Despite arriving in the UK seven and a half years ago from Italy with no knowledge of the English language and no formal training, Michele Caggianese has managed to carve a successful career front-of- house in some of London’s top restaurants and hotels....
Design and glassware firms have joined forces to launch a new pint glass, which they claim is the safest and strongest tumbler produced to date, designed to help cut crime in busy drinking environments.
The British restaurant industry can often be short-sighted; concentrating too much on what’s happening in their local neighbourhood rather than focusing on the bigger picture.
Italian restaurant chain Prezzo will be increasing its prices in response to the latest inflation rises, but chief executive Jonathan Kaye said the brand will remain a value proposition and expects to continue its expansion momentum over the coming years.
Managed pub operator Orchid is out for a piece of the ultra-competitive, but potentially lucrative, Italian casual dining market with the conversion of a Hertfordshire site to a new 'pizza pub' concept.
The hotel and event space group De Vere has opened its fifth Academy of Hospitality, which will train 400 young Londoners in cookery and customer service.
Great Hotels of the World, the global hotel reservation and sales and marketing services provider, has taken on John Clarke, former director of sales and marketing at the Millennium Hotel London Mayfair, as its new group director of sales and marketing.
Food inflation in the UK has hit a two-year high, indicating that pricing pressures on hospitality operators are likely to continue into the near future.
Zizzi has responded to new entrants in the Italian dining sector with a complete overhaul designed to pull in younger diners and bring the brand back up to date
The former Hilton Group chief executive Sir David Michels, who has received a knighthood for his services to the hotel and catering sector, was today named the new president of the Institute of Hospitality (IoH).
De Vere Venues and the Beyond Food Foundation will open a new bar, bistro and private dining venue in London, which will employ and train homeless people in the hospitality sector.
The Individual Restaurant Company (IRC), operator of Piccolino and Restaurant Bar & Grill, is to be fully acquired by W2D2 the consortium led by leading shareholder Malcolm Walker and chief executive Steven Walker.
The Belfast Distillery Company has released a new whiskey brand to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the launch of the Titanic from one of the city's dockyards.
Hotel du Vin founder Robin Hutson is to launch a boutique country hotel in the New Forest as part of plans to create a multi-site concept focused on locally-sourced food.
Orchid chief executive Rufus Hall will be flying out to New York later this month to address members of a United Nations conference on the subject of corporate social responsibility (CSR).
Novus Leisure, the owner of bars and night clubs including Balls Brothers and Tiger Tiger, has been holding takeover talks with the private equity firm Duke Street.
The British Hospitality Association (BHA) will administer an industry task force on deregulation, which will aim to cut through red tape that is holding back the hospitality sector.
InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) has added 19 new hotels to its UK portfolio over the past year, as part of 54 new properties signed on throughout Europe.
Philip Howard from the two Michelin-starred The Square restaurant was yesterday awarded the top accolade at the Craft Guild of Chefs annual awards ceremony, joining another 14 chefs who were recognised for their culinary contribution.
Restaurants and hotels, including Bentley's Oyster Bar & Grill and Northumbrian hotel Langley Castle, tell us about the promotions they're running to attract customers.
Buckingham Palace has issued details for the Diamond Jubilee celebration events next year, which will mark key dates in the calendars of hospitality operators set to benefit from extra footfall over the long weekend.
The co-founder of Concept Venues, the umbrella company for global brands Embassy nightclubs, Sanctum Hotels and Geales restaurants, is about to embark upon a period of mass expansion. This year alone he is set to open Embassy Dubai at the Grosvenor House...
A former chairman of the Cardiff Hoteliers Association (CHA) has decided to leave retirement to manage the Legacy Cardiff International Hotel after he said he missed the buzz of working in the industry.
The extra bank holidays expected for the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee next year are likely to provide the nation’s hospitality operators with a similar boost to that received during the Royal Wedding weekend, says the national tourist board.
Gordon Ramsay Holdings (GRH) made a pre-tax profit of £2m last year after it cut staff costs, scaled down expansion and sold off its Italian restaurant Murano.
Atul Kochhar, the chef owner of Michelin-starred restaurant Benares, has severed his relationship with mid-market Indian street food restaurant Colony Bar & Grill in Marylebone, just 15 months after it opened.
Ranjit Mathrani’s Masala World operates 10 restaurants in central London, but now looks set to take its authentic Indian food and high service standards nationwide.
The hospitality skills training group People 1st is considering a merger with its counterpart for the UK transport sector, GoSkills, in an effort to pool reduced resources and streamline customer service training efforts.
Loungers, the Bristol-based café, bar and restaurant group, saw turnover grow 55 per cent to almost £11m last year after adding an extra four sites to its estate.
Michelin is bringing forward the publication date of its 2012 Great Britain & Ireland Guide by more than three months, provoking a mixed response from the industry.
