By Cortney Moore, FOXBusiness National Restaurant Association’s ‘2023 State of the Industry’ report unveils how delivery and takeout ‘pandemic pivots’ have become ‘permanent.’ Restaurants in America are expecting to see a growing number of delivery and takeout orders for food and alcohol in 2023 despite inflation. A recent forecast published in the National Restaurant Association’s “2023 State...Read More

From the National Restaurant Association, national survey of 3,000 restaurant operators conducted in November 2022  Elevated costs continue to negatively impact restaurants  Elevated costs across all parts of the operation are creating significant challenges for restaurants. Restaurant operators took a number of actions in recent months as a result of higher costs:  ➤ 87% of...Read More

CONCORD, NH, NOVEMBER 3—200 hospitality industry leaders will be in attendance to celebrate 11 award winners at the Atkinson Resort & Country Club on November 14. Each winner was nominated by a colleague, employee, or employer because they exemplify exceptional talent and achievement in New Hampshire’s hospitality industry. The Stars of the Industry event will...Read More

By David Brooks, Monitor Staff Pent-up demand for travel after pandemic lockdowns continues to bring visitors to New Hampshire, with the state reporting that the fall 2021 tourism season set new records for visits and spending, following an equally vigorous summer. According to the New Hampshire Department of Travel and Tourism, 4.3 million visitors came to...Read More

By Kevin Landrigan, New Hampshire Union Leader CONCORD — Gov. Chris Sununu headed to Washington Tuesday to lobby the State Department to jump-start J-1 Visas for cultural exchange and tourism worker programs, decimated during COVID-19. Sununu authored a bipartisan letter to President Biden with Maine Gov. Janet Mills, a Democrat, and Utah Gov. Spencer Cox, a Republican,...Read More

By Cassidy Jensen, Monitor staff Anyone who has dreamed of running a taco truck and fans of rolling restaurant cuisine can rejoice this week: The Concord City Council voted on Monday to modernize the peddler’s ordinance, allowing the regular operation of food trucks in the city for the first time.  The older version of the ordinance assumed that any peddler would...Read More

By Tom Eastman, Conway Daily Sun JACKSON — Foodies will rejoice to learn that after a two-year absence, the White Mountain Chapter of the American Culinary Federation is bringing back its Taste of New Hampshire Chefs Choice Dinner on May 20 to the big events tent at the Eagle Mountain House in Jackson. “It’s a...Read More

By Jonathan Phelps, New Hampshire Union Leader Hotel bookings are expected to continue to increase as business travel slowly returns to pre-pandemic levels. After a several-year wait because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the developer of a proposed Home 2 Suites by Hilton to be built at 270 S. River Road in Bedford is ready to...Read More

By Hunter Oberst, Sentinel Staff More than two years into the COVID-19 pandemic, businesses in the Monadnock Region and beyond are still reeling from its effects. And while scores of local companies and establishments have come out intact, they weren’t unscathed. Many business owners had to temporarily shut their doors and reshape their operations to...Read More

By Daymond Steer, Conway Daily Sun CONWAY — The North Conway Holiday Inn Express was closed Friday following an early morning electrical fire that burned siding on the exterior of the building. It marked the second hotel fire in a week. Last Saturday, the south wing of the Red Jacket Mountain View Resort burned to...Read More