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Vol. 11: Issue 33 2009-08-19

INSIDE VIEW

How to Keep Staff Moving in the Same Direction - By Ken Burgin

US online retailer Zappos.com is all over the news with their fresh approach to sales and customer service. ...more

Five Ways to Beef up Employee Morale - By Roberta Chinsky Matuson

Restaurants across the nation are slicing and dicing staff just to stay afloat. Is it any wonder why employee morale is in short supply? There is no shortage of research that supports the notion that the happiness of employees has a direct impact on customer service and sales. ...more

eLearning at Golden Corral: Evolution or Intelligent Design? - By Lisa Schweickert & Tanya Hill, Golden Corrral Corporation

Many of you have already incorporated eLearning into your training and some of you would like to know more about it, or perhaps see how someone else has fared with an eLearningmodel. eLearning for us has evolved and is still evolving, but we had a plan behind its evolution, intelligent design, if you will. ...more

Medical Tourism: Vaccinated Against the Recession? - By Lorenza Alessie

A forecast by Deloitte Consulting published in August 2008 projected that medical tourism originating from the US alone could jump by a factor of ten over the next decade. ...more

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ENVIRONMENT

Examining Alternatives to Chlorine for Pool Water Treatment - By Glenn Hasek

There are many variables that come into play when deciding the best water treatment solution for your pool - pool size, location (indoor or outdoor), and the average volume of guests that use the water on a daily basis. ...more

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HEADLINES

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

Global Business Travel Spend Projected to Exceed $986 Billion by 2013; China to Outpace U.S. in Growth

How Google's Caffeine Will Impact PPC

The Case for Electronic-Public Relations (E-PR)

A Changed Landscape - Tourism, Hospitality and Leisure Industry Executive Report: Winter/Spring 2009

Open doors, where there were once, only windows! By Sharon Creelman

Bing Gives Microsoft a Boost, but Can It Compete with Google?

Are travel agents making a comeback?

Factors Affecting Hotel Loan Financing - Hotel financing approval goes beyond credit history

Survival Mode or Recovery Mode? The Mindset of the 2010 Business Plan - By Carol Verret

The OpenTravel Alliance Announces 2009-2010 Board of Directors

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UPCOMING INDUSTRY EVENTS

NBTA
2009-08-23
NBTA Annual Convention

Yeeld Solutions
2009-08-26
Yeeld Solutions Academy - Revenue Management Seminar

Yeeld Solutions
2009-08-27
Yeeld Solutions Academy - Online Distribution Seminar

AAKAR EXPOCOM PVT.LTD.
2009-09-04
IndiaMART - The National Food & Hospitality Show

AAKAR EXPOCOM PVT.LTD.
2009-09-04
IndiaMART - The National Food & Hospitality Show

Euromoney Seminars
2009-09-09
9th Annual European Hotel Finance & Investment Summit


2009-09-13
World Routes


2009-09-14
Vacation Ownership Investment Conference


2009-09-14
South American Hotel and Tourism Investment Conference

Mercury Publications
2009-09-15
A.C.E. - H.I.

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FEATURED BOOK

Cafes & Coffee Shops by Martin M. Pegler (Editor)

Award-Winning Java Joints! Over 350 full color photos showcase 100 top coffee shop designs from around the world, illustrating just how hot this area of food retailing remains. Cafes and Coffee Shops, by Mike Pegler, reveals the work of renowned and up-and-coming architects-details the atmosphere that gave each establishment award-winning appeal-and covers every coffee-shop theme from cafes, and cafeterias and coffee houses to food courts, fast-food outlets and specialty stores. What's more, for each design you'll find: complete presentations of store interiors, lighting schemes and floor plans; full data on the client, project team leaders and construction program; cogent analyses of the design strategy and special challenges each project presented; plus much more.
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