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A Famous Restaurant Has Become a Hotel Chain
Part of what makes hospitality so exciting these days is the shift in conceptual boundaries. Hotels have traditionally performed a…
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Libraries Are Transforming: Hotels Take Note
Of all the institutions that became vulnerable with the evolution of digital technology, libraries are one of the most obvious.…
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Are Hotel Guests the New Travel Agents?
A travel agent’s office is the symbol of a bygone era in the hospitality business. It was the closest thing…
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Is Dealing with Difficult Staff Really That Difficult?
The front desk associate who arrives late. The events manager whose sharp tongue weakens employee morale. The kitchen manager who…
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Solving the Equation of a Good Night’s Sleep
It may seem silly to compare hotel management with theoretical physics. The big names in hospitality – Cesar Ritz, Conrad…
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Digging Deep on Health and Safety
The mining industry is evolving quickly, with automation and analytics at the centre of the conversation. But as orebodies recede,…
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6 Ways Underground Mines Will Be Reimagined in the 2020s
Thirty years ago, few people could have imagined the prevalence of digital wireless networks. These networks are now essential to…
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How Work Culture Affects Productivity in the Mining Industry
According to a 2019 study of 10 million Australian LinkedIn users, BHP is one of the top 20 companies Australians…
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Value Over Volume: The Mining Mindset of the Future?
One of Aesop’s lesser-known fables, The Soldier and His Horse, can speak to the idea of “value over volume” in…
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Are Mines Made of Information?
A significant number of modern physicists think the universe of made of information. The physical world amounts to a vast…
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A New Era in Mining Safety
If you search the internet for the most dangerous jobs in the 19th century, mining will show up on a…