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	<title>sounding off &#187; Hospitality</title>
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		<title>Toilet Noise Mitigation</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The other day at a popular chain restaurant, I dropped by the restroom before a long ride home. I’ve heard some loud toilet flushes in my day, and this one was right up there with the loudest of them. While it caught my attention, it didn’t make me jump too high out of surprise. However, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Restaurant Noise – A Big Deal to Food Critics</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Aug 2010 19:57:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Over the years we’ve used this blog to try and get the word out that acoustics can be very important when designing a restaurant and that the assistance of a qualified acoustical consultant during the design phase will save the proprietor both time and money while ensuring the ambience is top notch. So just how [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Creating Quiet Hotel Rooms</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Jul 2010 19:19:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim Koldenhoven</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In an effort to be inspired, I happen to be writing this blog from my hotel room so it seems perfectly fitting that I write today about Hotel Room Noise Isolation.  This is a bit of a tricky topic because there is a whole range of expectations that exist between the one or two star [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How Hotel Conference Rooms Can Make Money By Offering Audio-Visual Services In House</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Dec 2009 21:03:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim Hamilton</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When hotel owners and managers consider the costs of upgrading their current hotel conference room audio-visual system, they often consider outsourcing these services to a live event production company – one that would bring in portable AV equipment and run it for the events. But more and more hotel managers are learning that offering the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hotel Room Noise Isolation = A Good Night&#8217;s Rest</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 21:40:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim Koldenhoven</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Due to the nature of our work and the locations of our clients, we are always traveling. One thing that I&#8217;ve noticed in my many years at ABD is that there is a vast difference in the quality of the rooms at any given hotel. When I check in, I have a few requests that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What Do Acoustical Consultants Actually Do?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2009 12:29:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim Koldenhoven</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As an acoustical consultant, I often have trouble answering the &#8220;what do you do?&#8221; question. The basic answer is quite easy, but unless the person asking the question is an architect, performing artist, or involved in music, they often don&#8217;t have a clue what the job entails. I ran into this problem the first time [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Reception Hall Blues</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Sep 2008 19:33:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim Koldenhoven</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This past spring I was blessed to be married to an amazing woman who thankfully doesn&#8217;t mind when I walk into a business and point out the acoustical flaws and potential improvements that could be made &#8220;if they had only hired an acoustical consultant!&#8221;
During our engagement, the task of planning for the wedding began, and [...]]]></description>
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