Articles tagged “food waste”

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IDEAS: Iberostar Looks to AI Solution to Reduce Food Waste

Iberostar Hotels & Resorts have cut food waste by 28% in the first half of 2023, thanks to an on-going partnership with Winnow and its artificial intelligence technology. The partnership, which was announced in 2022, forms part of Iberostar’s Wave of Change program. Credit: Iberostar The Winnow technology has now been installed in 48 Iberostar…

Adam Stacey | 8 months ago

Hotels

New Hotel Tech: Room Service Robots and Holograms

Maybe hotels should focus first on the basics, like getting on the cloud and ditching cable TV. But having fun products like robots is, at the very least, good for marketing.

Justin Dawes | 10 months ago

New Hotel Tech: Room Service Robots and Holograms

Hotels

What Potato Head’s Founder Couldn’t Tell Me in 25 Minutes On Stage

Ronald Akili, founder of Potato Head, barely scratched the surface of his work when he joined us on stage at Skift Global Forum. So we explore some of the other design and sustainability initiatives happening in Bali here.

Colin Nagy | 1 year ago

What Potato Head’s Founder Couldn’t Tell Me in 25 Minutes On Stage

Hotels

Hotels Experiment With Reducing Food Waste: Will All-You-Can-Eat Buffets Be History?

Hotels are known for wanting to please their guests, and feeding them is one way of doing it. But food waste deteriorates the environment. Hotels are making an effort to cut down on it. So they are earning praise for trying, but they have a long way to go.

Nancy Trejos, Skift | 4 years ago

Hotels Experiment With Reducing Food Waste: Will All-You-Can-Eat Buffets Be History?

Meetings

Meetings Sector Tries to Strike the Right Balance With Mobile Apps

Apps are a great way to provide event attendees with information, but they can easily get overwhelming. When it comes to tech, event organizers need to weigh pluses and minuses between depth and simplicity.

Isaac Carey, Skift | 5 years ago

Meetings Sector Tries to Strike the Right Balance With Mobile Apps

Business Travel

Meeting Planners Make Slow Progress Toward Sustainability

Reducing food waste and environmental impacts are proving to be difficult for meeting planners. The sector's antiquated way of doing business is holding up progress at a moment when widespread change is necessary.

Isaac Carey, Skift | 5 years ago

Meeting Planners Make Slow Progress Toward Sustainability