Posts Tagged ‘sustainable business’
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.
Read MoreMove 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…
Read MoreMaking Every Day Earth Day at Your Hotel and Restaurant
Way back in the bell-bottom dark ages of 1970, a new day was born: Earth Day. Millions of people joined demonstrations that April 22 nearly fifty years ago to protest the deterioration of the environment. Oil spills, air pollution, not to mention toxic waste and wildlife extinction. Fast-forward to April 22, 2017: Earth Day organizers…
Read MoreThinking Out of the Box: Our Top 10 Picks for Funkiest Hotel Amenities
When’s the last time you got excited about a 4oz bottle of shampoo? We thought so. Hotels are stepping up their game to pique the interest of travelers looking for something out of the box. Here’s our top 10 picks for coolest hotel amenities:
Read MoreIt Just Makes Cents: The 6 Reasons to Secure a Green Building Certification
Planning to build a new multifamily building? Before you finalize your construction plans, consider going green. Sounds pricey, doesn’t it? Truth is: it can save you money in the long run and help you attract new, responsible tenants in the short term—not to mention some reduced-premium insurance options, too. There’s a number of certifications and…
Read MoreGoing Green Goes Mainstream
As consumers become more conscious of the environmental impact of their day-to-day lives, entrepreneurs are taking the opportunity to create new businesses and products that enable green living. Annual green building construction spending in the U.S. is projected to increase 15 percent a year between 2015 to 2018, reaching $224.4 billion in 2018, according to…
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