Little Bay restaurants, the London-based chain owned by Peter Ilic, is set to open its first venue outside the capital in Brighton today in partnership with Umi Hotels.
The Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) is urging the government to temporarily lower VAT for the tourism sector in order to give businesses the chance to stimulate economic growth in a time of low consumer confidence.
Ian Lacey, a market analyst at Elliott Marketing & PR and recent visitor to Vancouver, the host of last year's Winter Olympics, gives his top tips on how to avoid missing out on the opportunities the 2012 Olympics could offer your hospitality...
Once you’ve made yourself aware of what’s happening during the 2012 London Olympic Games (by reading our first feature in this series) you need to decide how you’re going to use the event to boost your business’s profile.
The second Iberica Food and Culture site is set to open in Canary Wharf later this year, and will include two kitchens, a take-away and delivery service and a wine custody service.
Hotels must develop and focus their services to meet the needs of female business travellers, a growing demographic with very specific travelling needs, reveals a study from the United States.
In UK cities such as Manchester and Birmingham, hotel prices have fallen to their lowest point since the beginning of the year as visitors prefer beach destinations.
A new iPhone app showcasing over 180 recipes from 12 of the UK’s Michelin-starred chefs, including Marcus Wareing, Simon Hulstone, and Martin Wishart, has been launched this week.
Restaurants, hotels and pubs, including Brighton restaurant Terre a Terre and Mayfield House Hotel in Wiltshire, tell us about the marketing campaigns and promotions they're running this summer to attract customers.
Fresh from triumphing on Great British Menu, the chef-owner of Michelin-starred The Hand & Flowers in Marlow, Bucks, is back in his kitchen developing new dishes.
Russell and Juliette Joffe, the owners of high street family chain Giraffe, are to launch two new brand extensions – an adult-targeted cafe and a quick service train station concept.
Britain is on its way to recovering its appeal as a holiday destination for international tourists, according to encouraging data on tourism figures so far this year.
The global hotel chain Marriott International says it plans to add 200 hotels to its portfolio in 2011 as it announces an increase in revenue and profits for its second quarter this year.
Restaurant Martin Wishart in Edinbugh and Le Gavroche in London have been named the most popular French restaurants in the UK by 500,000 Toptable users.
Macdonald Hotels has revealed it has been in talks with a number of 'top chefs' to run partnership food operations at its 42 UK hotels after signing a deal with Aiden Byrne to open a restaurant at one of its Cheshire properties.
The online review site TripAdvisor has admitted that its contact process for businesses to report fraudulent reviews has been lacking, as the threat of legal action still looms from disgruntled restaurant operators.
London 2012 and Transport for London (TfL) will be providing free tools and workshops to help businesses minimise transport disruptions to their operations during the Olympic and Paralympic Games.
British Beer & Pub Association (BBPA) chief executive Brigid Simmonds has committed to meet 'challenging' inbound and domestic tourism targets as she returns to her role of chairman of the Tourism Alliance.
Restaurant group D&D has announced plans to redevelop an old spice warehouse in the City, which it will convert into two restaurants, bars and a wine shop.
A third of restaurateurs have slashed their prices and almost a quarter have reduced their temporary staff numbers in the past six months to help keep business buoyant through the recession, a survey of small business owners has found.
The hotel group Park Plaza has acquired a site in West London, where it plans to construct a new hotel on a “major arterial route” into central London.
Event and venue caterers are being urged to check that their food and drink offerings are in line with consumer trends so they can take advantage of predicted growth across the sector in the next four years.
Restaurants, pubs and hotels, including Travelodge and JD Wetherspoon, share information about the charity initiatives they're involved in for our special corporate social responsibilty themed Ideas from your Peers.
The College of Food, University College Birmingham, has won the Nestle Toque d’Or competition, which recognises culinary talent and business acumen in the next generation of chefs.
The UK eating out market is expected to grow by 2.8 per cent in 2011 to £42bn, with the low-mid value sector and lunchtimes showing the greatest signs of growth.
Busaba Eathai in Bicester and Smack in Leamington Spa are the headline winners of this year’s Restaurant and Bar Design Awards, announced last night in London.
Senior executives in the hospitality sector worldwide are more optimistic than their peers in other industries about the prospects of the economy, with many of them gearing up for growth in their business, according to a new survey by Ernst & Young.
Peter Wardley started out as a luggage porter before working his way through the ranks to become a hotel manager. He will open the Radisson Edwardian's latest hotel in Guildford in September as general manager.
Chef Alexis Gauthier has added calorie information to the menu at his London restaurant Gauthier Soho after feeling a 'moral obligation' to supply customers with nutritional information.
Etihad Airways, the national airline of the United Arab Emirates, is inviting UK chefs to join its cabin crew teams as it prepares to launch a new in-flight dining service for its first class passengers.
MWB, the owner of Hotel du Vin and Malmaison hotel groups, is to launch a new high-end steak restaurant and bar at Malmaison Manchester with ambitions to roll the concept out as a standalone brand.
Hotel-style support service operator Bennett Hay has won a contract to supply catering, hospitality and event services for commercial property company Land Securities just nine months after setting up.
Punch Taverns has confirmed that its Spirit managed pub division will demerge on 1 August, and will be positioned to exploit the growing eating-out market.
The London 2012 Olympics are just over a year away with almost a million* people expected to be attending them and their related events both in the capital and across selected areas of the country.
Budget hotel chain Travelodge has acquired 21 new hotels across the UK, including its first in collaboration with Topshop owner Arcadia Group, at a total investment of £165m.
