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The new U . S . administration has sent strong signals that it With the opening of Majorelle , a resta intends to tackle climate change head-on , writes HOTELS
famed chef Charles Masson , in March blogger Xenia zu Hohenlohe , director and partner at Considerate Upper East Side ’ s 74-room Lowell Ho Group . Couple that with proof from financial markets that wrapped a three-year , US $ 25 million environmental , social and corporate governance investments Masson , a French master who helms are increasingly a solid proposition . Add data from a recent – which replaces Lowell ’ s former upsc Credit Suisse report finding that sustainability is an increasingly steakhouse , The Post House – previou important differentiator for hotel groups and that sustainable now-shuttered Lespinasse before wo upscale hotels can perform as well or better than mainstream David Bouley and then becoming exe brands – is green hope turning into a green wave ? at La Mangeoire .
MOVING FORWARD
DOUBLING DOWN ON SALES
http :// hotelsm . ag / InterContinentalsales “ At the start of January 2020 we were looking at what we thought would be a banner year ,” says Raymond Vermolen , general manager of the 558-room InterContinental San Francisco . That changed , of course . But Vermolen tells Mary Gostelow that the hotel , heavily dependent on convention traffic that vanished quickly amid the pandemic , that one early decision has helped : He doubled his sales force , which is going after fledgling startups , especially in biotech . He ’ s also taken other steps to capture the drive market .
DIALING IN
DOES ‘ VIRTUAL ’ WORK IN THE HOTEL BUSINESS ?
http :// hotelsm . ag / virtualwork Now more than ever , the utilization of home-based resources is key to maintaining a productive , and profitable , workforce . Remote-based employees are a means to reduce overhead , maintain efficiencies and leverage revenue opportunities , but that solution may wind up creating other problems , writes Bill Scanlon , president and CEO of Strategic Solution Partners . Scanlon offers a step-by-step approach to maximizing the benefits of a work-from-home-workforce .
2 hotelsmag . com January / February 2021