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Labor Laws in Hospitality: What Hotels Need to Know

We just wrapped up another webinar! Our former VP of Hospitality, Connie Rheams sat down with David Sherwyn, Professor, Lawyer, and Academic Director of the Center for Innovative Hospitality Labor & Employment Relations at Cornell...10 Min Read

How Digital Tools Help Maintain Brand Integrity in a Restaurant Franchise

Franchising is a business expansion strategy that comes with great benefits for a restaurant owner — like a built-in customer base. But partnering with a proven brand and known entity also comes with a big responsibility: maintaining...5 Min Read

Beekeeper Releases First Ever Hospitality Culture Report

Editor’s note: Since we released this hospitality culture report, COVID-19 has disrupted the hospitality industry. While these trends reflected what was happening in the industry at the time, some of these trends may have been...4 Min Read

7 Ways to Use Social Media as the Ultimate Restaurant Promotion Strategy

In the age of digital sharing, every meal is a marketing opportunity. Consumers are posting everyday moments online more than ever, and one of the most popular social media shares is what they’re eating. Learn how to leverage the...5 Min Read

Beekeeper Raises $45M in Series B Funding Round!

We’re a very mission-driven company here at Beekeeper. We believe in the potential of every single employee. Our ultimate goal to connect the unconnected (the 80% of the workforce composed of non-desk workers) is our guiding light...3 Min Read

Smart Restaurants: Dining in the Digital Age

There is a digital renaissance happening in the food service industry. From self-order apps to digital workforce management, restaurants are leveraging communication technology to refine processes and improve operations. As a result,...6 Min Read

3 Top Performance Review Questions You Should Always Ask

Employees and managers alike say they dread a performance review, but they also recognize they’re an important part of a healthy organization. Performance reviews give employees a chance to speak up about their experience in the...3 Min Read

How to Improve Employee Experience in a QSR

Think concepts like employee engagement and company culture are nothing more than a PR move for big companies? Think again. More and more businesses are investing considerable time and resources into developing their employees’ soft...5 Min Read

Top Yammer Alternatives For Boosting Employee Productivity

2020 permanently changed the way companies engage and communicate with employees. As a result, investments in digital employee communication tools are on the rise. In fact, KPMG’s 2020 CEO Outlook Report found that 77% of CEOs expect...6 Min Read

Recruitment in Hotels: Attract Top Hospitality Talent in Today’s Gig Economy

As we headed into 2020, the travel and tourism industry was going strong. People were jet setting around on vacations, booking hotel rooms, dining out, and going to concerts. The industry enjoyed 10 consecutive years of growth, and...5 Min Read

3 Ways to Improve Construction Workforce Engagement

Labor shortage is one of the most pressing issues that the construction industry is facing today. In fact, a recent study by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce found that around 70% of contractors have difficulty meeting project deadlines...4 Min Read

Hospitality workers benefit from the best communication tools for teams.

The 7 Best Business Communication Tools for Frontline Teams

Communicating with a frontline workforce is a consistent challenge. There’s often no central place to gather, and no easy way to reach everyone. That has serious implications for a frontline-majority business. Employees miss directives....6 Min Read

The Surprising Way Hotels Are Motivating Their Staff

Just before the pandemic, hospitality had one of the highest turnover rates of any industry, and was battling against a major labor shortage. Unemployment rates in the U.S. were at historical lows, which made attracting and retaining...5 Min Read

The Dynamic Signal Alternative You’ve Been Searching For

There are countless apps, like Dynamic Signal, on the market that promise to deliver the all-in-one workplace communication platform you’ve always wanted. But before you get swept away by promises of a more productive, united workforce,...6 Min Read

What Employers Can Learn from the Edelman Trust Barometer 2019 Global Report

In a world full of unreliable news, spammers, hackers, and con artists, it can be nearly impossible to know what to believe. That’s why the Edelman Trust Barometer 2019 can be so important. Learn the best internal communication practices...6 Min Read

How to Streamline Your Payroll Process and Win at HR

Most HR professionals get into the Human Resources business because, well, they like dealing with humans. Payroll processing is practically the exact opposite of that. It’s a tedious, time-consuming task that’s a regular cause...5 Min Read

Hotel Security: How to Keep Your Employees Safe

The topic of hotel security and how to keep employees safe while on the job is a growing concern for hoteliers. Managing a large, distributed workforce of frontline employees 24/7 already makes overseeing hotel operations a daunting...6 Min Read

Fireside Chat: Onboarding and Ongoing Employee Engagement Strategies

“If you build it, they will come.” Despite what Kevin Costner and the makers of Field of Dreams would have you believe, when it comes to getting your employees to adopt a new SaaS platform, “just building it” actually isn’t...8 Min Read

How to Roll Out Beekeeper’s Collaboration Software to Your Hotel Team Like a Pro

As a hotel manager, you know that company culture, employee engagement, and a solid internal communications strategy are crucial components of creating the ultimate employee experience. As hotels begin to recover from the deep impacts...5 Min Read

The Importance of Transparency in Business for a Healthy Company Culture

Companies have changed the way they do business. A rigid hierarchy that restricted the flow of information and negatively impacted employee communications used to be the norm. Communication between employees and their supervisors was...5 Min Read

3 Easy Ways to Radically Transform Your Company Culture

It’s more important than ever for a company to have a culture that precedes it. The growing millennial workforce is fluid, changing jobs regularly in search of a better fit. Companies are losing valuable time (and a lot of capital)...4 Min Read

WhatsApp Security Concerns: Now Riskier Than Ever As It Reaches New Heights

On Wednesday, July 10th news broke out across the internet that a new type of malware known by the dubious pseudonym of “Agent Smith” had quietly spread to over 25 million mobile phones across the globe, creating WhatsApp...3 Min Read

Why Your Email For Frontline Employees is Missing the Mark (And How You Can Fix It)

Back in its heyday, email was a revolutionary concept in workplace communication. The little, unassuming @ symbol came into our lives and changed the way we communicate forever. While we’ll always be grateful to our forefathers of...4 Min Read

3 Insider Tips on How to Communicate with Employees Without Email

Employee communication is frequently overlooked as a core component of a thriving workplace. This is especially the case when you have employees who work off-site. Here’s how to communicate with employees without email. In fact,...3 Min Read

3 Companies Who Are Winning with Beekeeper/Microsoft Integrations

As you can probably tell, we’ve been a little obsessed with our Microsoft integrations. We’ve given readers a detailed overview of the integration possibilities with Microsoft, and we’ve reviewed how companies can revamp their...5 Min Read

How Important Is Employee Engagement in Manufacturing? 6 Questions for Mark Whitten

This week, we sat down with Mark Whitten, Director of Operations, USA at Martinrea International to talk about the importance of company culture and employee engagement in the manufacturing industry. First, a Little About Mark Whitten....4 Min Read

It’s Not You. . . It’s Your Tech That’s the Problem: How to Create the Ultimate Operations Management Strategy for Frontline Employees

One of the biggest operational challenges faced by companies with a large percentage of frontline workers is high turnover rates. When your workplace becomes a revolving door of new staff members, your bottom line starts to struggle....4 Min Read

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These Tricks Can Breathe New Life Back Into Your Simple Company Intranet

Simple company intranets are like the public libraries of a large city. People only venture into them when they need something really specific. And once they’re in there, they have the singular goal of locating what they’re looking...6 Min Read

Hospitality Tech and the Guest Experience: 5 Questions for Our VP of Hospitality, Connie Rheams

Beekeeper’s very own, VP of Hospitality, Connie Rheams sat down with the folks at techtalk.travel for an in-depth interview about her journey and experiences in the hotel tech industry. In case you haven’t yet heard of Connie Rheams,...6 Min Read

Gartner Report Reveals Mobile Employee Communications Are the Future of Internal Communications

Sometimes Christmas comes early for folks who are passionate about mobile employee communications and internal comms (like we are). Recently, Gartner, the leading research and advisory company for enterprise business leaders, released...4 Min Read