
National Restaurant Association and ServSafe launched the ServSafe Dining Commitment, an initiative showcasing restaurants that have demonstrated their ongoing commitment to the health and safety of their employees and guests.
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Accor and Amadeus Announce Strategic Partnership Around Business Intelligence
Accor signs new global agreement for Amadeus’ Demand360® solution to help hotels drive revenue and improve performance.
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Focus Brands Reorganizes, Announces Promotions, New Hires

Focus Brands, parent company of Auntie Anne’s, Carvel, Cinnabon, Jamba, McAlister’s Deli, Moe’s Southwest Grill and Schlotzsky’s, announced several leadership promotions and hires.
Focus Brands has organize
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Burger King's Restaurant of the Future Includes Touchless, Mobile Order and Curbside

The new designs emphasize drive-thru, will provide multiple ordering and delivery modes and highlight a physical footprint 60% smaller than a traditional Burger King restaurant location.
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ChoiceU Sees Record-Breaking Engagement with Franchisees During COVID-19

Choice Hotels used its learning platform to address franchisee needs by creating timely courses on topics ranging from: SBA loans and the CARES Act to creating operational efficiencies, generating demand, and implementing the brand’s Commitment to Clean program.
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Why Hotels Will Need to Go Beyond Temp Checks

Temperature checks alone are not enough to determine if a person has COVID-19; testing for oxygen saturation, respiration rate and heart rate variability are also important.
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What You Need to Know About Patent Trolls

Patent assertion entities’ business model is to secure patents in order to sue other companies for infringement, and hospitality companies are not immune.
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Original ChopShop Rolls Out Native Delivery

Original ChopShop launched an internal or native delivery system to deliver orders placed directly through originalchopshop.com or the new Original ChopShop Chops loyalty app.
Owning the Digital Experience
Many restaurants
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VIX’s Latino Content Now Available in More than 500,000 U.S. Hotel Rooms on SONIFI Platform

VIX mobile app users will also be able to stream their favorite content from over 20,000 hours of programming to SONIFI hotel room TVs through SONIFI’s STAYCAST technology.
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Contactless Check-In Could Pose Serious Fraud Problems for Hotels

Card-not-present fraud is on the rise as hotels no longer require in-person ID authentication at the front desk.
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