Young people looking to build a career in restaurants, hotels and pubs and bars will be able to get access to a new apprenticeship scheme from 1 February 2012, The De Vere Academy of Hospitality have announced.
London hotel occupancy fell by nearly 2 per cent in November although the average daily room rate did see an increase, according to data released from hotel consultancy PKF which indicates UK hotel performance was flat last month as economic problems...
Restaurant and bar operator Living Ventures is planning to invest £8m in the opening of seven new sites next year as well as roll out a new pub concept called Oast House.
Wiltshire brewer Wadworth has created a 2.8% ABV beer for the January 'squeeze', designed for when consumers traditionally cut back on the calories they consume and their spending.
Restaurants and hotels, including Premier Inn, Park Plaza County Hall and The Gallery Mess at the Saatchi Gallery, tell BigHospitality about special events and promotions they're running to attract more customers.
Gastropub entrepreneur Peter Borg-Neal is the brains behind the six-strong Oakman Inns & Restaurants, which was last month nominated for Best Pub Company at Restaurant magazine's R200 Awards. Having started his career as a cellar boy and also...
Women still account for less than a third of seats on hotel boards of directors of the top publicly quoted groups, according to the latest HVS Executive Search European Hotel Board study.
The managing director of hotel consultancy HVS London, Russell Kett, has won a lifetime acheivement award from the Hospitality Professionals Association for Finance, Revenue Management and IT (HOSPA) in honour of Kett's career as a respected hotel...
Many chefs are being forced to be more creative with Christmas menus to remain profitable this year as the latest food price index shows that the ingredients used in a traditional Christmas dinner have risen by an average of 7 per cent on last year.
A decline in the number of people drinking in pubs has led to beer sales dropping by £2.2m this year, according to new data released by Mintel, although sales in restaurants rose slightly as the trend for matching beer with food grew..
Tortilla, the fast-casual Mexican restaurant chain founded by Brandon Stephens, could open up to 25 sites both in and outside London in the next two years after receiving funding help from private equity firm Quilvest.
The Hotel Marketing Association (HMA) has named its Young Marketer of the Year as Sarah Tobler from The Jumeirah Carlton Tower Hotel in London. Hotel marketing campaigns by De Vere and Intercontinental Hotel Group also won at the HMA awards in London.
The owners of an Indian takeaway in Rochester have been forced by the High Court to pay damages of £50k to Jamal Ahmed, chef and owner of Shozna restaurant, after opening a rival takeaway one mile away with nearly identical name, logos, artwork, menus...
Antonin Bonnet, executive chef at Mayfair's French restaurant The Greenhouse, is to leave his position of six years to pursue other opportunities in 2012, the restaurant's owner MARC Restaurants announced today.
Hospitality and tourism staff in Northern Ireland are set to receive WorldHost customer service training ahead of key events in the next two years including the Titanic Centenary and Derry-Londonderry’s period as the first UK City of Culture.
Some of hospitality's biggest names have talked to BigHospitality in 2011 about the key issues facing restaurants, hotels and pubs and bars. As the year draws to a close we took the chance to review the most listened pieces of audio gathered at leading...
Executive chairman Jonathan Paveley revealed reducing the Admiral Taverns estate to a 'quality core' and becoming the UK leading operator of community pubs was the priority for the group who sold more than 450 sites in the most recent financial...
BigHospitality rounds up the latest appointments in the hospitality industry. This month sees key appointments at hotels, restaurants and pubs including Charlottes Holdings, The Devonshire Arms, Village East and 10in8.
Hotel and restaurant staff were among the winners as the London branch of the Institute of Hospitality awarded the achievements and career development of nine hospitality managers, some of whom are new to the industry.
Key events such as the 2012 Olympics and the Queen's Diamond Jubilee could push up the number of visitors to the UK to 30 million next year according to VisitBritain as it delivers its predictions for 2012.
Following a year which saw Travelodge develop its Metrolodge strategy as well as securing deals with pubs and supermarkets, the budget hotel chain has added a further 146 new UK locations to its target requirements list for 2012.
As businesses braced themselves for ‘Mad Friday’, one of the busiest trading days of the year, a power cut left parts of London’s Soho without electricity for the majority of the day, forcing pubs, bars and restaurants to close.
Boutique hotel group Firmdale Hotels has secured funding for the next stage of an expansion of the chain which includes a new 92-bedroom hotel on the Ham Yard site near London's Piccadilly Circus.
David Glover, an odour control specialist and managing director of Plasma Clean, gives his advice on how to control food waste smells from a commercial kitchen.
Sales at pubs and restaurants run by the biggest operators, such as Whitbread, Mitchells & Butlers and Tragus, continued to rise for the sixth consecutive month in November as consumers refused to give up an 'affordable treat'.
Air purification developer Plasma Clean has joined forces with Meiko to help reduce food waste odours by providing its Xtract 2100 ioniser as standard odour control in Meiko's food waste management systems.
In the build-up to the busy Christmas period for the UK’s pubs, the British Beer and Pub Association (BBPA) has launched a national campaign to raise awareness of alcohol unit consumption among pub-goers.
An improved outlook for the UK hotel sector will depend largely on the availability of debt to fund hotel transactions and complete long overdue refurbishments, according to hotel consultancy HVS London.
The controversial plans by Westminster City Council (WCC) to introduce weekend and night-time parking charges in London’s West End have been halted after a High Court judge granted campaigners a judicial review.
Ash Mair, who was last night crowned winner of BBC’s Masterchef: The Professionals 2011, has told BigHospitality of the massive impact the show is already having on his career, revealing the ideal restaurant he would like to own and his top tips for aspiring...
Restaurants, hotels and pubs including Ciro's Brasserie, QHotels, Renaissance Pubs and Macdonald Hill Valley Hotel tell BigHospitality about special events and promotions they're running to attract more customers.
The co-owner of Arbutus Restaurant Group opened Les Deux Salons in London's Covent Garden a year ago with Anthony Demetre. They have recently refurbished Soho-based Arbutus.
Italian restaurant group Spaghetti House has bought two ex-Paramount Restaurants sites - Bertorelli on Argyle Street and Brasserie Gerard on Kensington High Street in London - out of administration.
Ten top chefs are set to go head-to-head with 10 national food critics and bloggers in a competition that requires teams to dine in as many Michelin-starred restaurants within 48 hours as possible.
An iPhone and Android app designed to increase hospitality trade for Belfast pubs in the run-up to Christmas and the New Year is being backed by the Northern Ireland Tourist Board and the professional body, Pubs in Ulster.
Two hotels have announced major development programmes, with the creation of luxury spas and additional bedrooms, in an effort to become two of the UK’s leading four-star properties.
Two pub companies, formed by the previous owners of Capital Pubs, have announced John Roberts, the former MD of London brewer and pub operator Fuller's, has joined the launch of the new business venture.
Best Western, the UK’s largest group of independently-owned hotels, has recorded the most successful year to date in its 44-year history, with overall sales up 17 per cent and 21 hotels added to its portfolio.
As Christmas approaches and 2012 beckons, BigHospitality has reviewed our most popular videos of the year to give you the chance to see them again or catch a first viewing before 2011 draws to a close.
Hotel and restaurant operator Whitbread saw total sales rise 11.4 per cent in the third quarter of 2011 with its budget hotel brand Premier Inn and coffee chain Costa responsible for the growth.
Recommendations put forward in a review of the UK’s high streets released by retail guru Mary Portas today could not only bring in more diners to town centre restaurants and pubs but could also make more sites available for operators looking to expand.
They have been slammed by Caprice Holdings’ Richard Caring, strongly opposed by MPs and London Mayor Boris Johnson, and estimated to threaten over 5,000 local jobs. Now, over 15,000 West End workers and residents have united in signing petitions to halt...
