food &beverage
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...
The Latest Wine Trend for Fall Then 2024
Adam and Larry Mogelonsky | August 9, 2023
By Adam and Larry Mogelonsky If you know either of us, then you know that we are big fans of wine. Besides the actual taste and endless variety of production around the world, we write about wine because it’s a great way to ramp up restaurant revenues on a high-margin basis. But this only occurs when the wine is effectively marketed and sold. For reference (and to show we actually know what we’re talking about), we published a book about how to sell more wine last year, and we’ve written about how finetuning your wine strategy can be used to generate quick wins for the hotel. Today, we look ahead, first to Q4 2023 then to 2024. Sp...
Tourism Tidbits: The Importance of Food and Food Safety for the Travel and Tourism Industry
Dr. Peter Tarlow | August 4, 2023
By Dr. Peter Tarlow The northern hemisphere’s long summer months are a time to relax and enjoy the great outdoors. When it comes to food preparation and good food safety habits, however, being too relaxed can destroy a vacation or even terminate in hospitalization. Although no one has recently connected food safety to criminal acts or acts of terrorism, this has occurred in the past. As we learned during the Covid-19 pandemic health is an important part of tourism security. Likewise, food safety must be an essential component of a sustainable tourism industry. We only have to review some of the problems that the cruise industry has...
A New Flavour for Hotels
PolyU School of Hotel and Tourism Management | July 20, 2023
A priority of hotels worldwide is, quite naturally, attracting and catering to the needs of guests. Seldom do hotels invest heavily in strategies to cater to non-guests. However, according to Dr Sung Gyun Mun, Dr Linda Woo of the School of Hotel and Tourism Management (SHTM) at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University and a co-author, hotels’ food and beverage (F&B) departments can bring in big money by attracting customers from local communities – not just tourists. With important implications for businesses in the post-COVID-19 era of tourism recovery, the authors suggest that hotels may be able to use their F&B offerings to reach n...
Profiting From Low Cal Wines
Adam and Larry Mogelonsky | July 12, 2023
By Larry and Adam Mogelonsky Coming off what was hopefully a restful 4th of July break, lest we forget that wine is a still a profit center for hotels and restaurants all around the world and for all four seasons of the year. Still, there are lots of new trends to embrace in order to drive average check per cover. There are lots of reasons to rethink your beverage strategy for the latter half of 2023 and for 2024, especially because it can mean quick wins for your hotel’s revenues versus more expensive, long-term projects. And as a quick plug, if you’re interested in learning how to market your wine list for revenue optimization, co...
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