Wolverhampton City Council has revealed plans to purchase and demolish a 50-year old hotel deemed an ‘eyesore’ after Hilton Worldwide pulled out of discussions to operate the property as a Hampton by Hilton.
Barcelo Hotels is looking to recruit 21 apprentice chefs for its latest Barcelo Apprentice Chef Academy (BACA) this November after the scheme proved a successful way to fill vacancies.
Jamie Barber, the man behind Hush, Villandry and Kitchen Italia, is to join Jamie Oliver’s first Union Jacks restaurant at Central St. Giles with a new Brazilian barbecue concept.
Chain restaurants like Pizza Express, Harvester and Table Table are 'getting their consumer offer right' but will need to continue to work hard, be flexible and adapt quickly to new trends if they want to succeed in the current financial market,...
Latest figures for inbound tourism and visitor spending suggest a record-breaking summer for Britain lies ahead, but experts say the recent riots are a concern for potential visitors.
Travelodge has announced it is planning to invest £135m in opening hotels near National Parks in response to high demand for accommodation in the UK's top rural locations.
Chris Wood, social media specialist at Q Social Media Ltd, gives one reader advice on how to turn visits to his hotel website into bookings and valid enquiries.
Italian restaurant chain Zizzi is launching a dedicated cichetti (small plates) menu across its UK sites following a successful trial at three of its restaurants.
The finalists for the 2011 Great British Pub Awards (GBPA), organised by BigHospitality’s sister publication The Publican’s Morning Advertiser, have been revealed.
An apprentice restaurant scheme that lost vital government funding this year received a further blow this week when it was forced to close two branches due to the London riots.
Whitbread, the UK’s largest hotel and restaurant group, is to sell and leaseback seven Premier Inns and adjacent restaurants to LaSalle Investment Management for £53.8m.
The man behind Marlon Abela Restaurant Corporation (MARC) oversees eight top-end restaurants, split between London and New York, as well as the US-based FPB bakery brand.
Cote Restaurants, the French bistro chain founded by Andy Bassadone and Chris Benians and owned by Richard Caring, has opened its first site in Wiltshire.
Prime Minister David Cameron has promised to help businesses repair the damage caused by rioting and looting across England in the past few days, by unveiling a raft of cost-cutting measures.
Hoteliers are looking forward to 2012 with 'cautious optimism' according to a report by property agents Knight Frank who found that many are even considering expanding their business next year.
Jason Atherton’s Pollen Street Social has been named the best new UK restaurant by the Good Food Guide 2012 (GFG), entering its list of the UK’s Top 50 Restaurants at number eight.
It is too early to anticipate what the long-term cost rioting and looting around the UK will be to the hospitality industry and the 2012 London Olympic Games, but experts believe the overall cost to the British high street will reach tens of millions...
In the second part of this feature series, first published in Restaurant magazine, we bring you one definition to replace the term 'gastropub' as we attempt to redefine the market as we see it today.
Restaurant and bar operators should encourage their British staff to take up sommelier as a career to balance the level of foreign sommeliers in the hospitality industry.
InterContinental Hotel Group’s (IHG) new chief executive Richard Solomons has said he does not think the London riots will stop tourists from visiting the capital for next year’s Olympic Games.
Pubs and restaurants in areas affected by rioting have been advised to temporarily close down for the protection of their staff and customers if the situation escalates out of control.
Kitchen staff armed with rolling pins were forced to protect diners against rioters at two Michelin-starred restaurant The Ledbury last night, after looters threatened them with rocks and knives to hand over valuables.
Restaurants and pubs across the capital were among the businesses vandalised in the riots which have broken out across many parts of London over the past few days.
Professional licensing body The British Institute of Innkeeping (BII) has launched the first apprenticeship programme for the pub sector to help fill a skills gap identified by the industry.
Plans have been submitted to transform Newcastle’s iconic Co-operative building into a 231-bedroom hotel complete with restaurants, retail outlets and gym.
Concierge service Bon Vivant has reported a 37 per cent rise in bookings for fine dining restaurants during the first quarter of this year with Japanese restaurants proving most popular with its clients.
Otarian, the US-based fast-casual vegetarian restaurant chain, has pulled out of the UK just a year after launching its first restaurant on Shaftesbury Avenue.
London hotels have ‘convincingly shrugged off the recession’, having recorded the 19th consecutive month of year-on-year profitability growth, while provincial hotels also return to growth.
The Royal Horseguard hotel’s new bar manager Neil Millington didn’t start out in the hospitality industry following three years at college, neither did he undertake an apprenticeship. At the age of 29 he was approached to leave his job as a cigar retailer...
Restaurants, hotels and pubs, including Lancaster London and Grand Imperial restaurant, tell us about the extra activities and promotions they’re planning to keep their business thriving.
Restaurant, hotel and pub owners are being urged to invest in new equipment for their business now if they want to benefit from a special tax allowance.
The owners of a group of historic hotels have purchased the 130-bedrooom Fishers Hotel in Scotland’s Pitlochry, which they plan to “give a new lease of life” to.
