The Government has suggested moving the May Day Bank Holiday to create a new national “UK Day” and erecting a red tape task force as part of its long-awaited Tourism Strategy, published today.
Tim Bacon, the entrepreneur behind Living Ventures, will open four new businesses in 2011, including a coffee deli concept in Manchester and second sites for his Red Door and Alchemist formats.
The restaurant sector is showing some signs of recovery, although full service restaurants continue to suffer in favour of fast food options, finds a new study.
The Thai restaurant Mango Tree will be opening a fast food-style branch in the food hall of Harrods department store in London, BigHospitality can reveal.
Whitbread has acquired the coffee vending firm Coffee Nation, which it will incorporate into its subsidiary Costa to create a new express coffee-bar brand.
Foodservice suppliers Brakes and Unilever are both putting an extra push into their sustainability efforts, which they hope can be handed down to their customers in the hospitality sector.
Hotels throughout the country are expecting to see more growth in their food and beverage offering than in their overall business, but asset managers Vision warn that the landscape ahead is not so rosy for the non-room side of hotel business.
Consumers can now easily find reviews and details of individual hotel rooms, including what view it has, thanks to the launch of a new online hotel room database.
Hotels looking to build their banqueting operations should use their food as an extension of an event’s content in order to engage delegates and event organisers, and ensure repeat business, according to a recent round table discussion.
