Waitrose Deliver, the supermarket’s home delivery website, is being rebranded as Waitrose.com as part of a £10m revamp. The new site launches mid-March as part of Waitrose’s bid to rapidly expand its on-line sales business over the next decade. The new site aims to make it quicker and easier for customers to order groceries and [...]
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Launch of three new dedicated hospitality sector websites
January 5th, 2011
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Hospitality and Catering News has appointed ex-EMAP Director, Rowan Crowley to manage the launch of three new websites and newsletters dedicated to the hospitality sector. The three new sites go live in January and cover… Catering Equipment Sustainability Technology EMAP in its heyday was a FTSE 100 company and a leading light in the UK [...]
Starling Hotel works with Swisscom as a total solution provider
September 24th, 2010
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Telephony, Internet access, IPTV and videoconferencing: Starling Hotel at EPFL works with Swisscom as a total solution provider The Starling Hotel at EPFL is one of the first hotels in Europe to deploy Swisscom’s convergent suite of IP guest services. IPTV, HD room entertainment, guest telephony, wired and wireless Internet access, as well as [...]
Hospitality sector Branding basics, by Jennifer Rodrigues
June 23rd, 2010
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I read a very interesting blog post earlier this week on Digital Relevance which talked about the importance of a consistent brand image between both a company’s website and their email marketing pieces and it inspired me to explore the issue further. Many companies don’t realize the importance of consistency so they spend a lot [...]
Exclusive tableware discounts for H&CNews.com readers
May 27th, 2010
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Xing Xing manufacturers and suppliers to the restaurant, hotel & hospitality trade, who supply a wide range of durable white porcelain, stainless steel cutlery, cake stands and chromed steel juice dispensers are offering H&CNews.com visitors 15% off all products. The full range of products are on the Xing Xing website, email us for your exclusive [...]
Social Media for Hotels – By Jennifer Rodrigues
May 10th, 2010
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Since everyone and his sister is jumping on the social media bandwagon of late, I thought it would be a great idea to provide hotels with some insight as to what each social media site is best utilised for and how you can leverage each site to increase your occupancy and RevPAR. Over the next [...]
Restaurants, the online ordering process…
April 21st, 2010
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Your restaurant’s website might look good, but if it cannot take online orders through a simple and user-friendly interface, maybe we should be talking… Here’s the process… Here’s how to get started, it literally couldn’t be simpler… Online ordering made simple: Only £39/month (+VAT), all inclusive No minimal time commitment You process payment, No commissions [...]
Swisscom Hospitality
March 24th, 2010
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Today, more than ever, information and communication technology is at the heart of the hospitality industry. Guests arrive with new devices, technologies and applications, expecting speed, security and seamless service. Hoteliers want to leverage technology for greater operational efficiency. Their primary service need is shifting from individual applications to an integrated, network-based approach. As the [...]
