Hospitality Influencers

Recently Carbon Free Dining visited Tanzania, an area which has been suffering from abject poverty.
Carbon Free Dining is currently planting fruit trees in Usambara mountains in northeastern Tanzania in East Africa. A region which has suffered devastating consequences from deforestation, which has left local communities struggling to make it from day to day.

October has seen our Hospitality Thought Leaders share their thoughts on a range of topics, from career advice to restaurant marketing. Between them, our Hospitality Thought Leaders share their thoughts from across the globe and have hundreds of years of experience within the Industry between them, this month we take a look at a stand out article by Massimo Montone.

October has seen yet more restaurants see the advantages of becoming Carbon Free Dining certified. All these restaurants have one thing in common, they take sustainability seriously, looking after the planet and helping end poverty is a mission they are all committed to achieving with Carbon Free Dining. Before I tell you about the genuinely amazing difference each of our new partners are making, let me introduce them.

Having a good online and offline presence is more important than ever: nowadays you can engage customers directly from their sofas, work desks and anywhere else there's an internet connection.

This is an issue that can only be addressed on an individual basis.

Things may be so much different now in comparison to when I started. I began when I was 12-years-old by helping my family with their restaurant and event business in Italy. Even at that age, I had this passion for food and a genuine desire to be surrounded by people.

Often in high-end jobs we forget our “gut feelings” and bow down to management or chefs who drive the business in their direction.

Food or beverage without proper service is like having a sweet and good looking pointed nose but no Air to breath from.

Hospitality marketing is both an art and a science that is a lost art for far too many restaurant & bar operators. Unfortunately, many advertising salespeople don’t want you to know what’s really working and that’s because 9 times out of 10 it’s not advertising.