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Yield Management Entering Retail

What has long been practiced by airlines and hotels starts to evolve in the consumer retail business: Yield Management.

Todd English and Gate Gourmet's Ernst Walder Co-create Delta's Sky Meals

Delta Air Lines serves in-flight food designed by celebrity chef Todd English at its new midtown Manhattan lounge, SKY360. The new space is aimed at frequent fliers, corporate clients and other invitation-only guest. Delta expects 300 to 1000 other people to walk in off the street for a meal.

Lindt & Sprüngli Interested In Godiva Chocolate Line

Swiss chocolate maker Lindt & Sprüngli AG has expressed interest to acquire the Godiva line of chocolate from Campbell Soup Company, according to an article in the Financial Times Deutschland.

Kraft And Starbucks To Launch Starbucks Branded Beverages For Tassimo

Kraft Foods Inc. today launched several new initiatives to further fuel the growth trajectory of its proprietary Tassimo hot beverage system. The first is a new alliance with Starbucks Coffee Company to add select varieties of its popular Starbucks® coffee to the Tassimo beverage lineup in the U.S. and Canada. Kraft also announced a new global brewer alliance with Bosch Household Appliances and more rapid geographic expansion of popular beverages.

Unhealthy Diet Is A Lifestyle Choice, Survey Suggests

People on low incomes consume just as much unhealthy food and drink as the general population, and so bad diets are the result of personal choice, according to a study published by the UK regulator Sunday.

Can Food You Eat On The Plane Make You Feel Healthier?

Boeing is studying whether the food you eat on a flight can make you feel better. The research includes nutritional studies, as well as figuring out what kinds of galleys and packaging airlines would need to serve the improved meals.

Vancouver's New West Chevron Int'l Pier Gets Tim Horton's and Milestones

HMSHost celebrated the official unveiling of the beautiful new West Chevron International Pier at Vancouver International Airport.  The grand opening highlighted popular new additions to the airport’s food and beverage offerings.  Milestone’s Grill & Bar, Tim Horton’s, Starbucks Coffee, and Pizza Hut are a direct result of a five-year contract extension awarded to HMSHost by the airport in 2006.

HMSHost Brings Popular Dining to Copenhagen. Signs Deal with MAX for STO Arlanda

HMSHost Europe - part of the Autogrill Group has been awarded an additional seven-year contract to operate and redevelop four food and beverage locations at Copenhagen Airport. Recently, HMSHost officially opened three other food and beverage locations at Copenhagen Airport, including Starbucks Coffee, Ciao and Burger King.

In another move the company has been awarded an additional 10-year contract for a location in Terminal 4 of the Stockholm Arlanda Airport. HMSHost will develop and operate this location through a new partnership with Sweden's oldest and most popular hamburger chain, MAX.

Gate Gourmet Designs First Class Menu Concept With Hawaiian Airlines

Gate Gourmet has collaborated with Hawaiian Airlines to design and debut an exciting new First Class “tasting menu” concept for the carrier.

Modeled after the popular dining style found in high-end restaurants, Hawaiian’s onboard tasting menu lets First Class customers create their own meal by pairing choices from a wide range of entrees representing different cuisines and featuring unique ingredients.

Innovation Opportunities Require A Value Proposition

The goal of every innovation is to create and deliver value to the customer and/or passenger that is clearly greater than the available alternatives. The difference must be compelling both to the air, cruise or rail line company and the passengers.

But how do you start to develop new value for the customer and passenger?