Food & Beverage - 7 Pricing Tricks: how many can you use? - By Ken Burgin
With customers searching for value and the best deal, pricing strategies need to be smarter than ever. ...more

Energy Drink Explosion Hits Food
Mintel expects energy drink buzz to spill over into food, snacks and candy ...more

Bartenders Disclose Best Strategies for New Drink Promotions
According to bartenders, if you want to persuade patrons to try new drinks, your best strategy is to offer special price promotions. Over 70 percent of bartenders in a recent Technomic survey agree that this is an effective approach for launching new offerings, particularly in neighborhood bars, at nightclubs that offer entertainment, and in casual-dining restaurants. ...more

Restaurant Trends - Growing And Emerging Concepts - Data reflects change and activity from April 18, 2008 to August 18, 2008
Update from Restaurantchains.net on growing and emerging restaurant concepts ...more

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How to Use Local Events to Drive Qualified Traffic to your Hotel Website
As a hotel, one of the most difficult aspects of marketing is finding your target audience. A hotel can satisfy the needs of many different demographics, and simply marketing to the general public is not as effective as marketing to specific groups of people. ...more

Where Have All the Online Travelers Gone?
The number of travelers booking online is down. What's up? ...more

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STR reports U.S. hotel performance for July 2008
The U.S. hotel industry posted increases in the key performance measurements of average daily rate and revenue per available room during the month of July, according to data from STR. ...more

Canada Tourism Commission releases Tourism Snapshot - 2007 Year-in-Review
Michele McKenzie, the CTC's President and CEO, noted that 'This annual publication provides a valuable base of information that is used for decision-making and strategic business planning as the CTC strives to make Canada the destination of choice in the nine international tourism markets on which it focuses.' ...more

UK Chain Hotels Market Review - July 2008
London profit heads skywards thanks to Farnborough Airshow ...more

Spain hotel stays rise 0.9 pct yr/yr in July
The number of overnight stays in Spanish hotels rose year-on-year in July after a drop the previous month, official data showed on Friday. ...more

Hawaii Timeshare Occupancy, Employment Stays Strong During Tourism Downturn
The American Resort Development Association's Hawaii Chapter (ARDA) released occupancy figures provided by timeshare operators for second quarter 2008, showing that timeshare exceeded hotel occupancy by nearly 20 percentage points statewide. ...more

Rate and RevPAR continue to increase globally in July
The global hotel industry recorded positive growth in average daily rate and revenue per available room for the month of July 2008, according to data from STR and STR Global. ...more

Summer events boost London hotels - hoteliers in the rest of the UK maintain steady growth
Hotels in the capital experienced a very healthy July with significant growth in both room rate and occupancy, according to preliminary monthly figures released by PKF Hotel Consultancy Services. Hotels across the rest of the country maintained steady growth. ...more

Beijing Hotel Rates, Revenue Spike During 2008 Olympic Games
A study of daily hotel performance by STR Global shows significant rate and revenue spikes in Beijing during the 2008 Olympic Games as the city posted an occupancy rate of 88.47 percent during the event. ...more

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Changing the Perception of Revenue Management Within an Organization is a Slow Process
Revenue management as a discipline finally seems to be getting its due in the industry. ...more

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Domestic And International Airfares Reached Record Levels In Q2 2008
Companies Achieve Savings by Tightening Policy Compliance ...more

AAA Forecasts Small Decrease in Labor Day Holiday Travel
Coming holiday marks third consecutive travel period with a projected year-to-year decline in travelers ...more

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