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EasyHotel appoints new finance director

Hotel Owner

He started his career at Baker Tilly as an auditor in 2008, before joining the National Basketball Association as finance manager in 2012 to 2015. The other hires who join this month are Kay Pithwa, UK and Ireland financial controller, Sophie Ruelland, France and Spain financial controller and Fil Goralczyk, senior management accountant.

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Phoenix forecasted for second-highest hotel RevPAR in Super Bowl history

Hotel Business

more supply in the market, a unique volume of demand is forecasted to push occupancy slightly higher than Phoenix’s last host year in 2015 (93.7%). The overall Phoenix market comprises 544 hotels accounting for 70,488 rooms. Even with 11.7%

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Yorkshire’s Gomersal Park Hotel and Spa for sale

Hotel Owner

Formerly owned by Leeds United legend John Charles, Gomersal Park Hotel has been expanded and transformed to also feature as a function and wedding venue, and a Dream Spa, which was built by the current owner, Michael Downs in 2015. There is also a well-stocked gymnasium and restaurant.

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Phoenix achieves second highest Super Bowl weekend ADR, RevPAR

Hotel Business

The market’s previous daily ADR records were recorded when Phoenix last hosted the Super Bowl in 2015. When comparing 2023 hotel performance to 2008 and 2015, nominal and inflation-adjusted ADR and RevPAR significantly outperformed previous host years. However, this year generated 5,200 more occupied hotel rooms than 2015.

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Restaurant Payment Fraud: Who Is Liable?

Modern Restaurant Management

This exposed restaurants to a much higher number of “card not present” transactions, which account for 80% of card fraud losses. On October 1, 2015, liability for fraud on Magstripe transactions shifted to the merchant , an event known as “the liability shift.”

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Kamala Harris Hopes You’ll Be Comforted by Her Cornbread Dressing Recipe This Thanksgiving

EATER

She (or, to be more accurate, whoever runs her social media accounts) was kind enough to illustrate each step with a photo. The last time a veep or president talked recipes on Twitter appears to have been President Obama in 2015 , when he added his voice to the chorus slamming the New York Times ’s infamous pea guacamole.

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‘Bad Vegan,’ a Raw Food Success Story Gone Wrong, Is Your Next True Crime Obsession

EATER

But in 2015, Melngailis disappeared. million from her businesses to personal accounts, “of which her husband blew roughly $1 million at Foxwoods casino and another $200,000 at the Mohegan Sun in Connecticut.”. She hadn’t been paying her staff, vendors, or landlord. Per the trailer, something called a “meat suit” was involved.