Distinguished Blog - Hospitality & Restaurants
Market insights and industry news.
Restaurant Insurance in Texas: What You Need to Know
From fast casual restaurants in Austin to upscale dining in Houston, Texas’ food culture is an integral part of its identity. However, the Lone Star State’s vibrant restaurant scene isn’t just an opportunity to find great eats — it’s also a ripe market for insurance agents and brokers looking to grow their business. There are…
Explore Topics
Tips for Service Animals and Restaurants and Hotels
Welcoming a hotel guest with a service animal may be as simple and check-in and check-out. Instituting a refresher on the legal do’s and don’ts of service animals can help hospitality sectors manage these helpful companions with ease. Below, we cover some of the basics of service animal protocol.
Hurricane Harvey Preparation Guide
Hurricane Harvey is the first major hurricane to hit Texas since 2008 (Hurricane Ike, category 2). It’s scheduled to make landfall on Saturday and expected to bring enough rain to overwhelm bayous and flood large swathes of land. Texas, particularly Houston, is flood-prone and no stranger to the many scenarios which may occur this weekend,…
Desperately Seeking Sushi
Generation Z (today’s teenagers) are already writing their personal ads for future restaurant visits: Single female seeking restaurant with tech options. Single male seeking good food and service. Seeking: an experience to capture, post, and repeat.
Water Auditing to Assess Water Usage on Your Grounds
What if every time you filled a glass of water you threw half of it in your boss’s face? Well, that’d be bad! But that is kinda what happens with most landscaping water systems. Half the water that is being used to sustain the grounds around your building is being wasted. That’s straight from the…
Move Over Martinis, the Three-Click Lunch is Here
Mobile apps, online ordering, and automated kiosks—what’s a restaurant’s best bet for adding tech? More and more eateries in the hospitality industry are paving the way for an automated future—one where sales increase, costs go down, and customers are happier to skip a line and some in-person wait time. New restaurant technology is becoming a…
Managing Risk: Preventing Legionella
Updated July 6, 2017: Recent Cases Underscore Legionella Exposure Since we originally wrote this article there have been several new cases of Legionella reported where people have died and fell ill. In June, one person died and six became ill in the Lenox Hill neighborhood in New York where investigators are looking into the air-conditioning…
Going to the Chapel, and We’re Gonna Get…. Sick?
Just imagine, you’ve been planning your wedding for months and after the big day finally comes you, your partner and dozens of guests fall ill, complaining of diarrhea, fatigue, nauseousness, sweating, and chills. That’s exactly what happened to a couple and their guests following their wedding reception, which was held at an Atlanta hotel. It…
Playground Safety Checklist
It’s that time of year again when the sound of children running around in playgrounds across our neighborhoods fills the air. It’s also a time for heighted precautions because as fun as a playground can be, it’s also a place where kids can get seriously injured. More than 200,000 children ages 14 and younger are…
Mega-Drought Could Mean Mega-Problems
Hey, hospitality industry—Did you know that the world water supply is projected to significantly decrease in the next fifteen years? The United Nations predicts a 40% increase in water scarcity by 2030. A mega-drought could equal mega-problems.
Get Ready for Hurricane Season
As the hurricane season – June 1 through November 30 – unfolds, safety preparations should already be underway by homeowners and coastal business owners, including hotels and restaurants. Forecasters at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) say the Atlantic could see another above-normal hurricane season this year, predicting a 70% likelihood of 11 to…