How Hotels are Cutting Back

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Hotels have reputations to maintain…

…and a decrease in travel is surely making it difficult to find ways to cut costs without compromising service, quality, or anything of the sort.

The New York Times reports that many hotels have found room service as the best way to cut costs – especially since the offering has not been profitable for quite some time.

The most common cut backs for room service seem to be offering comfort foods, less refined food options, and smaller portions which are priced lower to appeal to customer (and cost the hotel less, too).

To hear what properties across the country are saying on the matter, check out the full article here.

Hotel guests: are you ordering room service less when you travel? Would lowered prices change your mind?

Halloween Business Trends

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Happy Halloween! What are your plans for today?

Halloween Pumpkins

A new survey conducted by Four Points by Sheraton found that 60% of business parents feel guilty if they miss trick-or-treating with their kids and three out of four parents say their children would be disappointed if they missed Halloween…

…66% of moms and dads admitting they sneak out of work early in order to hit the streets for treats with their kids, and 76% even rearrange their business travel to make it home in time for the big day.

What do you think? Are you leaving work earlier today to trick-or-treat with your kids? Are you dressing up?