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Innovative Hospitality and Lodging Medi Spa Solutions During COVID and Beyond
Fred DeMicco | April 26, 2022
By Fred DeMicco and Adel Eldin Background The ongoing COVID Pandemic has brought challenges and opportunities to the travel and hospitality industries. There is an increased need for providing wellness services along with testing, provide safe quarantine, and starting treatment for low- and medium-risk individuals who will otherwise unnecessarily be directed to the already overwhelmed hospital system with added risk of picking up infections. Many Hotels, Resorts, and Spas have focused their marketing efforts on senior clients. They form a large portion of the hotel business. Thus, to further cater to this group of clients, Hotel ...
The Use of Apple Glasses for Augmenting Guest Services for Lodging and Hospitality Bridging Healthcare (H2H)
Dr. Fred DeMicco | February 2, 2022
By Fred DeMicco, Jackie Guzman Now, more than ever, people are concerned with protecting and improving their health. Rather than simply take a vacation to relax, tourists are seeking wellness opportunities at resorts where they can maintain their exercise regimen and eat nutritious meals. For example, Six Sense Ibiza opened in July of 2021 and includes a longevity center where technology is used to detect a person’s biological age. The goal is to identify the aging factors and develop a plan to slow the aging process naturally. In Greece, the Amanzoe resort and spa uses technology at their Cellgym to hinder aging at a cellular ...
The Automat Concept – What’s Old Is New Again With Technology: Opportunity for Hotels
Dr. Frederick DeMicco | December 2, 2020
By Frederick J. DeMicco, Ph.D. and Isaiah Morrow, MBA Student, The School of Hotel and Restaurant Management, The W.A. Franke College of Business, Northern Arizona University A restaurant without waiters or workers behind the counter seems like an idea from the future; Ironically, this is an idea of the past. This concept is called an Automat, it was popularized in the early 1900s after the Spanish Flu Pandemic (Figure 1). Horn & Hardart, the largest Automat opened in New York in 1912 without any visible employees’ whatsoever costumers inserted their money into a glass-enclosed kiosk and enjoyed a steaming plate of freshly made food...
A Message to the Travel, Lodging and Hospitality Industry That May Save Your Business – Part 2
Dr. Frederick DeMicco | November 16, 2020
By F.F. Miles and Frederick DeMicco Ph.D., Professor, the Franke College of Business, School of Hotel and Restaurant Management, Northern Arizona University With our extraordinary downturn in hospitality and travel, I sought out a corporate business traveler, a frequent flyer, road warrior extraordinaire and someone in our global travel industry who occupies the C-Suite. With travel starting to spring back to life, especially for leisure travelers, I thought it would be a good idea to interview a frequent traveler to learn what life is all about today when flying, staying in hotels and renting cars, etc. Below reflects my interview wi...
A Message to the Travel, Lodging and Hospitality Industry That May Save your Business
Frederick J. DeMicco | October 22, 2020
By F.F. Miles and Frederick DeMicco Ph.D., Professor, the Franke College of Business, School of Hotel and Restaurant Management, Northern Arizona University With our extraordinary downturn in hospitality and travel, I sought out a corporate business traveler, a frequent flyer, road warrior extraordinaire and someone in our global travel industry who occupies the C-Suite. With travel starting to spring back to life, especially for leisure travelers, I thought it would be a good idea to interview a frequent traveler to learn what life is all about today when flying, staying in hotels and renting cars, etc. Below reflects my interview wi...
The Strategic Value for Having an Onsite Medical Clinic at Hotels
Adel Eldin | October 12, 2020
by Adel Eldin, MBA, MD Cardiologist, Tampa, Florida, Frederick J. DeMicco, Ph.D., Professor, and Shelly Rehav, MBA student, the Northern Arizona University, W.A. Franke College of Business The benefits of a medical clinic located within a resort or hotel property are well founded. With an aging society and with travel and tourism set to increase post COVID-19, partnering with an onsite medical clinic franchise could strongly benefit a hotel. There are numerous lodging and medical clinic joint models that currently exist and thrive. A medical clinic located on property, or in close proximity of a hotel, allows a domestic or international...
Ghost Kitchens in the Lodging Industry: A F & B Strategy for Hotels
Frederick J. DeMicco | September 29, 2020
By Frederick J. DeMicco, Ph.D. and Isaiah Morrow, School of Hotel and Restaurant Management, Northern Arizona University A Ghost kitchen is a professional food preparation and cooking facility that serves customers exclusively by delivery. Ghost kitchens do not have a physical location that customers can enter (yet). The concept of ghost kitchens strips down the traditional dining establishment by removing dining areas and fancy décor. Instead, they serve as kitchens for restaurants to prepare food to deliver to customers. Several restaurants can operate out of the same ghost kitchen, either working from the same facility or breaking the ...
Global Innovative Solutions to the Healthcare Crisis and How Medical Tourism Can Positively Impact Lodging Businesses
Dr. Adel Eldin | September 17, 2020
By Adel Eldin, M.D. MBA. Brooksville Cardiology, Tampa, FL and Frederick J. DeMicco, Ph.D. Professor, Northern Arizona University Medical Tourism and Medical Travel can bring patient/guests to the hotels throughout many healthcare destinations around the United States. One model is Florida Medical Tourism (FMT) (https://floridamedicaltourism.com/), a Global Hub for Medical Tourism Services for inbound, outbound, and domestic clients. Florida Medical Tourism is important for the economy of Florida and offers great opportunities. See Figure 1 below. Florida is one of the most visited destination in the World with more than 130 mi...
