Upscale hotel food and beverage outlets face the challenge of bringing guests an exceptional and unique dining experience, while often competing with local restaurants that do not also have to run a hotel. Creating restaurants with a unique appeal is a must for hotel F&B programs to be profitable and not drag down hotel profits, industry insiders say. (SmartBrief)
Read MoreDETROIT (AP) — Marriott International plans to remove plastic straws and drink stirrers from all of its 6,500 hotels and resorts worldwide by next year. The world’s largest hotel company said Wednesday that the move will eliminate approximately 1 billion straws and 250 million stirrers by July 2019. (WTOP)
Read MoreWhen Wendy’s decided to tear down its restaurant on Dublin Road near Grandview Heights, it took a novel approach to building a replacement. Stop doing what you’ve always done. (Columbus Dispatch)
Read MoreA years-old plan to attract a new hotel located just east of the Cowlitz County Event Center on the county fairgrounds is gaining momentum. The goal of luring a hotel next to the expo center was originally included in the county’s master plan for the 48-acre county fairgrounds. (The Daily News)
Read MoreDomino’s Pizza Inc. grew domestic same-store sales 6.9 percent in the second quarter, helped by technological innovations like delivery hotspots, the new CEO said Thursday. For the second quarter ended June 17, Domino’s net income rose 17.7 percent to $77.4 million, or $1.78 a share, from $65.7 million, or $1.32 a share, in the prior-year period. Revenues were up 24 percent to $779.4 million from $628.6 million in the same quarter last year. (Nation’s Restaurant News)
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