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Hospitality Business News was launched in June 2009 and is updated daily with stories relating to the hospitality sector. Our readership is primarily made up of individuals working in the Hotel and Restaurant business. Additionally we have readers in other sectors whose work is related to hospitality. Our newsletter is sent out Monday through Friday, including most holidays. Subscriptions to the newsletter are free and you can sign up at the main page. Article contributions are welcome. We reserve the right to reject articles that we feel would not be of interest to our readers. Or articles that are primarily an advertisement. Advertising requests can be sent to Eric Hertha. Contributors: Editor, Publisher, Writer, Chief Poster - Eric Hertha. Eric has worked in the hospitality business since the early '80's. Eric's background is accounting and finance. He has lived and worked in Canada, U.S.A., Bahamas, British Virgin Islands, Curacao, Ecuador, Columbia, Jamaica. Contributor - Alba Lucia Carvajal - Alba deals primarily with Latin American content. She travels frequently to South America. Born in Colombia, Alba is fluent in Spanish. Contributor - Linda So - Linda deals primarily with Asian content. Linda resides in Canada, but was born in China and if fluent in Chinese. Contributor - Doreen Stewart - Doreen has spent many years in the Hospitality Industry having worked in Canada and the United States. She currently resides in the south eastern United States. Contributor - Christopher Brown - Chris lives and works in Texas. Since leaving the University of Connecticut Chris has been actively involved in Sales and Marketing. His contributions deal primarily with this aspect of the Hospitality Industry. Contributor - Chris Marshall - Chris's background in the Hospitality Industry is I.T. He has work in this capacity in Asia, Middle East, Europe and the Americas. Contributor - Alan Dourado - Alan has been in the Hospitality industry for many years. His primary focus is on Revenue Management Contributor - Michael Sylvestre - Michael works out of Canada and follows I.T. and distribution Contributor - Jorge Marrugo - Jorge is involved with Hospitality Financial Systems and follows trends in this area. Contributor - Asli Taner - Asli has worked in the Hospitality industry for a number of years. She has worked in Turkey, Germany, Czech Republic, Bahamas, and USA.