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People are trashing a budget airline and saying it put them up in ‘disgusting’ cockroach-infested hotel rooms in Cyprus and Spain after their flights were canceled

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People are trashing a budget airline and saying it put them up in ‘disgusting’ cockroach-infested hotel rooms in Cyprus and Spain after their flights were cancelled.Patricia De Melo Moreira/AFP via Getty Images Angry passengers are tweeting at EasyJet for putting them up in sub-par hotels after flight cancellations. A flyer wrote she slept on the floor “as the ceiling fan is hanging off and can’t be turned off without injury.” The UK-based budget airline canceled 1,700 flights between July and September, per Reuters. Disgruntled passengers stranded by a budget airline’s flight cancellations are blasting the “disgusting” hotels the carrier put…

5 ways to improve your restaurant inventory management

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Restaurant inventory management is the process restaurant managers use to track and replenish consumable products, including ingredients and kitchen supplies, in real time. Well done, this practice ensures you always have enough food on hand to serve customers — but not so much that the excess goes to waste. Managing your inventory is a critical part of daily operations; implementing a specific workflow and utilizing restaurant inventory management software can help your business meet its short-term and long-term goals. The inventory your restaurant needs can vary based on your specific operations. In general, it’s a good idea to have 5-7…

These hotels west of Fort Worth see thousands of police calls

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The extended stay Motel 6 in White Settlement on Monday, April 10, 2023. The White Settlement Police Department has created a task force to reduce crime at hotels and motels along Interstate 30 and West Loop 820 South. The department has received 2,860 calls for service across eight of these properties over the past two years. Amanda McCoy [email protected] On the floor in Charlotte Smith’s hotel room are terracotta pots of cactus near the door. More plants fill the top of the dresser by the TV. [–When her Fort Worth apartment evicted her last year, these were the only…

Menu engineering: creating a more profitable food and drink list

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When a customer encounters your restaurant in person or online, the menu is the first thing they look for. This simple tool is one of your biggest assets — the design and dish selection affects everything from the average order value to the sales volume for each item. Menu engineering is a data-driven way to create a menu that makes the most of your resources and boosts your bottom line. What is engineering menu? Menu engineering is the process of designing and optimizing your restaurant menu in a way that maximizes profitability. The process starts by collecting data for each…

NYC converted hotels to shelters as pressure mounts to accommodate asylum seekers

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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…

Nest western: UK’s vulnerable kittiwakes flock to bird hotels | Global development

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Cconstructed from galvanized steel and plywood, the latest hotel to open in Lowestoft, Suffolk, boasts a sea view and promises plenty of privacy. Which should suit the guests that flock to the prime seaside spot: black-legged kittiwakes looking for a place to nest. The kittiwake hotel opened in March, offering artificial nesting sites for the seabirds. Like albatrosses, kittiwakes spend most of their lives at sea, but traditionally nest on cliff ledges between March and July. Experts say that artificial nesting sites could support the kittiwakes as they face increasingly unpredictable weather because of climate change, limited prey due to…

Chef vs Cook: What’s the Difference?

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The terms “chef” and “cook” are often used interchangeably. While they’re similar, the two positions often have different backgrounds and responsibilities. When you’re hiring restaurant employees, it’s important to understand the nuances of chef vs. cook roles. Chefs vs. cook: what each role means The concept of chef vs. cook can vary from restaurant to restaurant. After all, both positions are responsible for preparing ingredients and cooking the food that’s served to customers. In a commercial kitchen, a chef usually has formal culinary training and experience — and high-level responsibilities. They might supervise lower-level employees, develop recipes, cook food and…

Some hotels put staff up in rooms amid a housing shortage

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A labor shortage in the hospitality sector is long-standing, preceding the pandemic, but has grown. Some hotels and resorts on Vancouver Island and elsewhere in the province are putting temporary foreign workers up in rooms just to make sure they have enough staff to get through the summer season. “I can tell you the last two to three years, there are many hotels around the province that are taking significant numbers of their hotel room inventory and housing people,” Ingrid Jarrett, president of the BC Hotel Association, said from Vancouver. This applies to all types of employees at a hotel,…