The 94-room Belmond Hotel Cipriani has a storied history. It was opened in the 1950s by the inventor of the Bellini, with a bar that continues to be legendary to this day. It has an Olympic-sized outdoor swimming pool at the edge of the Canale in San Giorgio Maggiore, apparently the result of confusion between feet and meters during construction. And on Thursday it was named the best hotel in the world by a new list that gives properties a composite score based on information that’s compiled from a wide array of sources.
The hotels selected by La Liste heavily…
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So you’ve implemented Grubhub online ordering to bring more orders and greater efficiency to your restaurant, but are you doing all you can to capitalize on your investment? Your Grubhub partnership comes with an array of best-in-class technology and tools to grow your business and reach new diners.
Here are seven tips and tricks on how you can make the most out of your restaurant’s Grubhub partnership.
1. Launch promotions
Did you know that restaurants can run their own promotions on Grubhub? Whether the goal is to introduce a new menu item, increase ticket sizes or generate loyalty, promotions catch…
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Myron Medcalf, ESPN staff writerMay 30, 2023, 06:31 PM ET
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Participating baseball teams that are searching for hotel rooms for the NCAA Division I tournament’s regional at the University of Kentucky in Lexington this weekend are striking out, leaving teams to choose between hotels an hour away or on-campus dorms.
On Sunday, Kentucky was selected as one of the regional sites in the NCAA baseball playoffs, but the games will occur in Lexington on the same weekend as the Railbird Music Festival, a massive event that…
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Over 43 million nights were spent in Paris hotels in 2019. How do other cities stack up?
Overtourism is a hot topic, with many popular destinations introducing rules and restrictions to curb crowding.
This may leave you wondering where you should holiday this summer, and which places you should avoid.
Last week, we delved into the data to reveal which capital cities welcome the most visitors per resident.
Amsterdam came out on top as Europe’s most overtouristed capital, followed closely by Dublin and Tallinn. The least crowded cities were Berlin, Madrid, Brussels and Budapest.
But how many of these visitors…
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NEW YORK (AP) — The historic Roosevelt Hotel in midtown Manhattan shuttered three years ago, but it will soon be bustling again — reopening to accommodate an anticipated influx of asylum seekers just as other New York City hotels are being converted to emergency shelters.
Mayor Eric Adams announced Saturday that the city will use the Roosevelt to eventually provide as many as 1,000 rooms for migrants who are expected to arrive in coming weeks because of the expiration of pandemic-era rules, known collectively as Title 42, that had allowed federal officials to turn away asylum seekers from the US…
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Hilton is outsourcing its property management system to the tech company HotelKey, replacing legacy systems at all 7,000 of the hotels under its brand.
There are now 1,200 Hilton hotels using the HotelKey system, and about 50 are being added each week. The plan is that all hotels will use the cloud-based system by 2026.
For the past few decades, Hilton’s hotels and resorts have been using an on-premise system developed in-house called OnQ. The customized tech provided by HotelKey, which primarily includes the property management system and corresponding training software on the same platform, is being called Property Engagement…
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Travel is in the midst of a major comeback, but prices are exceeding pre-pandemic levels in many places.
With inflation being a constant issue while the travel industry is trying to get back on its feet, booking vacations have bruised some bank accounts.
For some, it might be worth looking into how to stretch a dollar when booking a trip abroad.
Certain airlines offer incentives to stay where they are headquartered. If travelers are willing to book a ticket on an airline with stopover benefits, they can check another place off their…
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The tourism department, government of Goa, has issued show cause notices to the two hotels where foreign tourists were allegedly attacked by the hotel staff.
Goa tourists attack: Hotels issued notices by state tourism department
The department, while seeking action, maintained that these hotels “failed to provide security to their guests.”
In the notice, the hotel/resort owners have been asked as to why action should not be taken against them. Both hotels/guest houses have been asked to submit their replies within seven days, the state tourism department said in a statement on Friday.
Two incidents of foreign tourists being allegedly…
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