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Top hotel contract negotiation tips when planning off-site meetings

Nancy Nachman Travel, Hospitality & Event Management

There are a lot of people to please when it comes to pulling off a successful off-site meeting. Your boss depends upon you to find a perfect hotel that falls within budget and makes people feel important and safe. You have to plan menus that make people thank you after every banquet meal for choosing healthy and delicious dining events while keeping the costs down as much as possible. Your guests anticipate the time they spend at your meeting to be worthwhile and time well spent while taking home new ideas and knowledge to make them want to do their job better.

A new beginning: Why the full-time RV life is worth it

Steve and Diane Owens Recreation & Leisure

Diane and I have been on the road for nine unbelievable and incredible fun years. We have traveled more than 100,000 miles, visited every state in our union as well as many Canadian provinces. Yet we remember our first days as if they happened just yesterday — time has a way of passing so quickly.

8 great American lighthouses

Dave G. Houser Travel, Hospitality & Event Management

Down through the ages, America's lighthouses have served mariners as welcoming beacons. These landmark sentinels also possess a magical attraction for visitors who come in droves to witness their solitary majesty. More than 750 lighthouses dot the nation's coastlines and lakeshores.

Chile or bust: Time to get your pepper fix in New Mexico

Heather Linderfelt Food & Beverage

Autumn is here, and the harvest is coming in. Now is the perfect time to visit New Mexico. Apples and pears are the fruits most expected this time of year. Is there anything more delicious than a farm-stand apple or pear? Yes, yes there is — the chile.

Travel outlook and trends heading into 2016

Linchi Kwok Travel, Hospitality & Event Management

I attended the Southern California Visitor Industry Outlook Conference in downtown Los Angeles last week, where several research firms reported their insights of the 2016 travel outlook and trends in California and in the U.S.

Instacart vs. Amazon: Delivering groceries to your home

Bambi Majumdar Retail

Target's partnership announcement with Instacart has taken the grocery wars to the next level. The market has already been abuzz with the changes Amazon is bringing in its own grocery delivery service, which is poised for major expansion. Now Target customers can have groceries delivered to their doorstep for as little as $3.99 per order.

Full-time RV living: Should you buy a 5th wheel or a motorized RV?

Howard Jaros Recreation & Leisure

For those starting out full-time RV living, there is an important decision that has to be made — choosing a fifth wheel RV or a motorized one. Now that does not mean you can't full-time in a travel trailer, because we have friends who do, but the majority seem to face the decision of buying either a fifth wheel RV or a motorized one.

Social media makes huge impact on hospitality industry

Bambi Majumdar Travel, Hospitality & Event Management

Social media impacts almost every aspect of our lives. Naturally, the travel and hospitality industries are not immune to its charms, or rather importance. More brands have realized they not only have to embrace it, but also make it an integral part of their marketing strategy. Customers and prospects are all online across the various social media networks. If companies want to grab the right attention, they have to present at the right place virtually.

Turn your next trip into a hall of fame vacation

Dave G. Houser Recreation & Leisure

Americans love to celebrate the best of just about everything. Nothing makes that more evident than the amazing number of halls of fame scattered across the country. People, places and things — the subject doesn't seem to matter — there's probably a hall of fame among the hundreds out there to extol and memorialize its merits.

Breakfast battle: Restaurants fighting over first-meal dominance

Suzanne Mason Travel, Hospitality & Event Management

At some point in your life, you've heard the saying that "breakfast is the most important meal of the day." Restaurants are now taking heed to the adage and are expanding their business to cater to the first meal of the day.

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