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Hotel Association: 8 Benefits of Joining for...
A hotel association is a collective trade group or industry body for the hotel industry. Associations of this kind are typically made up of hotel brands, owners, management companies, suppliers, and other industry partners. Hotel associations are important because they provide support, networking opportunities, marketing assistance, guidelines, and access to valuable data. A hotel association The post Hotel Association: 8 Benefits of Joining for Hotel Owners appeared first on Revfine.com.

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Five Rate Mistakes in Revenue Management and...
Ask any hotel staffer not directly involved in revenue management about the daily tasks of a revenue manager, and they’ll likely suggest it’s all about ‘setting’ or ‘raising rates.’ While these activities are indeed crucial, they often eclipse the comprehensive analysis that underpins each pricing decision. Five Rate Mistakes in Revenue Management and How You The post Five Rate Mistakes in Revenue Management and How You Can Solve Them appeared first on Revfine.com.

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Philtower and Philcade Buildings in Tulsa, Oklahoma
To the surprise of some, downtown Tulsa, Oklahoma, is one of America’s foremost architectural marvels. In the 1920s, a flood of oil money rushed into town, leading to a boom of spectacular and ornate architecture, much of it in the popular Art Deco style of the time. Many of these buildings, such as the spectacular Boston Avenue Methodist Church, rank among the most beautiful examples of 20th-century architecture in the United States. At the forefront of Tulsa’s wealth and...

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Bulawayo Club in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe
The Bulawayo Club building is a time capsule of a colonial gentlemen’s club. The building was erected in 1934. It remains an extravagant piece of Zimbabwean history. The distinction is still visible, showing the grace and disgrace of a bygone era.  Like other similar establishments in ex-colonies, the club was established as a social hub for the male white elite; officers of the armed forces and other gentlemen. The club is like a museum, with thousands of hunting trophies...

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North American Bigfoot Center in Boring, Oregon
The North American Bigfoot Center serves as the center point of Cliff Barackman’s research into Bigfoot, and all things “Squatchy.” The staff are all individuals who have been involved in research at some level, and the museum itself highlights the more evidence-based material available on the subject. Eyewitness accounts including newspaper articles, memoirs and maps, casts, anatomical reconstructions, infrared and standard photographs and film, and audio recordings, all form a compelling account of the antics of America’s favorite cryptid.  The...

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Mosquito Carrying A Man in Upsala, Ontario
On a pole by the highway in Upsala, Ontario, is a giant mosquito. With a knife and fork held in two of its legs, and a doomed man in two more, the mosquito appears to be on its way to a filling dinner. The steel structure, which has about a 16-foot wingspan, appears to be a reference to the horrendous mosquito problem in this rural area. The creator of this evocative piece of roadside art.

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Mountain Dew Headstone in Johnson City, Tennessee
This six-foot-tall headstone pays tribute to the Appalachian drink that changed the pace of human life: Mountain Dew. Located in the Oak Hill Cemetery in Johnson City, this unique monument is an homage to Mountain Dew’s original bottle design. Brothers Ally and Barney Hartman ran a Pepsi-Cola bottling plant in Knoxville, Tennessee. They wanted a lemon-lime soda to use as a mixer with whiskey, and mixed up a little something of their own. They jokingly called it Mountain Dew, an...

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Molos di Pesca of the Canale Destra...
The fishing structures consist of a platform built above the watercourse, usually with a rustic accommodation hut upon it. Derricks equipped with ropes and winches raise and lower large fishing nets in and out of the water. In the canal it is possible to catch all sorts of fish, from catfish, carp, and eels to bream, perch, chub, and mullet. At the saline waters near the mouth of the river, these machines can catch a mix of freshwater and...

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'The Greeter' in Laguna Beach, California
This sculpture memorializes Eiler Larsen, better known as “the greeter,” a man who welcomed all to the neighborhood with a wave. Larsen settled in Laguna Beach in 1942 after spending time in Europe, South America, and other parts of the United States. For decades, he welcomed locals and visitors alike to Laguna Beach. You could almost always find him standing on Pacific Coast Highway, waving and shouting hello. Ten years after Larsen passed away, a local cafe put up a statue...

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Omiskanoagwiah in Springfield, Massachusetts
At the back entrance to Forest Park, in Springfield, Massachusetts, there is a stylized bust of Omiskanoagwiah, the Wolf-People Medicine Man. It was carved from a single log by the Hungarian-born sculptor Peter Wolf Toth. Omiskanoagwiah is part of the Trail of the Whispering Giants, a series of more than 60 sculptures that Toth created to honor Indigenous Americans. He has donated at least one sculpture to every state and several Canadian provinces. At one time, as many as...

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The Biggest Crabs In the World May...
Each week, Atlas Obscura is providing a new short excerpt from our upcoming book, Wild Life: An Explorer’s Guide to the World’s Living Wonders (September 17, 2024). Can you imagine a crab the size of a cat scuttling around your backyard, climbing up trees, and quietly sneaking away with your shiniest pots and silverware? No? Then perhaps you’ve never had the privilege of meeting a coconut crab. Coconut crabs are the world’s largest land-based crustaceans. These mostly gentle giants...

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Little Chute Windmill in Little Chute, Wisconsin
When entering a small town in Wisconsin, a 100-foot-tall Dutch windmill is probably not the first thing one expects to see. But that’s exactly what you’ll see in Little Chute. The windmill was designed as if it had been constructed in the 1850s in the Dutch region of North Brabant, by fourth-generation millwright Lucas Verbij. It was initially built in the Netherlands, then disassembled and shipped overseas to Little Chute, where construction was completed in 2013.  Currently, the windmill is...

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British Army Aeroplane No.1 Replica in Farnborough,...
On the 16th of October, 1908, Samuel F Cody, in his British Army Aeroplane No.1, made the first powered, manned, and sustained flight in the United Kingdom.  Samuel Cody was an American Wild West showman who, having developed an interest in flight, settled in Farnborough, which was already a center for aviation development. Here, Cody designed and built a flying machine, using materials from the Farnborough Balloon Factory. In 1907, Cody began constructing a powered aircraft of a similar...

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Boston Marathon Starting Line in Hopkinton, Massachusetts
Hopkinton is a relatively small town around 25 miles slightly southwest of Boston surrounded by other equally small towns in the Metrowest area. However, once a year this town becomes the focal point for national attention as hundreds of thousands of people participate in the Boston Marathon. The Boston Marathon began in 1897 inspired by the success of the world’s first Summer Olympics a year earlier. The original starting line was located near Metcalf’s Mill in the neighboring town...

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Kabosu the Doge in Sakura, Japan
In 2008, kindergarten teacher Atsuko Sato rescued a shiba inu named Kabosu from a puppy mill. Like many pet owners, she took a lot of photos of her dog and posted them on her blog. One of those photos wound up capturing the attention of the internet. In the now-iconic photo, Kabosu is looking at the camera with a skeptical side-eye, paws crossed daintily in front of her. You might not know Kabosu by her actual name, but by...

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