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HVMG bolsters leadership team

Hotel Business

The strategic promotions and new leadership team additions include Sue Sanders to EVP, chief strategy and administrative officer; Wilson Turner to SVP, human resources; Angie Cook to SVP of accounting and finance; Suzanne Saunders to SVP, design and construction; and Bob Kisker to VP, operations. and Starwood Hotels and Resorts.

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Four Reasons to Consider a Virtual Kitchen Now

Modern Restaurant Management

Even before COVID-19, the food delivery industry was expected to grow from $43 billion in 2017 to $467 billion in 2025 – now it's expected to be $1 trillion by 2030. In fact, according to The Washington Post , it’s one of the only areas in the restaurant industry seeing growth right now. Flexibility Can Help You Reap Rewards.

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Go Ahead and Make Your AI Recipe. It Won’t Be Good.

EATER

Her blog, AI Weirdness , chronicles what happens when she trains neural networks on everything from paint colors to animal names. A recipe for “small sandwiches” from 2017 included the measurement “1 salad dressing.” Despite the enthusiasm from deep-pocketed investors, by most accounts AI-generated recipes are still not very good.

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In conversation with the founder of a&o Hostels

Hotel Owner

In 2017, we started to monitor our carbon footprint. We now have a software that tracks every bill by footprint – even if it’s just filling the car, it appears on this software that squeezes information from our accounting system every year to see what we spend and how that translates to the company’s footprint.

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Seven Top Restaurant Marketing Ideas And Trends

Modern Restaurant Management

Train your staff to build other taking points. Creating a Google My Business account for your restaurant is a great way to ensure that all vital information will be at the customer’s fingertips. Since then, the record has been broken, with the new record — ten bowls — being set in 2017. Net result?

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New Report Details Pervasive Culture of Racism at Bon App?tit: ?Nowhere Have I Ever Felt More Isolated?

EATER

Ryan Walker-Hartshorn, Rapoport’s assistant since September 2017, told Business Insider that Rapoport has treated her like “the help” as the only Black woman on staff. She recalled a day in early 2017, when she and another nonwhite staffer, Alyse Whitney, had been in Bon Appetit ’s famed test kitchen, chatting with two white staffers.

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For Restaurant Workers Who Have Experienced Abuse, Support Groups Can Help

EATER

The hotlines provide conversations with trained therapists and mental health counselors, who can also set you up with resources like emergency shelter and financial counseling, and help finding in-person services and clothing. I would say don’t hesitate to reach out for legal services sooner rather than later,” says Holt.