LE's Q3 2009 EMEA Construction Pipeline Report

The total EMEA Pipeline continued its decline in Q3 2009, down to 1,396 projects/305,170 rooms. Project counts have fallen 21% from the Q2 2008 peak, and room counts by 18%. ...more

London to Drive Recovery for Hotel Market in Europe

London is expected to lead the initial recovery phase for the EMEA Hotel Market according to Jones Lang LaSalle Hotel's latest Hotel Investor Sentiment Survey (HISS). ...more

HVS Executive Search Releases the 2009 London Hotel Salary & Benefits Report(C)

HVS Executive Search London is pleased to announce the release of the 2009 London Hotel Salary & Benefits Report(C). Now in its sixth year, the London Hotel Salary & Benefits Report includes data from 66 first class and luxury hotels. ...more

Fast-Casual Chains Grow the Fastest among Limited-Service Mexican Restaurants

Nine of the ten fastest growing Mexican limited-service restaurants last year were fast-casual chains, finds foodservice industry consultant Technomic. Fast-casual restaurants provide fresh, innovative food prepared to order in upscale environments with check averages somewhat higher than traditional quick-service, fast-food restaurants. ...more

NPD Reports on How Generational Differences and Aging Dynamics Will Influence Future of Eating

Generation Y primary contributors to forecasted double-digit growth in salty snacks, easy meals, meat entrees, and sweet snacks consumption ...more

Sustainability, Local Sourcing and Nutrition Top List of Hottest Menu Trends for 2010

Survey of more than 1,800 American Culinary Federation member chefs shows locally produced food and beverages in top five menu trends ...more

Consumers Welcome All-Day Breakfast Options

Consumers find breakfast fare comforting and many, especially women, wish they could eat it at any time of the day. A new study by foodservice industry consultant Technomic finds that nearly half of consumers surveyed (46 percent) say they would like to see full-service restaurants offer breakfast throughout the day. ...more

Restaurant Trends - Growing And Emerging Concepts - Data reflects change and activity from July 23, 2009 to November 23, 2009

Update from Restaurantchains.net on growing and emerging restaurant concepts ...more

VFM Leonardo Selected to Distribute Virtual Tours for Aston Hotels & Resorts

Leading Hawaiian Hotel and Resort Company to use VFM Leonardo's VBrochure Online Merchandising System to distribute virtual tours for 25 hotels and resorts throughout Hawaii and its two new mainland properties ...more

Install Analytics on Your Hotel Website

Are you tracking the return on investment from your website? Do you know how many visitors your site receives every day? Are you analyzing the metrics on the pages they viewed, the time they spend on your site, and the exit pages? Do you know how they were directed to your site? ...more

Attract Guests to Your Hotel by Producing Video Content Related to Travel

O'Rourke Interview with Tubemogul Co-Founder Brett Wilson ...more

Touch Point Trauma... or Service in Toon Town - By Roberta Nedry

'Beep, Beep...could you move your dishes out of the way!' No, the road runner did not just show up at our meal! It was our waitress and she wanted us to move dishes out of the way so she could set down more food. My tablemates and I were flabbergasted. ...more

White Paper - Increase Your Returns Using Event-Based Marketing

Learn how event-based marketing will help you grow customer relationships. ...more

5 Simple Ways To Improve Hotel Sales In A Lousy Economy - By Neil Salerno

Some Hotels Are Successfully Gaining Market Share ...more

Efficient Markets or Herd Mentality? The Future of Economic Forecasting

Ever wonder why you succumbed, yet again, to advertising hype or deceptive packaging and overpaid for a product? Or bought securities that you know were overvalued when the herd instinct was just too strong to resist? ...more

'Tis the Season to Find Folly...Retail Business Will Never Be the Same! - By Ragsdale Hendrie

My dinner partner this Thanksgiving was my sister-in-law's Mother, a gracious woman of a certain age. She was also one of the first Stewardesses for a major airline, still travels, has a sharp eye for style and substance and is very wise. We naturally talked about Customer Service - then and now. ...more

STR reports Canada performance for week ending 28 November

In year-over-year measurements, the industry's occupancy decreased 6.4 percent to end the week at 55.8 percent. Average daily rate dropped 3.0 percent to finish the week at CAD$119.50. Revenue per available room for the week decreased 9.2 percent to finish at CAD$66.66. ...more

Occupancy in Vienna set to improve in 2010

Viennese hoteliers reported declines in all three performance indicators for the year-to-October 2009. RevPAR fell by €14 to €63 compared to the same period last year. ...more

No Sunny Spells For The French Hotel Industry in October

Deloitte French Hotel Performances, October 2009 ...more

London defies gloom as Europe continues to decline - European Chain Hotels Market Review - October 2009

With the notable exception of London, all the cities surveyed in October 2009 experienced declines in RevPAR levels. ...more

London records second highest occupancy of 2009 - UK Chain Hotels Market Review - October 2009

With a year-on-year increase of 1.5 percentage points in October 2009, to 85.1%, the London hotel market recorded the second highest occupancy performance for the capital in 2009, according to the latest HotStats survey by industry experts TRI Hospitality Consulting. ...more

Canadian Occupancy, ADR, RevPAR - Week Ending November 21, 2009

Published in conjunction with STR (Smith Travel Research) and endorsed by the Hotel Association of Canada. This publication summarizes weekly occupancy and average room rates from major cities in Canada. ...more

20 Worst Restaurant Foods in America Revealed

Authors of the Bestselling Book Series 'Eat This, Not That!' Unveil List of Worst Caloric Offenders at Fast Food and Restaurant Chains ...more

Majority of Retailers Say Holiday Advertising and Marketing Budgets

Retailers Focus on Print Advertising & for the First Time, Social Media Marketing this Holiday Season ...more

A Baker's Dozen of Holiday and Year End Safety & Security Suggestions - By John Hogan

December 1st of any year marks a number of things for many of us globally, regardless of where we live. The last month of the calendar year is often time for social parties for companies and associations, as well as family gatherings. There are holiday get-togethers for department staffs, retirement celebrations and to mark the end of a (hopefully) successful year. ...more

Are hotel key cards safe? Well...

Many hotels and resorts use electronic key cards. These cards with a magnetic strip are programmed in such a manner that once the duration of the stay is over, the person does not get access to the room. ...more

ASTA Study Reveals Hot Spots for Consumer Travel

The recently released ASTA Travel Agency Business Trends survey has found that consumer interest in cruises remains for high for the upcoming winter and spring travel seasons, with the Caribbean and Mexico topping the destination charts for winter travel and spring finding U.S. travelers heading to the Caribbean and Europe. ...more