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Vol. 10: Issue 11 2008-03-19

INSIDE VIEW

Wounded Wolves - The Journey Forward - By Dr. Rick Johnson

This is a story about finding your way. It's dedicated to any and all people that may have found themselves lost, confused, powerless, in a dead end career, going nowhere and those who may have lost sight of what they really want from life. ...more

Habits of Highly Successful Hotel Sales People - A Seismic Shift in 2008! - By Carol Verret

This annual update of successful habits finds that the process of hotel sales (and hotel sales training that goes with it!) has undergone a seismic shift. ...more

Web 2.0 vs. Search Engines: Are Search Engines Becoming Obsolete in the Web 2.0 Frenzy? - By Max Starkov and Jason Price

Web 2.0 continues to generate much attention in the online travel industry. Inquiring hoteliers want to understand the status and future of search engine marketing and other Internet marketing formats in this new Web 2.0 environment. ...more

Overbudget So You Don't Have To Fudge It - By William Orilio, MHS, CEO, Orilio & Associates, Inc.

Guests increasingly see our operations in terms of 'real' and 'fake'. They want to buy something genuine, not contrived or artificial. They don't want you to fudge it, and if you're not going to fudge it you need to overbudget, especially when it comes to labor. ...more

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FEATURED SITE

Hotel Safeguard

HotelSafeGuard.com, is a web community of hotels, allows the confidential sharing of information on guests. HotelSafeGuard.Com works to reduce financial and physical risk for Hotels. Sharing hotels' commitment to excellence in guest services, HotelSafeGuard.Com is a facilitator for improved success in hospitality profitability.
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FEATURED MAGAZINE

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ENVIRONMENT

On the Horizon and Here Today: LED Replacements for Linear Fluorescents - By Glenn Hasek

In meeting rooms, back of house and other areas of your hotel, chances are great that you are using T-12 fluorescent lamps or the more efficient T-8s to illuminate large spaces. ...more

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HEADLINES

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

Food & Beverage: Maximizing Throughput: Six Steps to Increase Top Line Sales - By Kim Zimmerman Florence

United States Welcomes Two Million Fewer Overseas Visitors in 2007 than in 2000

Caribbean Tourism: A New Era Or More Of The Same? - By Bevan Springer

Contingency Hotel Revenue Management Strategies - I Will not Cut Prices - By Carol Verret

New Food Cost Control Online Network

Don't Swallow Your Pride - By Joseph M. Gravish

You are where you stay - By Daniel Edward Craig

Amadeus announces blueprint for hospitality industry's future

Cornell Wine Cellar Optimizer Considers What Wine to Buy and When to Drink It

Economic Growth And Tourism Continues To Drive Positive Results For Hotel Investors in EMEA

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UPCOMING INDUSTRY EVENTS

China Foundry Sourcing Union
2008-03-21
2nd Global Foundry Sourcing Conference 2008

MT Polska
2008-03-27
12th International Food Service and Hotel Equipment Trade Fair EuroGastro

HVS International
2008-04-02
Hotel Investment Conference South Asia

Hotel Ezra Cornell
2008-04-03
The 83rd Annual Hotel Ezra Cornell

Ticonderoga Ventures
2008-04-03
Casino Affiliate Convention/Gaming Marketing Conference

QSR Magazine
2008-04-06
Dine America 2008

HSMAI
2008-04-08
Travel Internet Marketing Strategy Conference

Newmarket International, Inc.
2008-04-08
Newmarket International 5th Annual User Conference

BE Group LTD
2008-04-09
2nd International Annual Conference 'Hotel Investment Russia 2008'

HSMAI
2008-04-16
Resort Management Conference

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FEATURED BOOK

Fast Food Nation

On any given day, one out of four Americans opts for a quick and cheap meal at a fast-food restaurant, without giving either its speed or its thriftiness a second thought. Fast food is so ubiquitous that it now seems as American, and harmless, as apple pie. But the industry's drive for consolidation, homogenization, and speed has radically transformed America's diet, landscape, economy, and workforce, often in insidiously destructive ways. Eric Schlosser, an award-winning journalist, opens his ambitious and ultimately devastating exposé with an introduction to the iconoclasts and high school dropouts, such as Harlan Sanders and the McDonald brothers, who first applied the principles of a factory assembly line to a commercial kitchen.
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