dining trends
The Future of Casual Dining: What to Expect
Court Williams | November 9, 2017
By Court Williams Targeting future audiences is a longstanding marketing strategy, and that's exactly what the casual dining restaurant industry is doing in a current effort to survive. Cracker Barrel's Holler and Dash, is a new chain with a fast-casual concept built around fresh-baked biscuits. With bare-brick walls and concrete floors, H&D is targeting a younger demographic than its parent chain. This is part of an industry-wide shift by outdated restaurant chains to reinvent themselves, by creating "offshoot" brands under a new name and image that are aimed at Millennials and younger diners. Downward Drift A casual dining industr...
Benchmark Hospitality International Releases Top Dining Trends for 2015
January 15, 2015
The Woodlands (Houston), Texas, January 15, 2015 - Benchmark Hospitality International®, a leading U.S.-based hospitality management company with two distinctive portfolios of properties, Benchmark Resorts & Hotels® and Personal Luxury Resorts & Hotels®, has just released its Top Dining Trends for 2015. The trends were observed by Benchmark's executive chefs and culinary experts at the company's 40 luxury hotels, resorts and restaurants coast to coast and off shore. Dining Trend #1 Small Plates-Any Time! Expo-style cooking, including show kitchens, action stations, EVO grilling and mobile kitchens. What's hot? Slow cooked br...
Benchmark Hospitality International Shares The Top Dining Trends for 2013
September 12, 2013
The Woodlands (Houston), Texas, September 2013 ... Benchmark Hospitality International®, a leading U.S.-based hospitality management company with two distinctive portfolios of properties, Benchmark Resorts & Hotels® and Personal Luxury Resorts & Hotels®, has just released its Top Dining Trends for 2013. The trends were observed by Benchmark's executive chefs and culinary experts at the company's 39 luxury hotels, resorts and restaurants coast to coast and off shore. These range from the luxurious Bardessono in Napa Valley to the landmark Turtle Bay Resort on Oahu's North Shore to the extraordinary ONE Bal Harbour Resort &...
