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Getting ready to welcome Chinese tourists
Linchi Kwok Travel, Hospitality & Event ManagementPresident Barack Obama announced a new visa plan between China and the U.S. during his visit to Beijing last month. The White House expects this new visa agreement will bring more Chinese tourists to the U.S., and thus create 440,000 jobs and contribute about $85 billion a year to the economy.
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A visit to toad hall: Making the right choice for your RV
Paul Redvers Travel, Hospitality & Event ManagementSince living in an RV full-time is a lifestyle, not an endless vacation, a full-timer needs an everyday vehicle get around locally. There are a lot of options. Motorhomes are built on a truck or bus chassis, and they can easily pull a trailer or vehicle. Such a vehicle is affectionately known as a toad.
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Tips for traveling with pets during the holiday season
Judy Connors Travel, Hospitality & Event ManagementWe have all seen the adorable pictures. Energetic Fido is sleeping beneath the Christmas tree amid a flurry of beautiful unwrapped gifts he has just destroyed. Or sweet Tabby is wrapped in Christmas tree lights, still blinking, from her adventure up that same Christmas tree.
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Top 5 factors in the evolution of hotel dining
Suzanne Mason Travel, Hospitality & Event ManagementAccording to the National Restaurant Association, dining venues capture 47 percent of food purchases, a number that has doubled since 1955. Of that $683.4 billion, lodging dining options account for only $34.8 billion in total dining dollars. But hotel and lodging destinations are adapting quickly to gain a bigger piece of the pie.
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There’s no place like home — your motorhome, that is
Laura Weaver Recreation & LeisureWe live in a motorhome. It's not the ordinary choice of shelter in which to live, but comfortable nonetheless. We enjoy the simple pleasures associated with this lifestyle. The mobility this lifestyle offers allows us the opportunity to travel from place to place, keeping our possessions with us at all times.
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Hotels expanding tech offerings to include mobile keys
Katina Hernandez Travel, Hospitality & Event ManagementSmartphone apps are now allowing for increased convenience in almost all aspects of life, and the hotel and lodging industry has taken notice. Starwood Hotels is jumping onto the tech trend with a recent announcement of its new app that can be used in lieu of a hotel key to open your room at 10 U.S. Starwood properties.
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Improving communications: What can hospitals learn from hotels?
Bambi Majumdar Healthcare AdministrationWe live in an age where communication can make or break a deal. Doing it right has never been so important, yet there are more misunderstandings and misinterpretations all around. Ironic, isn't it? Since most have us become slaves to technology and instant communication, things actually can go wrong faster than ever before.
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Infrastructure updates raise stature of Moscow’s airports
Matt Falcus Transportation Technology & AutomotiveMoscow's three main airports have risen in stature in recent years, shedding the image of drab Soviet architecture and harnessing new terminal infrastructure that can match most major international airports elsewhere in the world.
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7 special places to go glamping
Dave G. Houser Travel, Hospitality & Event Management"Glamping," in case you're not familiar with the term, is what lexicographers call a portmanteau or a made-up word — in this case a clever blending of glamour and camping. The term itself may be new, but the concept of luxury outdoor living goes way back in time.
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Despite travel restrictions, Americans can still visit Cuba
Judy Connors Travel, Hospitality & Event ManagementWhen Beyonce and Jay-Z visited Cuba in April 2013 around the time of their fifth wedding anniversary, a national conversation about the U.S. government's travel embargo to Cuba was reignited.
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