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Hotels and casinos can position themselves for recovery, using tactics and strategies to be explained in a webcast provided jointly by the Cornell Center for Hospitality Research and SAS, the international business software provider. The webcast, "Preparing for Recovery," will be offered at no charge at 11:00 AM (eastern time) on February 12. For more information and to register, click here.

As the American and world economy shows signs of improvement, now is the time for hotel and casino managers to prepare for and benefit from the economic recovery. As explained in the webcast, this includes taking advantage of current economic trends and managing future investment and pricing strategies.

Originating in the SAS studios in North Carolina, the webcast features the following presenters:

Their topics will include lessons learned during the downturn; how business has changed as a result of the downturn; what hotels and casinos can do and are doing to prepare; when and where to expect the recovery; how the financial crisis has affected Asia; and what is being done to prepare for the recovery in that region.

This will be the fourth webcast in the Cornell–SAS series, which began in October 2009, with "Where's My Data? Tips and Tricks for Designing a Strong Data Quality and Data Integration Strategy," and continued with "Right People, Right Jobs, Right Time: The Art and Science of Labor Planning," in November, and "Loyalty, Rewards and Value: What Do We Want from Our Customers?," in December. All of these webcasts are still available for download at no charge from the CHR at www.hotelschool.cornell.edu/research/chr/events/webcasts/.

Future webcasts will address sustainability, social media analysis, and hot topics in the hospitality and gaming industries.

About SAS | SAS is the leader in business analytics software and services, and the largest independent vendor in the business intelligence market. Through innovative solutions delivered within an integrated framework, SAS helps customers at more than 45,000 global sites improve performance and deliver value by making better decisions faster. Since 1976 SAS has been giving customers around the world THE POWER TO KNOW®.

About The Center for Hospitality Research
A unit of the Cornell School of Hotel Administration, The Center for Hospitality Research (CHR) sponsors research designed to improve practices in the hospitality industry. Under the lead of the center's 77 corporate affiliates, experienced scholars work closely with business executives to discover new insights into strategic, managerial and operating practices. The center also publishes the award-winning hospitality journal, the Cornell Hospitality Quarterly. To learn more about the center and its projects, visit www.chr.cornell.edu.

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