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Center for Hospitality Research Studies Focus on Distribution Strategies for Restaurants and the Financial Strategies for Hotels

 

Two new reports from the Cornell Center for Hospitality Research (CHR) at the Cornell School of Hotel Administration are aimed at helping hospitality managers improve their sales and revenue. One report focuses on restaurant distribution strategies, and the other compares the financial outcomes for hotels that have various corporate cultures and strategic approaches. Both reports are available at no charge from the CHR. CHR also invites hotel practitioners to participate in a new interactive blog on the CHR site, with a goal of sharing ideas and improving success in addressing issues created by social media.

Costa Concordia will be most costly maritime disaster

 

The sinking of the Costa Concordia, which has claimed at least six lives, will go down as the most costly maritime disaster.

 

It is expected to cost the insurance industry about $750m and parent Carnival will have to pay a $40m excess.

The company's share price has plunged 370p to £18.78, wiping £3.5bn off its value, as analysts try to estimate how much the disaster would cost the company in terms of repairs and lost earnings.

Green Globe accredits Deloitte France for sustainability verification

 

LOS ANGELES, California - Green Globe Certification today announced the accreditation of Ms. Cecilia Valdes Canales, member of Deloitte France. This accreditation means that Deloitte France is authorized to conduct verification assessments for Green Globe worldwide.

Green Globe Certification CEO Mr. Guido Bauer said: “We welcome Ms. Valdes Canales to our global team of sustainable travel and tourism auditors. Ms. Valdes Canales has professional experience in the hotel sector, and has had first-hand experience completing Green Globe audits from the client side.

Slovenia World Photo Contest 2012 in Partnership with the Tourist Board

 

PictureSlovenia.com, in cooperation with the Slovenian Tourist Board and partners, continues the global photography competition, through which it wants to increase the visibility of Slovenia in the world and encourage visitors, fans, and friends of Slovenia to get involved in the presentation of Slovenia. The contest ends May 22, 2012. Publication of winners: June 4, 2012.

Fat passengers should pay more, says ex Qantas finance chief

A former Qantas group chief economist says people who weigh more should pay more to fly on planes.

Writing for Business Day in Fairfax newspapers, Tony Webber, now managing director of Webber Quantitative Consulting and Associate Professor at the University of Sydney Business School, claims fuel burnt by planes depends on many things 'but the most important is the weight of the aircraft. The more a plane weighs, the more fuel it must burn'.

European Capital of Culture begins in Maribor on January 14

In the last days of December, the Finnish Turku symbolically handed over the European Capital of Culture (ECOC) title to Maribor and Guimarães during a solemn event. Maribor will solemnly open the European Capital of Culture on January 14 at Leon Štukelj square, followed by Guimarães a week later on January 21.

Fiona Jefferey awarded OBE in New Year’s Honors List

Reed Travel Exhibitions Chairman of World Travel Market (WTM), Fiona Jeffery, has been appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in Queen Elizabeth’s II New Year’s Honors list.

Jeffery’s award of the OBE is for her services to the travel and tourism industry during her 26 years at WTM, the leading global event for the travel industry.
She joined the marketing department of Reed Exhibitions in 1986 and became Group Marketing Manager in 1988, before being promoted to Marketing Director in 1991.