Miscellaneous

📅 October 16, 2025, Milan, Italy: EFCEM will meet at HostMilano, focusing on global foodservice equipment industry challenges. This follows a successful meeting in London, June 17-18, 2025. FEA aims to strengthen ties with international partners like NAFEM (USA) and NAFES (Australia/New Zealand) amidst rising costs and skill shortages. FEA CEO John Cunningham emphasizes collaboration, noting Europe as a crucial trading partner. FEA members will also exhibit at HostMilano. Contact: john.cunningham@fea.org.uk.

🍽 Maximize oil life by flagging early oil disposal. Reduce waste and costs through preventive maintenance, enhancing fryer up-time and reducing repair expenses. Advanced analytics address customer complaints by ensuring compliance with oil standards. Enterprise-wide benchmarking compares oil use and fryer maintenance across locations, helping identify top and bottom performers. Powerhouse Dynamics’ IoT platform connects over 50,000 pieces of equipment in 15,000+ locations, providing insights and control for consistent operations. Contact Jay Fiske for more information.

💰 Global Hotel Alliance (GHA) partners with The Wolseley Hospitality Group, allowing GHA Discovery programme members to earn and redeem rewards at nine London restaurants. The Wolseley's portfolio includes The Wolseley on Piccadilly, The Wolseley City, and others. GHA Discovery covers over 850 hotels in 100 countries and uses Discovery Dollars (D$), equivalent to USD 1 or 74p. This collaboration expands the program's value, enhancing dining experiences by integrating iconic destinations.

✈️ Sabre renews its long-term partnership with oneworld, a leading global airline alliance, using PRISM, a cloud-based corporate travel data platform. Over 30 airlines and alliances utilize this solution to manage corporate sales. Sabre emphasizes PRISM's role in advancing personalized, data-driven airline retailing. Darren Rickey highlights PRISM's unique capability in leveraging real-time intelligence and predictive analytics. This renewal reinforces Sabre’s influence in global travel markets.

📈 Aug 21, 2025 - Corporate travelers face high costs and frustration due to fragmented airline content across outdated booking systems. Airlines are distributing fares over four or more channels, creating mismatched pricing and service gaps. Legacy agencies tied to GDS models struggle with the rapid shift to direct sales and NDC, while modern agencies like TravelPerk leverage tech-driven solutions, increasing efficiency and widening the gap. The industry faces a critical need for innovation to meet traveler expectations.

🍱 Del Taco is expanding its partnership with ezCater to boost its catering business across nearly 250 locations, with a phased rollout through 2026. This strategy targets workplaces nationwide as a key marketing channel, leveraging ezCater’s platform. According to ezCater data, 70% of employees who try a restaurant at work order again personally. Del Taco aims to introduce its flavors to more workplaces, utilizing tools like ezOrdering and ezDispatch for efficient operations.

🍱 Del Taco partners with ezCater to expand its catering business to workplaces, aiming to include nearly 250 locations by 2026. Around 70% of employees reorder from a restaurant they first try at work. This partnership enhances Del Taco's reach and revenue, offering convenient options like Build Your Own Taco Kits and Burrito Boxes. Del Taco uses ezCater's ezOrdering and ezDispatch for seamless operations nationwide.

📣 Del Taco is expanding its partnership with ezCater to grow its catering business across nearly 250 locations through 2026. This move aims to tap into workplace catering as a key marketing channel, with data showing that 70% of employees who try a restaurant at work will reorder independently. Del Taco employs ezCater's ezOrdering and ezDispatch services to streamline operations and has optimized its menu for workplace orders with options like Taco Kits and Burrito Boxes.