As the producers of the world’s major, oldest hospitality engineering conference (#HITEC), HFTP is privileged to have anyone as versed in hospitality engineering as its most recent chief, Neil Foster, CHTP, MBA. Foster has manufactured a multitude of strategic moves through his quarter-century profession that have offered him the standpoint […]

Gravina in Puglia is an ancient town in central Puglia in southern Italy (map), with a history that goes back to the Neolithic age. I first read about Gravina in Puglia after watching the James Bond movie ‘No Time To Die’. Various scenes were filmed in nearby Matera but the […]

The shade-coded trolley routes are as follows: Blue – East Parkway, Community Middle, Rocky Top Sporting activities World, Library, Ripley’s Aquarium, Convention Center Purple – North Parkway, Spur Welcome Center, Ripley’s Aquarium, Conference Centre Yellow (April by December) – Ripley’s Aquarium to the Arts and Crafts local community. If you […]

Plan a getaway to the Croatian island of Hvar. Beach locations, crystal water, and amazing sunsets absent on this pretty island in the Adriatic. Hvar is the most very well-acknowledged of Croatia’s islands. It is the fourth major and longest island in Croatia. This lovely Island is renowned for its […]

One of the bright spots for the hotel industry amid the pandemic was the ability to hold—if not drive—average daily rate, particularly in leisure-led, drive-to markets. It is something that evaded hoteliers during prior calamities, including 9/11 and the Global Financial Crisis of 2008, when hotels slashed rates in an […]