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The global catering market is expected to reach 532 billion USD by 2030. Behind every successful and profitable catering business is one tableware inventory decision. That is usually one that the catering business owner originally underestimated, until breakage bills, client complaints, and replacement bills begin to accumulate monthly. Catering company...

One of the most complex procurement challenges in the hotel industry is opening a hotel. Tableware falls in the OS&E category, Operating Supplies and Equipment, and full-service hotels that have restaurants and bars need hotel dinnerware, hotel flatware and hotel glassware at various outlets at the same time. The most...

Breakfast is the most operationally demanding meal in any hotel. Research on this subject has been ongoing and has shown that 70 percent of leisure travellers and 63 percent of business travellers say breakfast is an important factor in their hotel choice. It’s the meal that will set the tone...

Sustainability in hospitality has crossed a threshold. It is no longer a positioning decision for a brand but a procurement requirement. Single-use plastics are no longer acceptable and are being phased out in hospitality environments in response to the increasingly strict rules and the demand of the consumer, being replaced...

A five-star hotel is not one dining environment; it is four or five. The flagship restaurant for fine dining. The all-day dining outlet. The lobby bar. The breakfast buffet. Room service. Each one serves a different guest at a different moment with different expectations, and the glassware on that table...

The wedding industry never slows down. Each weekend, somewhere in the world, a couple is arranging a reception — and each of those receptions requires plates, cutlery, and glassware. Wedding tableware rental is one of the most profitable niches in the events business.  The global party and event rental market is estimated to...

One of the most challenging tableware settings in the hotel sector is a hotel buffet. In a la carte establishments, the server regulates what plates get moved, while at a buffet, all of your tableware is on display and continuously passed among the hundreds of patrons serving it over a...

All the elements of a hotel dining table have a story. The weight of a fork, the translucency of a bone china plate, or the clarity of a wine glass in candlelight are made by procurement professionals who know that tableware is an expression of your brand. From materials to...

When a guest at a five-star hotel picks up a fork, they are holding much more than a utensil.  They are in contact with a brand’s promise. All this, from the weight to the finish to the balance in the hand, is a statement of quality before your first bite....

Every procurement manager eventually faces this question. You are sourcing new tableware for your property, and two materials, bone china and porcelain, will be on your mind. Both look premium. They are both served on five-star tables across the globe. However, they behave quite differently in professional hospitality circumstances. This...