With heatwaves, drought and wild fires ravaging the globe, the question for hospitality is no longer how to make its supply chains more sustainable, but how to make them capable of surviving what is coming, says Marius.
In this month’s Record Report, find out why we recommend Linda May Han Oh & Melissa Aldana’s Beneath Lifted Skies, Willa Cather’s My Ántonia, and Teddy shouldn’t smoke’s Tropische Zielen.
If the backbone of hospitality is disappearing, Marius has some ideas how to bring it back.
Marius explores a polarization in hospitality that is harming the traditional middle segment, which he believes provides a necessary balance to the whole ecosystem.
This month, we share our favourite albums of 2026 so far.
Marius explored how the new UK work experience placement scheme from the world’s most valuable restaurant brand, while a positive development at first glance, raises a more complicated question: not whether young people should be given opportunities - they should - but what kind of opportunities are actually being offered to them.
In this month’s Record Report, find out why we recommend Charley Crockett’s Age of the Ram, the sitcom The Goldbergs, and the crime novel Murder at Mount Fuji.
In this month’s Record Report, find out why we recommend Natsuo Kirino’s novel Swallows, the classic sitcom The Mary Tyler Moore Show, and the Bandsplain episode ‘The Music of Skateboard Videos’.
In this month’s Record Report, find out why we recommend Melissa Aldana’s album Filin and Mieko Kawakami’s novel Sisters in Yellow.
Marius wrote about the rapid growth of coffee culture, and how saturation is turning sameness into the industry’s biggest challenge.
In this month’s Record Report, find out why we recommend the new Ratboys album and the YouTube channel VHS Skate Tube.
Some large chains are apparently feeling the need to borrow the appearance of independence. That, in itself, might be a significant signal about the direction of the industry.
In this month’s Record Report, find out why we recommend the new Sor album Insomnia and the new sitcom Stumble.
Marius picks three commitments the industry should focus on to improve itself this year.
It’s list-making season, baby!
Marius wrote about how Christmas in hospitality is chaos, beauty, and purpose all at once, and how, when done right, it becomes a memory-making machine for guests and for the people serving them.
AI can help solve real problems for hospitality, but it requires balance.
In this month’s Record Report find out why we recommend Elif Batuman’s novel Either/Or and the new Rosalia album Lux.
In this month’s Record Report find out why we recommend Elif Batuman’s novel The Idiot, the TV show The Gilded Age, and the new Haim album I Quit.
More people are spending large parts of their lives alone. The hospitality sector can either turn a cold shoulder to that fact or embrace the Viennese tradition.