Star Pourer The High-Tech RoboBar Out-Paces and Performs While Pleasing Patrons By Mary Kay Morel A robotic bartender that mixes perfect drinks every time, doesn’t take tips and costs only about 30 cents an hour to operate — sounds a little far-fetched and too good to be true, right?

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Ask Taffer What it Takes to Start a Successful Club NCB columnist Jon Taffer advises a reader how to go about pursuing her dream of opening a club.

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2006 in a Bottle Uncorking Profits By Trend-Spotting Can Be as Easy as a Twist of the Wrist Is it really 2006 already? Well, we had a good year, most of us. We have seen a solid move from well spirits toward the top shelf. Our customers have been demanding higher quality goods, and we have been happy to accommodate. We move toward 2006 wondering what our future will bring, but it’s pretty safe to bet that the trends of last year will progress and morph into another banner year on-premise.

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NTN Report Capitalize on the Competition Bar and club environments have been drawing in guests in search of the way to spice up their days and nights, and typically Nightclub & Bar’s NTN Report breaks down the responses of the people polled for this survey to help operators refine their plan for profit even more.

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Serve and Protect Series Part Five: Pay and Incentives for My Security Guard In this month’s article, we will discuss a pay scale for your guards and what other incentives might increase their productivity and performance.

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Game On! Professional Hockey (and Its Revenues) Return “Game on!” probably is what most sports bar owners have in mind now that the professional ice hockey lockout is over, and NHL teams are back in the rink. The return of the NHL helps put an end to less-than-crowded sports bars in the winter.

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Meet the Advertiser Next Day Flyers Takes Care of Clubs’ Concerns Meet Next Day Flyers, an entertainment-friendly entity that has evolved into one of America’s leading club advertising companies, coupling sensible customer service skills with one hell of a purposeful (and profitable) product.

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What's New to You? As the Energy Drink Market Maintains Momentum, Turn Market Wisdom Into Wealth   With the financially and promotionally encouraging wave of new beverages on the market right now, especially the literally jolting tidal wave brought forth by the energy drink movement, which way do you turn? How do you decide what’s best for satisfying your guests’ requests? And how do you decide what’s best for you, the operator?

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Nightclub Music Management Secrets Business Wouldn’t Be Nearly as Sweet Without the Proper Beat As 2005 draws to a close, now is an excellent time to review the current state of your DJ entertainment presentation. With the holiday calendar in full swing, don’t wait to address specific challenges you may have to fully maximize your beverage revenue potential.

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On-Premise Eye-Openers Guests Sip, Operators Sell and Brands Succeed in 2005 What an amazing year to be in the hospitality industry. Bar and club owners nationwide have rejoiced at the revenue today’s beverage brands can haul in, and as 2005 draws to a close with the drop of the ball, it’s about time to toast — anything you like.

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2005 Trends Special Section A Look at the Major Themes of the Past Year Every year, the limits of just how incredible a nightclub or bar concept can be get pushed to the edge — and often beyond. With global networking right at our fingertips, the world has become smaller, and the speed of business in the United States today? It’s virtually instantaneous.

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Look Back to Get Ahead Observations of 2005 Cocktail Trends Prime 2006 Profits In this great, wide world of flourishing spirits activity and an ever-expanding amount of cocktail choices for both bar operator and guest alike, suffice it to say that it is no easy feat to encapsulate all of today’s trends under one roof.

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We're Here and We're Near ‘The Show’ Establishes its Marketplace of Ideas on the East Coast The industry’s smartest trade show set up camp in Atlantic City, and the response was nothing short of incredible. Approximately 4,500 East Coast bar and club operators came away from "The Show" with products, ideas, strategies and new ways of thinking about how they run their bars, clubs, restaurants and more.

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Of Punts an Pints Super Suds Sales on Super Sunday At The Scorecard Sports Bar & Grill, a neighborhood bar close to downtown Jacksonville, Fla., they should know how to celebrate the big game. That’s because last year, as viewed by millions of fans, Jacksonville was the site of the NFL Super Bowl.

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XL Profit Points Score All-Pro Profits from Super Bowl XL Many don’t think its necessary to plan promotions for the Super Bowl and refer to it as “watering your lawn when its raining.” This line of thinking makes sense if we’re actually talking about H2O, but we’re talking about added sales and cold hard cash, so pour it on!

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The Buck Stops Here With Today’s Options, Don’t Just Charge, Be in Charge It's fair to say that the coin-op industry and the hospitality industry have overlapped for years, but the extent of synergy existing between the two today is unprecedented –– coin-operated games and bar guests go together like pretzels and beer. Whether with tried-and-true classics or the razor’s edge in video gaming, the level of entertainment and of options for owners is keeping scores of patrons and proprietors on the winning team.

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Austin Goes Vegas VICCI’s Classy Off-Sixth-Street Concept is a Texas Success The secret of America’s cleanest, friendliest city has been leaked, and the population has almost doubled since 1995 — with upper-middle class stamped all over it. The prospects are there, and some savvy insiders are striking gold.

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