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New Hotel Brand Appellation Will Channel Genuine American Hospitality

Smart Meetings

His philosophy is that “Genuine hospitality is the way a restaurant makes you feel before you even take a bite of food. When they find they are sitting next to the winemaker involved in creating the beverage in their glass, that is pretty special. It’s an elusive quality, but it’s also very down to earth.”

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Demystifying the Cost of Coffee

PCMA Convene

Coffee costs rose 16 percent in the last year and nearly 300 percent since 2001, when coffee was at a 30-year low, according to market data. We understand that [food costs] are a little bit higher, but there is no justification, in any way they might talk about it, that you can charge that amount for 16 cups per gallon.” The second?

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Restaurants That Are Now Open For Dine-In In Arizona

EventUp

We are just as excited as you to get out of our own messy kitchens and back into a restaurant enjoying food and drink crafted by someone else along with new and old friends. Our Chef is intent on changing the food culture, by being bold, daring, creative, and unique. The Chuchill. The Henry Phoenix. The Greene House.

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Convene Celebrates Our 30th Anniversary

PCMA Convene

1986: Food can reinforce psycho-social behavior patterns, including the feeling of being caged with no escape. As every laboratory rat knows, food can create and reinforce psycho-social behavior patterns, including the feeling of being caged with no escape. A Meeting Runs on Its Stomach. “As Heart Attack on a Plate.

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