“The biggest challenge for us is, once you get to the top of the mountain, as we did in 2008, is to make sure complacency doesn’t creep in—making sure that our staff and operations consistently focus on standards but also challenge themselves,” says COO at Stein Eriksen Lodge Management Corporation. But how do you get to the top to start with?

The problem: Key West's boutique Gates Hotel had no room for a foodservice outlet. The solution: an onsite food trailer, providing authentic area cuisine, that's "custom-built, user-friendly, and far less expensive than building a full-on foodservice operation at the hotel,” says David Fuhrman, owner of Key West-based Great Events Catering.

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