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Food & Beverage Operations

2 stories · First covered Mar 24, 2026 · Latest 12h ago
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Food & Beverage Operations Coverage
MGM Just Turned Luxor and Excalibur Into All-Inclusives. I've Seen This Desperation Play Before.
Operations
12h ago

MGM Just Turned Luxor and Excalibur Into All-Inclusives. I've Seen This Desperation Play Before.

MGM is bundling rooms, meals, shows, and parking at its two cheapest Strip properties for $330 a stay, calling it innovation. When you start packaging everything together at your value tier because nobody's walking through the door on their own, that's not a new product... that's a fire sale with better marketing.

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Mike Storm 3 min read · 12h ago
4,000 People Just Descended on a Single Hotel for Two Days. Here's What That Means for Your F&B.
Operations Primary
Mar 24

4,000 People Just Descended on a Single Hotel for Two Days. Here's What That Means for Your F&B.

The Boston Wine Expo packed 4,000 attendees and 100 wineries into the Boston Park Plaza over a single weekend. The real story isn't the wine... it's whether your property is capturing the economics of the large-format events happening in your backyard, or just absorbing the wear and tear.

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Mike Storm 3 min read · Mar 24