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Hospitality Hotline Connecting the industry through Advocacy, Education and Partnerships Feb-March 2017 News from... THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS Tourism Economics Report FEATURED KEYNOTE The State has released it’s annual report SPEAKER detailing visitor spending, employment and earnings generated by spending Designed with the hospitality and travel-generated tax receipts at the industry in mind, the 43rd Annual Ocean State and local levels. You can find the City Spring Trade Expo continues to develop Worcester County and Ocean City info educational sessions which will enhance on pages 110-112 and 116-118. your experience and spark your vision. Expo organizer Susan Jones notes, “Hospitality Tourism Day businesses cannot survive on food or rooms alone; staff is an integral part to their On Friday, March 3rd, join tourism success. Therefore, during the Expo, several industry professionals from across the sessions will deliver applicable lessons and state as they meet with legislators and best practices to help owners achieve success.” share stories about their businesses and the impact they have on Maryland’s Headlining these educational sessions will be Foodservice Monthly economy. This is a legislative advocacy columnist, Bob Brown. Bob Brown is an industry expert, author, and event & we need your participation! The seminar leader, trainer and keynote speaker. Bob’s passion, humor and high event will be held in Annapolis at the content presentations have inspired executives, managers and front line Miller Senate Office Building. employees in over 20 countries for over 20 years. His strategies, tools and techniques have been incorporated into the cultures of industry leaders Terrorism Awareness Session that include Marriott, Disney, Waldorf Astoria, Hilton, Jumeriah, Nordstrom, March 22 Ritz Carlton, Viceroy, Morton’s of Chicago, Olive Garden and Red Lobster. (cont.) We have partnered with the OCPD to host a Community Terrorism Awareness Session where we will have a Task Force WHAT’S IN Officer from the FBI Joint Terrorism Task Force present. They will discuss various awareness related topics which YOUR HOTEL include: Potential Indicators of Terrorist DONUT SHOP Activities Related to Hotels and Motels; COLOMBIAN Terror Attacks against Bars, Restaurants ROOM? and Niteclubs; The Importance of Public GUATEMALAN FRENCH ROAST and Private Sector Partnership in the DECAF Homeland; Homegrown Terrorism Offering single serve, Coffee Ecups, Awareness & The Lone Wolf Offender. 4-Cup In-room & Equipment This session will be held on March 22nd in the newly renovated Fenwick Inn Packages beginning at 9:30am. To RSVP, call 410- Also Ask us about our lobby 289-6733 or [email protected] programs CONTACT US AT 410-749-4494 Hospitality Hotline Connecting the industry through Advocacy, Education and Partnerships Bob’s first session will be on Sunday, March 5th learn how you can win over customers through 5 at 1:30pm in Seminar Room 208 where he will present, proven steps to give your business the service edge. “Turn Your Staff into Sales Superstars – How to We will examine the process of creating a winning Not Leave $$ on the Table – 8 Keys to Dining Sales service culture while learning how to turn dissatisfied Success” The target audience will be Foodies - Owners, customers into some of your most loyal advocates and Managers and Supervisors. Bob will explore these in turn, helping your reviews. angles; how much money are you leaving on the table Bob’s tactical practical approach helps with robotic order takers? During this program, learn 8 restaurants, hotels, nightclubs, casinos and other steps to help move your staff to star status by helping business interested in improving their customer them break the yes/no habit, giving them guided tours service to increase sales, improve market position, of your products, upsell without being pushy while improve leadership skills and boost employee morale enhancing the guest experience. Bob has shared these and retention. Bob’s high content, inspirational techniques during his sessions with Disney, Marriott, presentations are packed with proven takeaways. He is Ritz-Carlton, Red Lobster and Olive Garden. a top rated keynote speaker at restaurant and hotel GM His insight and teaching will continue and conferences, state and national association meetings Monday, March 6th at 10:00 am (prior to show opening) in the US and abroad. He’s been rated #1 four of the five where he’ll present “Service Excellence for Lifetime times he’s spoken at the National Restaurant Association Loyalty – How to Handle Today’s Demanding Show in Chicago. Bob is the author of the best-selling Customer.” Little Brown Book of Restaurant Success selling over This target audience is Owners, Managers, 100,000 copies worldwide and is frequently quoted Supervisors and Front of the line employees. In today’s in the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times and the review driven, word-of-mouth marketing travel world, Washington Post. Spring trade expo edUCationaL SeSSionS SEMINAR ROOM ~ Room 210 Second Level Sunday, March 5th - 3:30pm & learn a practical roadmap for building a coaching Monday, March 6th - 2:30pm culture that unleashes inner potential and drives results From Boss to Coach: from people of all ages and experiences. Attendees Turning Great Managers into Great Coaches will leave with the recognition that effective coaching Presented by Leslie Sheldon & Phil Monetti of is a developmental process that equips managers with The Integrity Team knowledge, skills, attitudes and beliefs to improve Success in management isn’t based solely on following performance and develop people of all ages and a set of mechanical, process-driven rules. It begins backgrounds to their highest potential. We will discuss within the head and heart of the person. This session the “Law of Limited Performance” and how to overcome focuses on shifting managers’ coaching mindset from its negative consequences. We will explore the reasons that of a “mistake catcher” and “problem solver” to a why some managers are reluctant to coach, but share coaching leader capable of instilling confidence, a a simple, practical roadmap for building a coaching sense of ownership, and fully realized potential in the culture that unleashes inner potential and drives results people they manage. In this seminar attendees will from people of all ages and experiences. Cont ... Hospitality Hotline Connecting the industry through Advocacy, Education and Partnerships Sunday, March 5th -1:00pm and Patrol Software. It allows an operator to monitor Monetizing WiFi the real-time tour guard because the patrol data is Presented by AdTran sent to the receiving station connected to PC (Patrol Wi-Fi is now the preferred method of access to the Software w/Location Mapping). Learn about this latest network. More and more applications are moving to the technology so you can better manage your property! cloud. Consumers are demanding always on, anywhere wireless internet access and they are expecting it for Monday, March 6th - 12:00pm free. This possesses a significant challenge for owners Helpful tips on how to avoid who were, not that long ago, able to charge for Wi- employment wage violations Fi internet access in public venues and share in the Join the Maryland Department of Labor, Licensing and revenue. Particularly for the owner, what was once a Regulation as they guide you through some of the source of revenue has now become a cost. So what Maryland minimum wage and overtime laws. are the options for monetizing Wi-Fi without a direct exchange of money? Monday, March 6th - 1:00pm Revenue Management – The Basics and Beyond Sunday, March 5th - 2:30pm Presented by InnQuest Tracking Security Personnel in Real Time and Reporting A detailed review of best practices and use of Presented by Delmarva Two-Way Radio roomMaster’s innovative Revenue Management Tools PD41X Patrol System is a guard tour solution to provide and Interfaces to help your property increase REVPAR! real-time tracking management. It’s composed of a Patrol Radio, Receiving Station, Patrol Checkpoint ...New Products Galore... New products and the latest innovations are restaurant management software, SynergySuite always a highlight of tradeshows and rest assured, you’ll will demonstrate their cloud platform managing the find many of these at the Ocean City Trade Expo. MXH entire back office; from inventory management and Hospitality will showcase RoomCast™ which allows controlling your supply chain end-to-end, to business today’s guests to watch TV the way they want to using intelligence, food safety and employee scheduling. their mobile devices and apps like Netflix, YouTube, and Essential Systems Solutions announces partnership Pandora. Also featured, will be their GIZGO HUB which with MobileBytes, an EMV capable iPad POS technology contains a charging hub with 8 portable chargers. company. Partnering with MobileBytes will give ESS the The chargers have integrated iPhone and Android unique opportunity to offer a full featured, cloud based, lightning cables, so your customers can charge their POS system for iPad. The high quality MobileBytes smartphones at their table. Both the charging hub solution is designed for a variety of food & beverage and the chargers are brandable and are the perfect environments. solution to increase customers staying time, in turn, Living Canopies, developed by a University increasing sales. New exhibitor Micros Synapse will of Maryland professor and students, is set to be one of unveil their POS System and digital menu boards for the most unique products shown. The product grows the restaurant industry. Showcasing an all-in-one plant panels so that customers will have full canopies Hospitality Hotline Connecting the industry through Advocacy, Education and Partnerships for shade when the al fresco dining season begins in electronically making fire protection easier to manage. the spring. The patent pending, self-watering system Ocean City native, Wyatt Harrison entered the Expo last keeps the canopy looking great all season long. Because year with great success with his new company PLAK the Living Umbrella allows air to pass through its leafy THAT.