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The Science of Hotel Sales - The Benchmarking Imperative for Success in a Difficult Economy - By Carol Verret
This topic may not rate high on the 'sexiness' meter in a period where hotels are frantically seeking new strategies to generate demand but managers and owners will love it as it gives them information they need to evaluate sales strategies! ...more

Measuring Bar Profits - Where Can You Improve? - By Ken Burgin
Whether it's wine, beer, spirits, coffee or soft-drinks, there are plenty of ways to look at the performance and profit-margins of beverage sales. ...more

Two Companies, Two Different Blueprints for Reducing Global Warming
Businesspeople spend too much time worrying about the burdens brought by global warming -- the possibility of carbon taxes and greater regulation of emissions -- and ignoring the potential commercial upside, according to participants in a recent Wharton conference titled, 'Winners and Losers in Green Technologies,' sponsored by the William and Phyllis Mack Center for Technological Innovation. ...more

Principles for success as a manager - Part three: Using your management style effectively - By John Hogan
In 1960, Douglas McGregor (1906-1964), a Management professor at the MIT Sloan School of Management authored a book on management titled: The Human Side of Enterprise. This offered an approach of creating business environments within which employees are motivated via authoritative, direction and control or integration and self-control, which he called theory X and theory Y, respectively. ...more

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Trends

Global hotel industry grows ADR, RevPAR
First half of 2008 produces occupancy drop in three of four regions ...more

European Chain Hotels Market Review - June 2008
Vienna kicks average rate skywards ...more

Canadian Occupancy, ADR, RevPAR - Week Ending July 19, 2008
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

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Technology

OpenTravel Alliance Announces New Project Teams
Air Canada, Amadeus, Starwood Lead New Work ...more

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Development

FireKeepers Casino is Scheduled to Open Summer 2009
The Nottawaseppi Huron Band of Potawatomi today announced that construction of FireKeepers Casino near Battle Creek is making significant progress, with an opening planned for the summer of 2009. ...more

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Environmental

eco from Pineapple
New hotel amenity line provides guests with luxury amenities in 100% biodegradable packaging ...more

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Financial

Wynn Resorts, Limited Posts Record Revenue and EBITDA for the Second Quarter of 2008
Net revenues for the second quarter of 2008 were $825.2 million, compared to $687.5 million in the second quarter of 2007. The revenue increase was driven primarily by a 50.3% increase in revenues at Wynn Macau. ...more

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Internet

TripTelevision Partners With Ice Portal
TripTelevision has partnered with global distributor, ICE Portal (ICE), in a move geared towards renovating and reshaping the online video experience. ...more

VFM Interactive Announces Expansion of Hotel Team
Highly regarded industry veterans, Darlene Rondeau and Susan Tennant, to help grow VFM's hotel media production and distribution business ...more

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Other

PGCB Report Provides Impact of Slot Machine Revenue on Pari-Mutuel Wagering
The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board today released its first benchmark report to determine the impact of slot machine play on Pennsylvania pari-mutuel wagering. ...more

Murder at Hotel Cinema by Daniel Edward Craig released this month.
Reckless publicity stunt, suicide or murder? A troubled celebrity takes a fatal dive from her penthouse balcony on opening night of a fashionable Hollywood hotel. ...more

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