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Building a Food Culture

Modern Restaurant Management

One of the most poignant cases for the power of mission and setting a company’s values was with the Tylenol poisonings in 1982 (Rehak, 2002). March 23, 2002. Additionally, to create a truly strong culture, ask team members what their values are and then bring those into the company’s value set. ” The New York Times.

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a&o Hostels announces new COO – Torsten Loos

eHotelier

He has been with the company since 2002 and, as Director Operations, has been responsible for the operation of the total of 40 properties with 35 general managers and more than 1,000 employees since 2014. Torsten Loos is the new COO of Berlin-based budget group a&o Hostels.

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IHG appoints new non-executive director

Hotel Owner

Prior to this, Kalifa was the chief executive officer at Worldpay from 2002 to 2013 before becoming deputy chair until February 2020. Between 1986 and 2002, Kalifa held leadership roles across operations, sales and marketing and eCommerce at the Royal Bank of Scotland (now NatWest Group plc).

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Property developer acquires Tre-Ysgawen Hall in Wales

Hotel Owner

It later relaunched as a hotel, later enhancing its offering with the opening of a spa in 2002. He added: “The addition of the spa complex in 2002 and significant further investment in bedrooms and conferencing and banqueting facilities at the time was very significant in the future of the hall.”

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HFTP and Hospitality Upgrade Expand Partnership with Event Management Agreement

Hospitality Net

Hospitality Financial and Technology Professionals (HFTP®) has finalized an event management agreement with longtime partner Hospitality Upgrade to help coordinate the annual Executive Vendor Summit and CIO Summit, founded by Hospitality Upgrade in 2002. from March 29–31.

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SHR acquires hotel tech provider Avvio

PhocusWire

Founded in 2002, Avvio launched an artificial intelligence-powered booking engine in 2017, Allora, that provides personalized offers to guests from booking through check-in.

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Accor appoints new CFO

Hotel Owner

She then joined PepsiCo after subsequently moving to Danone in 2002, where she served as division CFO and group controller based in Paris. She replaces Jean-Jacques Morin, who will remain deputy CEO and premium, midscale and economy division CEO. Gerow started her career as a consultant with the Boston Consulting Group in New York.