Month: March 2018

BERLIN, Germany — In the constant contest for customers, battle lines continue to be drawn between hotels that have to fill beds and the prevalent, long-armed online travel agencies that are a continued, but costly, provider of customers. Discussion pivoted on distribution during a panel session at the International Hotel Investment Forum, here at the InterContinental Berlin. (Hotel Management)

Last year, we had an epiphany: So much of the fast-casual innovation we kept raving about was flowing out of the same set of emerging brands that had only a handful of locations at best. Those young pups were forcing much larger brands to re-evaluate their own operations as the upstarts thrived in cities across the country. (QSR)

Food photography has become a cult of sorts, especially on Instagram, the photo-sharing social media platform, which currently has more than 246 million posts tagged #food. But it’s not just food lovers who are using Instagram: Chefs are smartly utilizing the platform, too. (Nation’s Restaurant News)

Del Taco plans to introduce more premium menu items outside its value menu, expand its test of delivery, and roll out an enhanced Del Taco app by the end of the year. (Nation’s Restaurant News)

Hotels are putting money toward technology upgrades such as keyless entry and smart thermostats to give guests a better in-room experience. But there’s another – albeit less glamorous – application for tech in guest rooms that hotels might want to consider: bed bug detection. (PhocusWire)