There is much hullabaloo about Internet access in hotel rooms. I have spoken to several colleagues about programs they feature in their hotels and yet have to hear a positive review from them. However, this month's issue of Yahoo Internet Life features an interesting column by Roger Ebert on the inalienable right to Net access by travelers. If you are serious about listening to your customers I strongly recommend you read this one by clicking here . On any given day, one out of four Americans opts for a quick and cheap meal at a fast-food restaurant, without giving either its speed or its thriftiness a second thought.
Fast food is so ubiquitous that it now seems as American, and harmless, as apple pie.
But the industry's drive for consolidation, homogenization, and speed has radically transformed America's diet, landscape, economy, and workforce, often in insidiously destructive ways. Eric Schlosser, an award-winning journalist, opens his ambitious and ultimately devastating expos with an introduction to the iconoclasts and high school dropouts, such as Harlan Sanders and the McDonald brothers, who first applied the principles of a factory assembly line to a commercial kitchen. An Internet Resource for the Hospitality Renovation and Construction Industry. Here you will find a database of material suppliers, contractors, and consulting firms that specialize in hotel renovation and construction. Since both are statements of your property's image, I believe they should send the same message.