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Keep up to date with the latest openings, closures and property deals in the restaurant, pub and hotel sectors.
Accor reveals global hotel energy usage with environmental footprint release
22-Feb-2012 - International hotel operator Accor has revealed the group consumes more than 18bn kilowatt hours (kWh) of energy, ahead of a spring publication of a new sustainable development strategy for the company.
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Great Hotels of the World reports huge increase in MICE enquiries for 2012
22-Feb-2012 - Great Hotels of the World, the London-based hotel sales and marketing alliance, has reported a 50 per cent increase in meetings, incentives, conference and events (MICE) enquires in 2011, illustrating growth in the MICE travel market for UK hotels.
InterContinental Hotels Group announces 3,000 UK jobs to be created over three years
22-Feb-2012 - Holiday Inn and Crowne Plaza operator, InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG), has announced it is to create nearly 3,000 UK jobs over the next three years, with more than 1,000 coming in 2012 as the operator launches the IHG Academy in Newham, London.
Pan Chai and Mango Tree restaurants to open at Harrods
22-Feb-2012 - Southeast Asian restaurant Pan Chai and Thai restaurant Mango Tree are set to open sites at London department store Harrods this April.
‘We were a great pub’: The Devonshire Arms in Chiswick closes in first year
21-Feb-2012 - The Devonshire Arms – Gordon Ramsay’s failed pub in Chiswick, London – has closed with immediate effect having only re-opened under new ownership in July last year.
Les Routiers reveals Restaurant, Hotel and Pub of the Year winners
21-Feb-2012 - Ten hotels, restaurants, pubs and inns have been awarded by guide Les Routiers UK for demonstrating ‘exceptional service, hospitality and quality of food’ throughout the year.
Pesto plans three more Pesto in the Pub openings
21-Feb-2012 - Pesto, the Italian restaurant chain founded by La Tasca founder Neil Gatt, is to open three more sites under the Pesto in the Pub concept in the next six months after the first under the brand was successfully opened at a Punch Taverns site in Cheshire last year.
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Michael Caines, Paul Heathcote and Nigel Haworth-headlined events to support Hospitality Action
20-Feb-2012 - Chefs Michael Caines, Paul Heathcote and Nigel Haworth are to host three fundraising events this year to help raise cash for industry charity Hospitality Action.
Roast founder acquires Indian street food restaurant Moolis
20-Feb-2012 - Roast founder Iqbal Wahhab has bought Soho's Indian street food restaurant Moolis from administration with plans for menu changes before expansion aspirations for the business beyond the current Frith Street site.
Kitchen Equipment: When it's time to refurbish
20-Feb-2012 - Replacing a kitchen is not something you consider every day. When margins are being squeezed in every area of the business it can be hard to see how spending a five or six-figure-sum on new kit will have an immediate effect on your profit margins.
Wahaca takes over MARC's Charlotte Street site
20-Feb-2012 - Wahaca, the Mexican street food restaurant concept owned by Thomasina Miers and Mark Selby, is to open its seventh site in London, after securing the former Bertorelli site in Fitzrovia from the Marlon Abela Restaurant Corporation (MARC), according to M&C Report.
February hotel prices plummet, London continues to buck the trend
20-Feb-2012 - Hotel prices have dropped across every city in the UK apart from London, which is one of only seven major cities in Europe to have seen an increase in room rates for February.
Macdonald Hotels take control of Donnington Grove Country Club hotel
20-Feb-2012 - Macdonald Hotels & Resorts, the privately owned hotel operator, has signed a management contract with the owner of Donnington Grove Country Club in Newbury in a bid to further increase its market presence.
Last orders: Pub industry urges Government to cut beer tax ahead of budget 2012
17-Feb-2012 - As hospitality businesses are gearing up for next month’s announcement on the 2012 budget, the British beer and pub industry is unanimously demanding a freeze in the Government’s controversial beer tax escalator.
Marriott Gatwick Airport and InterContinental Westminster hotels up for sale
17-Feb-2012 - Marriott’s 218-bedroom Courtyard London Gatwick Airport Hotel is being offered for sale by business adviser Christie & Co, which is seeking offers in excess of £20 million.
Carlson Rezidor to rebrand all Radisson Edwardian hotels as Radisson Blu
17-Feb-2012 - Newly-formed hotel group Carlson Rezidor has announced the rebrand of all 14 Radisson Edwardian hotels in the UK to Radisson Blu by the second half of 2012.
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London Fashion week at The May Fair and Trendy Cocktails at The Fifth Floor Bar
17-Feb-2012 - Restaurants, hotels, pubs and bars including The May Fair, The Fifth Floor Bar, The Mulroy and Jurys Inn tell BigHospitality about special events and promotions they're running to attract new customers.
New hotel planned for Liverpool's waterfront in £45m development
17-Feb-2012 - Plans to build a 170-bedroom hotel in Wapping, Liverpool, are being submitted to the City Council later this month.
Gordon Ramsay 'saddened' by Canadian restaurateur's decision to end consultancy
16-Feb-2012 - Gordon Ramsay has said he is ‘surprised and saddened’ over a decision by the owner of Laurier Gordon Ramsay, the Canadian restaurant where he has a consultancy, to remove his association with the business.
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Asian restaurant Umami to open in South Kensington in March
16-Feb-2012 - Umami, a new Asian restaurant with menu influences from Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam and Korea, is due to open on South Kensington's Cromwell Road in March.
18-year-old Luke Thomas named chef-patron at Mark Fuller’s Sanctum on the Green restaurant
16-Feb-2012 - Springboard’s FutureChef 2009 winner Luke Thomas has gone into partnership with hotelier, restaurateur and former nightclub owner Mark Fuller to open his first restaurant at the tender age of 18.
The Chester Grosvenor to manage nearby hotel Oddfellows, new restaurant planned
16-Feb-2012 - The Chester Grosvenor hotel has signed a 10-year management agreement with the nearby hotel restaurant and bar Oddfellows.
Interior designer and DJ pair hit success with their first bar
16-Feb-2012 - An interior designer and international DJ from Northampton have hit success after opening their first bar, Borija, in the town with a business plan that sees them hit profit in the first year before looking at a possible second site.
Hotel fined £260,000 after landmark fire safety trial
16-Feb-2012 - The Chumleigh Lodge Hotel in Finchley, North London, has been ordered to pay more than £260,000 in fines and costs after committing a number of offences under the Fire Safety Order.
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Sodexo Prestige wins Edinburgh Corn Exchange catering contract
15-Feb-2012 - Sodexo Prestige in Scotland has won a three-year contract worth £1.5m to provide catering for events at the Edinburgh Corn Exchange.
