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Furniture trends: unique styles, seamless technology
It is a given that well-designed furniture can help create a memorable experience for a hotel guest. But Leo A. Vogel, senior vice-president, sales & marketing, American of Martinsville, which provides custom and semi-custom case goods and upholstered furnishings for mid- to high-end market segments, thinks that good design can go even farther. “Furniture creates emotion, whether whimsical, collaborative, or eclectic,” claims Vogel.
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A hybrid hotel/hostel in Paris
PARIS—What happens when you take the best features of boutique hotels and youth hostels, and put them under one roof? Mama Shelter, which opened in October in Paris, France, is fundamentally, a new lodging concept, developed by the Trigano family, founders of Club Med.
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How to tap First Nations talent
WINNIPEG—About 180 educators, human resources professionals, consultants and other persons with connections to tourism-related business registered for the CTHRC conference held late last year at the Fairmont Winnipeg hotel. Topics covered at the conference were finding and keeping great people, hiring seasonal employees, a coaching approach to leadership, hiring foreign workers and attracting aboriginal staff.
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Association News - Resorts of Ontario Strategy and more
ORILLIA, ON—Real time online booking, quality assurance ratings for all members, and an aggressive media campaign are all part of Resorts of Ontario’s three-pronged approach to tackle the challenges of 2009. Read about this and other Association news stories.
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Waterfront’s bees may appear in June National Geographic
VANCOUVER—The magazine hasn’t made any promises, but The Fairmont Waterfront Hotel in Vancouver did host a National Geographic photo shoot recently. The shoot featured the bees and the herb garden on top of its roof.
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