Book Review: Setting the Table: by Danny Meyer In Setting the Table, Danny Meyer distills decades of restaurantopening experience into a quickreading book that stands as a favorite for hospitality, but also for people that interface with the public or clients in their regular work. My sister (a restaurant manager) had recommended it years ago, and when I came across Meyer’s compelling vision for “Enlightened Hospitality” in an inflight magazine,  ...
October 04, 2007 TABLEOFCONTENTS: "Dine at one of Danny's restaurants, and you'll see why they are so highly regarded for customer service and hospitality," said ABA • Danny Meyer to Set the Table for Another Education Director Len Vlahos. "We're really excited that our Great Winter Institute ....................................... 1 members will have a chance to benefit from his experience and • A Bookseller's Buzz on the GLBA Trade Show expertise.& ...
Jump In. Setting the Table By Danny Meyer 1 Jump In. Hospitality is the foundation of my business philosophy. Virtually nothing else is as important as how one is made to feel in any business transaction. Hospitality exists when you believe the other person is on your side. The converse is just as true. Hospitality is present when something happens for you. It is absent when something happens to you. These two simple concepts – for and to – express ...
Danny Meyer Setting the table “There are only so many notes in the scale from which all melodies and harmonies are created. The trick is to put those notes together in a way not heard before. For us, the ongoing challenge has been to combine the best elements of fine dining with accessibility – in other words, with open arms.” “The core of ‘hospitality’ is  ...
Hospitality Management: Learning, Doing, Knowing By Christopher Muller Winter 2016, Volume 4, Issue 1 On the first day of my HF 100 Introduction to Hospitality Management class I present a lecture that raises the question, “How Do You Teach Hospitality?” It’s my first Power Point slide and is then repeated as my last slide for the day. I suspect (maybe hope) that this question is at the front of the minds of the thousands of people who ...