food &beverage
Hotels Should Seriously Look at the Alcohol Alternatives Category
Adam and Larry Mogelonsky | April 10, 2024
By Adam Mogelonsky, Larry Mogelonsky As restaurateurs and hoteliers, you bear a significant responsibility to ensure the safety of your guests, particularly in preventing drunk driving. The legal ramifications of such incidents are substantial. However, there is encouraging news: alternatives to alcoholic beverages are becoming increasingly available, diverse in quality, and popular among consumers. Simultaneously, there's a growing trend of people abstaining from alcohol either entirely or by reducing their consumption frequency per week. Whether motivated by health concerns or other reasons, such patrons often seek options beyond trad...
Building a Must-Experience Hotel Restaurant That Builds Loyalty and Drives Revenue
Kai Urban | February 22, 2024
By Kai Urban, Director of Food & Beverage, Hilton Anaheim Key pillars of a profitable and successful hotel restaurant include enhancing guest experience while ensuring operational efficiencies. Hotel executives must navigate through the nuances of creating the right ambiance for the respective market and audience and address marketing, branding, and leveraging technology. To build and foster a stellar reputation as a hotel restaurant takes adapting to market trends and ultimately positioning itself as an indispensable asset in the competitive hospitality landscape. Beyond the rooms, Hilton Anaheim is known for an array of amenities...
Hilton and the James Beard Foundation Evolve Partnership in Year Two, Honoring Excellence in Food and Beverage at the 2024 James Beard Awards
Hilton | January 26, 2024
Amplified partnership champions Hilton’s ongoing commitment to food & beverage innovation and culinary talent MCLEAN, Va. – Hilton today announced an expanded partnership with the James Beard Foundation, serving as an In-Association Sponsor of the 2024 James Beard Awards and Presenting Sponsor of the James Beard Restaurant and Chef Awards Outstanding Chef category. Following last year’s industry-leading partnership as the first global hospitality company to sponsor the Outstanding Bar category, this renewed support underscores Hilton's ongoing innovation in food and beverage and, this year, puts the spotlight on top-tier culinar...
W Barcelona Boosts F&B Guest Spend by 60% With IRIS’ Mobile Ordering
IRIS | January 11, 2024
The 5-star Barcelona hotel increases guest spend by two-thirds since upgrading and streamlining its mobile ordering capabilities with IRIS’ hospitality app W Barcelona, situated on the famous Barceloneta Boardwalk, partnered with IRIS, the leading provider of digital F&B and guest experience platforms, to offer a broader digital ordering experience resulting in a boost in revenue and efficiencies. It selected both its mobile dining solution to deliver an in-room dining service and a world of culinary delights direct to its guest’s doors, in addition to its digital guest directory solution to provide all guests with direct access ...
Sanctuary Camelback Mountain, A Gurney’s Resort & Spa Appoints New Members to Food and Beverage Team
Gurney’s Resorts | November 20, 2023
With this introduction, the luxury resort will usher in a new wave of culinary offerings (Scottsdale, AZ) – Sanctuary Camelback Mountain, A Gurney’s Resort & Spa is pleased to announce the appointment of key personnel to its food and beverage leadership team, including Gregory James as Executive Chef, Paul Carter as Food & Beverage Director, Matthew Hobbs as Executive Sous Chef, Thomas Porrazzo as General Manager of elements and jade bar and Russell Senser as Sommelier. With the introduction of the robust team, Sanctuary Camelback Mountain, A Gurney’s Resort & Spa will usher in a new wave of gastronomic offerings at the lux...
Leading the Culinary Lifestyle Segment With Christopher Hunsberger of Appellation
Adam and Larry Mogelonsky | November 8, 2023
By Adam and Larry Mogelonsky Every hotelier knows in their heart of hearts the importance of giving guests a great experience. It’s the lifeblood of hospitality. Yet beyond impeccable service and a flawless guestroom, so much of that hotel experience is crafted by what else is happening onsite. This is what we often label as a ‘reason to visit’ which can be a spa, golf, the pool, beach access, proximity to attractions, activities, funky décor or a mix of several of these and more. In this case, the focus is F&B as that reason to visit, yet normally we would still write about its importance as a part of the overall hotel exper...
How Restaurant Teams Help Upsell Hotel Services
Adam and Larry Mogelonsky | November 1, 2023
By Adam Mogelonsky, Larry Mogelonsky Here’s a thought to get your head churning. When you think of ‘innovation’ do you only think about some shiny new technology or does your mind also include incremental process improvements or business model adaptations within established industries? A softer front for innovation is thus in F&B, with intrepid chefs and mixologists constantly tinkering with their own technologies to dazzle their patrons and push the foodservice industry into uncharted territory. It follows that hotels, as the incubators for some of the best restaurant concepts on the planet, are leading progenitors for this type...
Breakfast Is King: Elevating the Guest Experience through F&B Innovations
Court Williams | August 14, 2023
By Court Williams Food and beverage (F&B) services are now integral to the hotel guest experience, extending beyond mere sustenance to create memorable moments and elevate the overall stay. Gone are the days when hotel restaurants were loss leaders, primarily serving the needs of in-house guests. F&B has emerged as a profit center, with proactive and innovative approaches driving its success. The Power of Innovative F&B Today’s hotel guests expect more than just a place to rest. They want intriguing and Instagrammable moments extending to the dining table, community spaces, and overall experience. Hotels recognize the power...
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