technologically advanced review of food and beverage cost control methods. Controlling labor and food costs have never been more important than in today's environment. Those managers who master control procedures will succeed, and this book helps them to do just that.
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