The An Lochan restaurant in Glasgow, along with the estate's hotel in Tighnabruaich and inn in Perthshire, are seeking new owners after being placed on the market
Food manufacturers are not taking the catering sector seriously enough when it comes to developing products for them and should start viewing it as a place to launch brands, according to foodservice analyst Horizons
Marco Pierre White is encouraging hospitality employers to take on more apprentices, by fronting the National Apprenticeship Service's new viral advertising campaign
Hallmark Hotels, the four-star hotel chain founded by former Q Hotels Arnold Schnegg in 2007, is aiming to double its estate to 10 in the next two years
A survey of hotel executives has shown that more than half aren't expecting to see a recovery in the market until 2011 and the same number think that it will take even longer for room rates to be restored to the same level they were before the recession...
Whitbread has secured a site next to the Olympic Stadium in Stratford, East London, where it will build a 267-bedroom Premier Inn to open in time for the games in 2012
Marco Pierre White has branded catering colleges as ‘farcical’ and ‘a waste of life’ at the launch of a new advertising campaign promoting hospitality apprenticeships
Marriott has launched a campaign via social networking site Twitter which asks celebrities and travel journalists to 'Tweet' reviews of its hotels following a £120m revamp
Salon Culinaire 2010 at Hotelympia saw hundreds of chefs descend upon the Excel in London this week for their chance to win a highly-contended medal. Here are the results for all the competitions.
Hundreds of gold, silver and bronze medals have been awarded at Hotelympia’s Salon Culinaire this week, for both the Live Theatre and Salon Display categories. Here are the results for the Salon Display
BigHospitality has been in search of some of the more unusual and innovative ideas being run by restaurants, hotels and pubs this weekend to find out how they're intending to grab the Valentine's trade.
Jason Atherton is chef/patron at Maze, part of Gordon Ramsay Holdings. There are four Maze restaurants in London, New York and Capetown, but three more outposts are planned for Australia and the Middle East
Drake & Morgan, the fledgling bar-restaurant concept, founded by Jillian MacLean, has collected two titles at this year's Retailers' Retailer of the Year Awards
The first European Congress of Tourism and Gastronomy was launched at the Spanish Embassy in London this week by El Bulli’s chef-patron Ferran Adrià, the country's new tourism ambassador, and Spain’s Secretary of State for Tourism, Joan Mesquida.
The Restaurant Group, owner of Frankie & Benny's and Garfunkel's says it is determined to make 2010 a successful year for the company and will continue with plans to open up to 25 new sites by the end of the year
A key policy maker at the Food Standards Agency has accused the hospitality industry of not playing its part in the battle to change consumer eating habits
Unless you have children, the chances are you will have no interest if a restaurant is ‘child friendly’ or not. Stefan Chomka looks at why it's a good idea to cater for the kids and the best way to do it.
The hospitality industry has become greener during the recession with 13 per cent more businesses adopting green initiatives such as recycling and sourcing products locally in the past two years
The Sustainable Restaurant Association officially launched yesterday with 85 founder members pledging to run their restaurants in a more sustainable way
Analysts PricewaterhouseCoopers predict that revpar at UK hotels will rise 3 per cent this year and will rise another 5 per cent in 2011 as business travellers and conference bookings return
Former River Cafe chefs Jamie Oliver, Theo Randall and Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall have paid tribute to the restaurant's co-founder Rose Gray, who died yesterday following a long battle with cancer
Chefs and restaurateurs are being urged to actively promote the pies on their menus to help boost their profits, as British Pie Week (1-7 March) runs once more
