Hotel groups Rezidor and Wyndham Worldwide have been recognised in the annual list of the world’s most ethical companies, published by the Ethisphere Institute
In the third part of our four-day feature we look at how restaurants, hotels and pubs can use social media networks like Twitter and Facebook to target customers.
A regulatory decision to force pay-TV channels such as Sky to slash prices for domestic users only, has been described as a 'slap in the face' for the pub trade
Alexis Gauthier, chef patron at Michelin-starred Pimlico restaurant Roussillon, is set to launch a restaurant at Lindsay House, the Soho-based townhouse previously operated by Richard Corrigan
The Vineyard Group is to roll out a new informal dining concept, designed by executive chef Daniel Galmiche and consultant chef Billy Reid, across the seven hotels acquired from Folio Hotels last year
One of the most effective ways of getting bums on seats and bodies in beds is through the use of email marketing, but how can you ensure your newsletter is even opened?
Food and beverage sales helped boost revenues at MWB Group Holdings' boutique hotels Malmaison and Hotel du Vin last year as room rates dropped by an average of 10 per cent
The British Hospitality Association has announced that Ufi Ibrahim, former chief operating officer of the World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC), will succeed Bob Cotton as chief executive when he leaves later this year
Nine out of 10 people would not recommend a hotel, pub or restaurant that did not appear clean and fresh, while half would not return somewhere that delivered a poor first impression
Pan-Asian restaurant chain Tampopo has revealed plans to expand at a rate of three or four sites a year, starting with the opening of its seventh site in Reading this summer
Diners in Leeds are the most generous tippers in the UK, according to a survey by discount and deals website MyVoucherCodes.co.uk, while their Swansea counterparts are the least likely to leave a tip when eating out
Jillian MacLean launched bar and restaurant group Drake & Morgan in 2008, and is about to launch her third London site, The Anthologist, near St. Paul's Cathedral next month
Duty on alcohol is set to increase by another 2 per cent above inflation as planned under Chancellor Alistair Darling's tax escalator he announced today, despite pleas from the trade to halt it
The Goose at Britwell Salome, forced to close when staff walked out in February, will re-open next month under the direction of new head chef John Footman
Work on a new four-star, 175-bedroom hotel at the Rose Bowl cricket ground in Hampshire has resumed after a judicial review, launched by a group of local hoteliers into its construction, was overturned
New legislation requiring US restaurant chains to display calorie information on their menus is close to being passed, signalling a similar move here in the UK
Two French entrepreneurs have opened the UK’s first speciality cheese restaurant in Chelsea near London’s Kings Road, serving up to 200 cheeses at any one time
Exclusive Hotels has appointed Stephen Browning general manager of its Wiltshire property The Manor House while the Dorchester Collection takes on Lisa Lernoux-Dock as sales director for Coworth Park
Busaba Eathai, the Thai restaurant chain founded by Alan Yau, has announced plans to open four more sites, including its first outside London, this year
Adult catering courses are among those facing funding cuts as the government plans to reduce budgets by an average of 16 per cent to further education colleges
Dublin-born Patrick Stapleton has worked at hotels all over the UK and Ireland for the past 30 years. He is currently general manager of the Hilton Birmingham Metropole
A proposal to ban sending recyclable items such as food, cardboard, cans and glass to landfill may mean restaurants, pubs and hotels that do not currently recycle, will be forced to do so
The tourism industry in England could be worth £147bn by 2020 and has the potential to create an extra 225,000 jobs according to research by VisitEngland
Hospitality businesses submitting appeals for a reassessment of their business rates are being warned to ensure every detail of their application is accurate, in order to avoid it being thrown out
Sanzaru Limited, the new company erected by Rising Star Leisure managing director Steve Kelly, is launching its first venue, an Asian-inspired lounge and karaoke bar, in Clapham this week
Research by VisitBritain predicts that tourism will grow faster than many other industries in the UK over the next 10 years with inbound visitor spend expected to double during that period.
Jamie Stevens recently joined Abode Manchester as general manager. He started as a graduate trainee with Malmaison before joining Abode as operations manager and then moving up to GM of the group's Glasgow hotel
A new Italian restaurant and lounge bar called Cielo will open in Mayfair next week with Sardinian born chef Monserrato Marini behind the stove and Tobia Speranza taking care of front-of-house
US hotel marketer Magnuson Hotels is launching in the UK next month to give independent hoteliers this side of the Atlantic the chance to compete against large hotel chains
Shoreditch's Sosho bar/restaurant and private members' club the East Room have been forced to close 'for the foreseeable future' after the business was completely gutted by fire this morning
La Tasca is highlighting healthier dishes on its spring/summer menu following calls from diners for help in identifying which of the restaurant chain's dishes had less fat and salt in
