Hospitality news
Up, Up and Away at Mount Roraima
Within the heart of Venezuela’s dark and mysterious jungle lie islands, isolated islands of sandstone which have eventually been forgotten by time. Mount Roraima is the tallest of tepui plateau in the Pakaraima chain in South America.
Burger King reinvents itself with new food, new look
Burger King is working hard with its blenders crafting made-to-order smoothies with real strawberry, banana and mango pieces. It doesn’t even taste like Burger King.
Murray Lender, the Bagel King, Dies at 81
Murray Lender, the Bagel king, helped turn his father’s small bakery in Connecticut into a national company credited for introducing bagels to many Americans. This Bagel king died at 81 on March 21 at a hospital in Miami of complications from a fall. Murray Lender’s death was confirmed by his wife, Gillie Lender.
Starbucks Enters the Energy Drink Market
Starbucks is about to bump heads into the Red Bull. Yes, Starbucks is eager to dip its influential, if not omnipresent coffee mug now into the $8 billion energy drink category.
Red Bull Co-Founder Chaleo Yoovidhya Dies
Thailand’s third- richest man, Chaleo Yoovidhya, co-founder of the energy drink Red Bull, which is popular with partiers, students, truckers and athletes around the globe, has died. The rags-to-riches billionaire who created the Red Bull energy drink and spawned a whole industry of similar caffeine-laced pick-me-ups died in his 80s in his home country.
Health Tips for Busy, On-The-Go Professionals
There are a few health tips that might have been repeated like a hundred times. But, have you ever thought why? Its because these are the most essential ones.
Kellogg Will Widens its ‘Snack’ Presence by Acquiring Pringles
Kellogg is craving for a salty snack. And that’s exactly why the Kellogg Company said it would buy P&G’s Pringles for about $2.7 billion in cash. Kellogg is kind of plunging in on the snack company after an earlier agreement with Diamond Foods fell apart.
Atlantis, the Palm: World’s most incredible destination
On Dubai’s exclusive Palm Island, on 114 acres of the Crescent, overlooking the Dubai skyline is one of the world’s most incredible destinations and most extravagant attractions. Atlantis, the Palm is a lavish marine-themed resort that combines the height of luxury with unique and world’s most incredible attractions that will definitely keep you awe-struck from the first day right through to the last day of your voyage!
Wal-Mart Launches it’s ‘Great for You’ Label for Healthy Foods
The green and white seal, which shows the stylized outline of a human figure with its arms spread toward the sky, is the icon for ‘Great for You’ label. If you cannot figure out which foods at Wal-Mart are healthy for you, Wal-Mart, the world’s largest retailer, will make it obvious by placing its new ‘Great for You’ label right on the package.
Starbucks to Open First Coffee Stores in India by August
Starbucks Corp. is expanding its market outside U.S. Starbucks, in venture with Tata Global Beverages Ltd., has plans to open first 50 coffee shops in India by August this year. Starbucks believes that this is Starbucks move to tap rising coffee consumption in the world’s fastest major growing economy after China. It seems like Starbucks might have to face quite a few challenges to enter into a nation of tea lovers.
Cancun Underwater Museum – A Dive-in Experience
Cancun, Mexico, has a new tourist destination that combines sculptures and snorkeling. The story began in 2009, when a monumental underwater museum called MUSA (Museo Subacuático de Arte) was formed in the waters, beneath the wise land surrounding Cancun, Isla Mujeres and Punta Nizuc. Cancun underwater museum features around 400 life-sizes concrete sculptures.
Happy Hours – Starbucks Expands Wine & Beer Sales
Starbucks Corp., the world’s biggest coffee-shop chain, which proved the world that there’s nothing as paying too much for a cup of coffee, is planning to experiment with wine and beer, the two elixirs that Americans love. Food and Beverage magazines believe that Starbucks is looking to differentiate itself from competitors, by entering into an alcoholic beverage segment. Well, it seems that happy hours are back again for California and Atlanta.
The Twinkie Maker, Hostess, Seeks Bankruptcy Protection
Guess who’s back in Chapter 11! The Twinkie maker, Hostess is preparing to cut down its high costs as it reverts back into bankruptcy protection for the second time in almost less than a decade. It has been just three years that the Twinkie maker emerged from an earlier restructuring.
Heineken Beer to Use Dos Equis to Boost U.S Sales
Heineken’s flagship beer has lost U.S. market share to the likes of Belgium’s Stella Artois over the last five years, and is using Dos Equis, which Heineken acquired in 2010, as way to boost that market share once more. Sales of Dos Equis beer rose 17 percent for the quarter ending in October 2011, compared with Heineken’s 1-percent sales decline and industry wide declines of about 2 percent.
US Ski Resorts in Trouble Due to Lack of Snow
In many parts of the United States, it has been a mild winter thus far. Although more people are enjoying the unusually “warm” weather for December, ski resorts don’t like it, as it has meant little snow for winter travelers. Ski resorts are hoping to see some snow in the next few weeks, or this season might be a bad one for this sector of the hospitality industry.
Coconut Water: The Lastest Thing from the Beverage Industry
Coconut water is the latest trend from the beverage industry, hitting store shelves all over the world and roping in consumers through fruity flavors and touted health benefits.
Space Tourism: It’s Closer than You Think
Space travel may no longer be restricted to astronauts as industry leaders around the world are working to develop commercial space flight and to make space tourism the new thing to do over winter vacation. Just how close are we to making space tourism and commercial space flight something that the middle class can do, instead of just the extremely wealthy?
World’s Most Private Holiday Destination of the Month
We often get jumbled up when it comes to choosing the right holiday destination. And we usually feel skeptical when we hear names that have never been heard before. Are you in search of a peaceful and private place to spend your holiday? Just leave all your confusions behind; for this is one of the world’s most beautiful and most private places; a place you might never have heard of. But it’s worth a try.
F&B Health tips: Consumption of Raw Cookie Dough, a BIG NO.
The latest issue of journal Clinical Infectious Disease published a study titled: ‘A Novel Vehicle for Transmission of Escherichia coli O157:H7 to Humans.’ The study reported an outbreak of E. coli in 30 states causing 77 to become ill. Out of these nearly 35 became so serious that they had to be hospitalized. The lead author of the study, Dr. Karen Neil, a medical epidemiologist at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said, “What our report shows is that you shouldn’t eat cookie dough raw, no matter where it comes from. It’s supposed to be baked.”
