Half-sisters Robin and Andréa launched their California wine company, the McBride Sisters Collection, in 2005. First importing wines from New Zealand, the duo is making bottles (and cans!) from their...
Before the pandemic hit, hotel lobbies resembled social clubs — places where hotel guests and locals could work and play. Designers transformed lobbies into multi-functional spaces. The traditional...
Hotel restaurants have become a big part of culinary or gastronomic travel. Caesars Palace Las Vegas has a Gordon Ramsay Pub & Grill and Gordon Ramsay Hell’s Kitchen. The Waldorf Astoria Beverly Hills...
“To get to a point, in 12 months, where we’re now rolling out hundreds of millions of vaccines, we’ve truly lived a miracle in what modern science was able to accomplish,” ThinkFoodGroup (TFG)...
At the Hilton Cartagena in Colombia, a plexiglass divider keeps the masked guests and employees from getting too close. To compensate for that and add a personal touch, the hotel has displayed a photo...
Though the duo’s new venture is a hit, it was an unsuccessful restaurant in Times Square that introduced the two chefs. Chef Greg, who was consulting at the establishment, was immediately impressed...
As a teen, Chef Eric Mickle had no notion of what it meant to be a cook or work in a restaurant until a chance introduction to the world of hospitality. When he was a sophomore in high school, a...
Before Damon Henderson was wearing a chef’s uniform, he wore a correctional officer uniform at the Los Angeles County jail. Chef Damon followed his father, an LA County sheriff, into law enforcement...
“I’ve always liked having a job where you could produce something tangible,” David explains, referring to his early years at the drive-thru. In high school, he also worked as a deli sandwich maker and...
Las Vegas was one of the first U.S. cities to reopen hotels and casinos after the pandemic shutdown. After closing down in mid-March, casino resorts began welcoming back guests in early June with...
I have been tracking some of these developments and the varied responses since the outset of the pandemic, and this week I reached out to several colleagues to assess their individual perspectives on...
It’s been six months since the travel industry came to a near standstill as the COVID-19 virus spread across the world. In that time, hotels shut their doors as people could no longer cross borders...
