Rethinking How to Use the Minibar for Total Revenues
Adam and Larry Mogelonsky | December 21, 2022
Wine as a Quick Win for Hotel Revenues in 2023
Adam and Larry Mogelonsky | September 28, 2022
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Future Foods for Hotels in 2023 and Beyond
Adam and Larry Mogelonsky | January 18, 2023
By Adam and Larry Mogelonsky Food and beverage for hotels is at a bit of an inflection point. On the one hand, we are still contending with all the inflationary wages, short staffing and supply chain headaches left over the pandemic. On the other, we have a recession year ahead of us where we still need to derive profits from the onsite eatery (or at least use the chef-driven restaurant concept to support hotel bookings). Innovation is the only way forward, and hopefully there’s a trend here that inspires you. Therein, the two of us trust that you are already investigating some of in vogue fusion cuisine trends, more vegetable-centric...
The Sagamore Hotel South Beach Celebrates the 20th Anniversary of Art Basel – Miami With Exceptional Guest Service Powered by Beachy Food &...
Beachy | January 11, 2023
Miami’s original Art Hotel delights guests while reducing costs and increasing revenues during the city’s premiere global art fair. Miramar Beach, Fla. (January 11, 2023) – Beachy, a leading provider of next-generation solutions and services for the country’s leading resorts, today announced that The Sagamore Hotel, South Beach successfully deployed its innovative mobile point-of-sale (POS) solution in time to welcome guests to the 20th anniversary of Art Basel – Miami. Beachy’s 5G cellular-enabled tablets gave the Sagamore operations team a fast and simple deployment strategy for mobile service on the pool deck and beach. Pr...
Rethinking How to Use the Minibar for Total Revenues
Adam and Larry Mogelonsky | December 21, 2022
By Larry and Adam Mogelonsky The minibar is not a guestroom amenity set in stone. In fact, there are ways to use it either to boost total revenues per guest or to help craft an even better hotel experience. First consider minibar technology. You can buy configurations that automatically debit the guest when an item is removed. This saves labor as it eliminates the need for physical review, automatically orders replacement product and syncs with accounting for guest billing. You can even hire out your minibars to third party services that will manage the entire process on your behalf. Thinking broader, the minibar remains a thorn in m...
Shiji Completes 200th Hyatt Hotel Installation on Infrasys Cloud Point-of-Sale in Orlando, FL
Shiji Group | December 14, 2022
Shiji and Hyatt Hotels Corporation leadership met in Orlando, Florida, to celebrate their partnership after the 200th installation of Infrasys Cloud POS. ATLANTA, Georgia, December 14, 2022 – Shiji Group has announced that the 200th installation of Shiji's Infrasys Cloud point-of-sale recently went live at Hyatt Regency Orlando International Airport in Orlando, Florida. Shiji and Hyatt originally began working together in 2019 after Hyatt selected Shiji’s Infrasys Cloud product to power systems at food and beverage outlets at select Hyatt properties. Hyatt was seeking an alternative cloud-based POS solution which could be sc...
The Lag in Food and Beverage Recovery
Robert Mandelbaum | December 12, 2022
By Robert Mandelbaum, Andrew Hartley According to CBRE’s September 2022 Hotel Horizons® forecast for the overall U.S. lodging industry, rooms revenue per-available-room (RevPAR) will exceed 2019 annual levels in 2022. This is driven by the accelerated recovery of average daily rate (ADR) which first occurred during the third quarter of 2021. Unfortunately for the owners and operators of full-service, convention, and resort hotels, food and beverage (F&B) revenue is lagging in recovery and yet to return to pre-COVID levels. This can be attributed to a combination of the following factors: Health regulations The lag in ...
Foxwoods Resort Casino Chooses Agilysys Point-of-Sale Technology to Elevate Its Retail and Food & Beverage Outlets’ Capabilities and Maximi...
Agilysys | December 6, 2022
The Largest Resort Casino in North America Invests in Innovative, Customizable Solutions to Provide More Personalized Interactions and Stays ALPHARETTA, GA. — DECEMBER 6, 2022 — Even amid inflation, millions of consumers are going all in on revenge travel — making up for lost or canceled vacation time brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic. Domestically, 85% of Americans were expected to travel this past summer and planned to spend nearly as much money on such excursions as they did before the global outbreak. Foxwoods Resort Casino, the leading premier resort casino in the Northeast, wants to ensure it is providing guests and staff ...
UH Conrad N. Hilton College of Global Hospitality Leadership Launches Houston’s First Restaurant-Based Food Service Robot
The University of Houston | December 5, 2022
HOUSTON -Dec. 5, 2022 - As dean of the University of Houston Conrad N. Hilton College of Global Hospitality Leadership, Dennis Reynolds is constantly looking for the newest technologies and innovations to keep his program front and center on the world hospitality stage. His latest find is a state-of-the-art food service robot called “Servi,” now on duty in Eric’s Restaurant at the Hilton University of Houston. “There’s a lot of buzz out there,” Reynolds says. “People are excited about it.” Hilton College is the only hospitality program in the world where students work and take classes in an internationally branded, ful...
Recipes: 4 Reasons Why Your Operation Needs Them
David Lund | November 14, 2022
Introducing: Patrick CORE McClary If Your Challenge Is Food & Beverage Then – Meet Your Maker Everywhere You Look it’s Bleeding 🩸. The Patient is So Messed Up it’s Not Even Funny. It Will Never Fix Itself. You Need CORE On Your Side. Cost Operations Revenue Execute Patrick is a self-made star of the food and beverage trade. He knows and has seen it all. No problem or challenge is too big or too small. He can help you turn the page and make day-old bread sing again. Have a read and do yourself a favor. Reach out and talk to Patrick about how he can help you today. Recipes: 4 Reasons Why Your Operation Need...
Chef Franck Giovannini on the Constant Changes in the Restaurant Industry
November 1, 2022
Passionate about his profession and benefiting from a long experience in the world of gastronomy, Franck Giovannini has been working with enthusiasm at the Restaurant de l'Hôtel de Ville de Crissier for 27 years now. After his apprenticeship at the Auberge de la Couronne in Apples, he had the opportunity to travel and work in North America, first on Victoria Island in Canada and then in New York at the St. Regis Hotel, and has subsequently worked with all his Crissier predecessors: Frédy Girardet, Philippe Rochat and also Benoît Violier at the highly-awarded Restaurant de l'Hotel de Ville. A lot has changed in the restaurant industry si...
New Orleans Marriott Warehouse Arts District Selects Clear Sky Software for Managing Beverage Inventory
Clear Sky Software | October 27, 2022
CHARLOTTE, North Carolina – October 27, 2022 – Clear Sky Software, Inc. Clear Sky Software, Inc. ® announced today that the New Orleans Marriott Warehouse Arts District has installed the company’s beverage inventory control software. The Marriott selected Clear Sky Software to help control all beer, liquor and wine inventory. Called Clear Sky BEVERAGE, this system is a comprehensive, perpetual inventory system that tracks and controls all beverage products. Functions include purchasing, receiving, outlet transfers/issues/returns and physical inventory. Additional features allow management to report product fast-movers, slow-...
Atlanta Airport Marriott Installs Clear Sky’s Food Inventory Management System for Better Control
Clear Sky Software | October 25, 2022
CHARLOTTE, North Carolina – October 25, 2022 – Clear Sky Software, Inc. Clear Sky Software, Inc. ® announced today that The Atlanta Airport Marriott, has installed Clear Sky’s food inventory management system, called Clear Sky FOOD, for increased and better control over the hotel’s food product inventory. This busy hotel has been a customer of Clear Sky Software for many years utilizing the company’s beverage inventory control system called Clear Sky BEVERAGE. Desiring one inventory system for both food AND beverage products, the hotel looked no further than the successful relationship already in place with Clear Sky Softwar...
Beverage Inventory Control System by Clear Sky Software Helping the Raleigh Marriott City Center
Clear Sky Software | October 18, 2022
Charlotte, North Carolina – October 18, 2022 – Clear Sky Software, Inc. Clear Sky Software, Inc. ® announced today that the Raleigh Marriott City Center Hotel earlier this year implemented Clear Sky Software’s beverage inventory control system. The City Center selected Clear Sky Software to help control all beer, liquor and wine inventory. Called Clear Sky BEVERAGE, this system is a comprehensive, perpetual inventory system that tracks and controls all beverage products. Functions include purchasing, receiving, outlet transfers/issues/returns and physical inventory. Also installed is Clear Sky’s Interface to Fintech and Mi...
Hospitality Financial Leadership: What Really Counts and Why
David Lund | October 10, 2022
By David Lund If you do not have all three of these metrics on your radar screen at the same time, you are flying the profit picture in your food operation with at least one eye closed. All three metrics must work together at the same time to get the best view of the potential profitability of your food sales. Let’s explore these three different measurements and see what we find. Average Customer Cover The first part is “average customer cover spend” or ACCS. That is the average amount of food sales per person served. To calculate this, you take the total food sales (only items in the food family) from a given period and divide...
JW Marriott Atlanta Buckhead Expands Clear Sky Software’s Inventory Solution to the Culinary Department
Clear Sky Software | October 6, 2022
CHARLOTTE, North Carolina – October 6, 2022 – Clear Sky Software, Inc. Clear Sky Software, Inc. ® announced today that The JW Marriott Atlanta Buckhead has expanded its use of Clear Sky Software’s money-saving inventory systems. This beautiful and busy hotel has been a customer of Clear Sky Software for many years utilizing the company’s perpetual inventory system in the beverage department. Management made the decision to extend this technology out to the culinary department and take advantage of Clear Sky’s Food Inventory System. Now the hotel has one vendor and one system for tracking and controlling all food and bevera...
Shiji’s Infrasys Now Powering All F&B Outlets in Sunway City Kuala Lumpur Hotels
Shiji | October 3, 2022
Infrasys Cloud POS is now deployed in all F&B outlets in Sunway Resort, Sunway Hotel Pyramid and Sunway Hotel Clio, located within Sunway City Kuala Lumpur, Asia’s premier entertainment and hospitality destination. Singapore, October 3, 2022 – Shiji Group and Sunway City Kuala Lumpur Hotels have successfully grown their partnership as the hospitality technology company has completed the implementation of its product Infrasys Cloud POS in all the F&B outlets within Sunway Resort, Sunway Hotel Pyramid and Sunway Hotel Clio, which includes Gordon Ramsay Bar & Grill. The cluster of hotels located within Sunway City Kual...
Wine as a Quick Win for Hotel Revenues in 2023
Adam and Larry Mogelonsky | September 28, 2022
By Adam and Larry Mogelonsky Heading into budget season for next year, there’s a lot of uncertainty as to how hotel executives can best divide the bucket amongst labor, equipment and capital investments. The industry is still in a recovery period from the pandemic and possibly entering a recession with all of the implied knock-on effects for travel numbers. It’s a forecasting disaster. While hardly a panacea to this complex scenario, we hope that this passion of ours can be a profit center for your property. Anyone who has chatted or worked with us knows that wine is our favorite alcoholic beverage. In essence, it’s just fermented...
Morongo Casino Resort and Spa Gains Immediate Revenue Boost and Speeds Guest Service by Deploying Agilysys Self-Service Kiosk Software in The Marketpl...
Agilysys | September 28, 2022
-- New technology enables convenient, around-the-clock dining experiences without staffing strain -- ALPHARETTA, GA. — September 28, 2022 — While hotel room night revenue in 2022 is projected to reach $168.4 billion, within one percent of 2019’s pre-pandemic levels, continued staffing shortages are expected to contribute to slower recovery of revenue from food and beverage and other services, according to The American Hotel & Lodging Association 2022 State of the Hotel Industry Report. To accelerate food and beverage revenue recovery, properties such as Morongo Casino Resort and Spa are turning to innovative technology that enab...
Wine in Nine Steps for Revenues in Autumn 2022
Larry and Adam Mogelonsky | September 14, 2022
By Larry and Adam Mogelonsky If you’ve spoken to us before or we’ve broken bread together, then you know that the two of us are wine nuts. Not only does the beverage never cease to amaze in its production and regional variations, but we write about it for hotels because we see it as a great way for any restaurant to boost revenues. This running column has been all about wine, but alas this age-old alcohol is only a subset of the overall F&B program for any hotel property. After all, a wine strategy is part of a bigger picture – the F&B program – and it must serve the role of generating profit. As well, wine, like all ...
Clear Sky’s Beverage Inventory Control System Helping the Detroit Marriott Troy
Clear Sky Software | August 23, 2022
Clear Sky Software, Inc. ® announced today that the Detroit Marriott Troy Hotel is up and running on Clear Sky Software’s beverage inventory control system. This hotel selected Clear Sky Software to help control all beer, liquor and wine inventory. Called Clear Sky BEVERAGE, this system is a comprehensive, perpetual inventory system that tracks and controls all beverage products. Functions include purchasing, receiving, outlet transfers/issues/returns and physical inventory. Also installed is Clear Sky’s Interface to Fintech’s Payment Source program. The Fintech interface streamlines the beverage product receiving process, ...
Nimbus® Debuts Reusable, Plant-Based Makeup Removing Towel That Reduces Laundry Costs and Contributes to ESG Efforts in the Hospitality Sector
Nimbus Eco Inc | August 22, 2022
SAN DIEGO, CA – Hotels and resorts struggling with loss of towels have a new option for their guest’s makeup removal and hygiene needs. Continuing in its spirit of innovation, Nimbus has debuted a new plant-based towel that can be used on the face, body, and even surfaces to clean away dirt and germs while also carrying a number of eco-friendly credentials including being FSC Certified, compostable, reusable, plastic-free, and flushable. These towels come in a compressed form when shipped and expand when water is added so companies looking to reduce their carbon footprint and improve their ESG ratings stand to benefit by replacing the...
Westin Phoenix Downtown Hotel Implements Clear Sky’s Beverage Inventory Control Software
Clear Sky Software | August 10, 2022
CHARLOTTE, North Carolina – August 10, 2022 – Clear Sky Software, Inc. Clear Sky Software, Inc. ® announced today that the Westin Phoenix Downtown Hotel is up and running on Clear Sky Software’s beverage inventory control system. The Westin selected Clear Sky Software to help control all beer, liquor and wine inventory. Called Clear Sky BEVERAGE, this system is a comprehensive, perpetual inventory system that tracks and controls all beverage products. Functions include purchasing, receiving, outlet transfers/issues/returns and physical inventory. Also installed is Clear Sky’s Interface to Marriott’s HotShop Procurement S...
Waldorf Astoria Beverly Hills Appoints Peleg Miron as New Executive Chef
Waldorf Astoria Beverly Hills | July 28, 2022
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. – July 28, 2022 – Waldorf Astoria Beverly Hills, announces the appointment of Chef Peleg Miron as the five-star property’s Executive Chef. Miron brings over 15 years of culinary expertise to the world-class Beverly Hills hotel where he will be responsible for overseeing all food and beverage initiatives at the three dining outlets including Jean-Georges Beverly Hills, The Rooftop by JG, and the Lobby Lounge. Additionally, he will oversee the menus for in-room dining, catering, and private events. “Chef Miron brings a wealth of impressive experience in the culinary and luxury hospitality markets,” said Antoni...
Clear Sky Software’s Beverage Management System Installed at The Wyndham Grand Clearwater Beach
Clear Sky Software | July 26, 2022
CHARLOTTE, North Carolina – July 26, 2022 – Clear Sky Software, Inc. Clear Sky Software, Inc. ® announced today that the Wyndham Grand Clearwater Beach has installed the company’s beverage inventory control software. The Wyndham selected Clear Sky Software to help control all beer, liquor and wine inventory. Called Clear Sky BEVERAGE, this system is a comprehensive, perpetual inventory system that tracks and controls all beverage products. Functions include purchasing, receiving, outlet transfers/issues/returns and physical inventory. Additional features allow management to report product fast-movers, slow- movers, cost vari...
Westin Chicago River North Selects Clear Sky Software for Managing Beverage Inventory
Clear Sky Software | July 22, 2022
CHARLOTTE, North Carolina – July 22, 2022 – Clear Sky Software, Inc. Clear Sky Software, Inc. ® announced today that the Westin Chicago River North Hotel has installed the company’s beverage inventory control software. The Westin selected Clear Sky Software to help control all beer, liquor and wine inventory. Called Clear Sky BEVERAGE, this system is a comprehensive, perpetual inventory system that tracks and controls all beverage products. Functions include purchasing, receiving, outlet transfers/issues/returns and physical inventory. Additional features allow management to report product fast-movers, slow- movers, cost var...
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