Hospitality Month 2017 Communications Earn Award
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Imagine this: You check into a hotel without speaking to a flesh-and-bones human, without using your phone, without doing anything beyond walking up to your room and getting your eyeballs scanned for entry. You click a button and are suddenly in the rain forest, toucans croaking in the distance as a nearby waterfall releases a relaxing mist with humidity you’re able to adjust through your augmented reality command center. (AdAge)
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“Fine-casual,” a phrase credited to Shake Shack founder Danny Meyer, melds the speed and convenience of fast-casual with a chef-driven menu and other upscale touches that take the experience up a notch. A small-but-growing niche, fine-casual restaurants feed consumers’ craving for new cuisines and experiences while accomodating their demand for speed and convenience. (SmartBrief)
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Starbucks has teamed with Closed Loop Partners in a challenge to inventors to develop a more sustainable coffee cup. The chain’s customers account for about 1% of the 600 billion paper and plastic cups used annually around the world, and the $10 million NextGen Cup Challenge will seek a fully compostable cup over the next three years. (USA Today)
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Aspiring student chefs and restaurateurs from Northwest Career and Technical Academy gathered to slice, dice and plan their dream restaurants Saturday, March 10, in Spokane at the annual ProStart Invitational. This year, Anacortes students participated in both the culinary and management portions of the invitational but did not place. (Anacortes American)
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