Hotels can be ripe environments for workplace injuries, which is why hotel owners and managers need to be able to distinguish between legitimate work-related injuries and potentially fraudulent attempts to claim workers' compensation insurance benefits. To protect their businesses, hotel owners and managers need to understand the types of workers' compensation fraud as well as the red flag indicators that could signal a fraudulent claim. READ MORE

In the service sector people are not a business' greatest asset. People are the lynchpin of its success or failure. People are our staff; our customers; the travel agents and tourist boards that encourage clients to stay with us or eat with us; our suppliers; the people who recommend us through word of mouth; our communities; our critics and defenders; our lifeblood. Yet, in terms of business, the idea of a company - in the hospitality sector or otherwise - having a 'people strategy' is a relatively new concept. READ MORE

The hospitality and wellness industry has reached a point where it has no other choice than to start applying an integration process with a focus on how to encourage and apply a development of the individual human potential that matches the new economy. There is a business environment in the making where companies and corporations are going to be seen and operated as living organisms, occupied by human beings who thoughtfully and organically communicate and interact from the heart energy, at all times READ MORE

A bottom-line focus requires a hotel's operating team to have a skill set comparable to that of its revenue managers. But while many revenue managers rely on yield management systems to simplify complex calculations and tasks, few operators take similar advantage of advanced labor management technology that can help optimize both labor costs and service performance. Today's sophisticated LMS solutions are the key to driving bottom-line results while preserving market share. READ MORE

Literally millions of mobile apps compete for consumers' time, attention and phone space. Hotel apps are largely unsuccessful in breaking through the noise and engaging with guests in an authentic way; yet, hotel brands continue to spend excessive budget and effort on creating newer, flashier mobile apps in the hopes of sparking customer interest. A new paradigm - one where hotels create mobile solutions aligned with how travelers actually use their mobile devices - provides an alternative. Welcome to the post-app economy: it's simpler, smarter and more effective guest communication. READ MORE