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Hospitality News

What to Expect For 2020 in Hospitality and Tourism Are you ready for the holiday season? Are you excited about 2020 and a new decade too?   Looking ahead, I believe many of the events we discussed in 2019 will significantly affect the hospitality and tourism industry in the future. (Hospitality Net) Read More

What is a Good Channel Mix for a Hotel? A hotel’s channel and its respective contribution from the various distribution channels is a sign of the health and diversity of your revenue. (eHotelier) Read More

Why 'Because'? Because It Works When it comes to guest services and properly dealing with customers (especially ones who are irate), simple words and phrases can have strong emotional impacts in any interaction. We all know how a basic greeting of “hello” (localized to each region) and “sorry” can enhance guest service. (Hotels Magazine) Read More

10 Things That Changed How We Travel in the 2010s Remember 2010? The iPhone 4 was cutting-edge (and we used Skype, not FaceTime, to call our friends around the world); London was gearing up to host the Olympics; Iceland was a movie location not a tourist destination; and the government began loosening restrictions against travel to Cuba, allowing Americans to visit the island more easily for the first time in five decades. (Conde Nast Traveler) Read More

Healthcare News

CVS Long-Term Care Pharmacy Sued by DOJ Over Fraudulent Prescribing Practices CVS Health and its Omnicare business are being sued by the Department of Justice over alleged fraudulent billing of Medicare and other government programs for outdated prescriptions for elderly and disabled people. (Healthcare Dive) Read More

4 Notable Outbreaks in the Last Decade This decade contained many large disease outbreaks that put the nation's infection control efforts to the test. There are four notable outbreaks that occurred since 2010. (Becker's Hospital Review) Read More

Trump Admin Releases Plan For States to Import (Some) Drugs From Canada The Trump administration proposed a new pilot project to enable states to import drugs from Canada and that would enable drug companies to voluntarily import their products. (Fierce Healthcare) Read More

Repeal of Health Insurance Tax Could Bolster Medicare Advantage Insurers' Earnings, Enrollment Just in time for the holidays, Congress appears ready to give health insurers several gifts in its year-end spending deal, unveiled Monday and passed by the U.S. House of Representatives Tuesday. One of those includes a permanent repeal of a loathed industry tax that insurers have been lobbying to kill for years. (Modern Healthcare) Read More

Human Resource News

3 Key Compliance Practices for the Holidays The holidays bring a certain set of challenges to HR departments, and this may be especially true in 2019.    Christmas and certain days of Hanukkah and Kwanzaa fall within the same week this year, so employers need to pay attention to scheduling, attorneys told HR Dive. (HR Dive) Read More

A Fun Culture Isn't Enough to Retain and Engage Top Talent In today’s job market, companies are under pressure to not only attract top talent but retain it as well. The allure of flexible hours, unlimited time off and craft beer on tap may speak to the promise of a fun culture, but don’t hold much weight when an employee considers greener pastures. (Workforce) Read More

Why Automating Onboarding Can Help Retain Top Talent Employees are an indispensable resource – and in this competitive hiring market, companies can’t afford turnover. So now more than ever, businesses must work on retaining their best employees to ensure they’re running as effectively and efficiently as possible.  (HR Morning) Read More

New Rules Clarifies How Perks Affect Overtime Rate Calculations The U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) new final rule covering how benefits affect employees’ regular rate of pay provides clarity for employers that offer the innovative benefits packages that have become popular in recent years. (HR Daily Advisor) Read More

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