Restaurants, pubs and hotels - including Barceló Imperial, The Draft House, Prism Brasserie and Gilpin Hotel - tell BigHospitality about new products, special events and promotions they're running to attract more customers.
BigHospitality rounds up the latest appointments in the hospitality industry. This month sees key appointments at hotels, restaurants and pubs including The Roof Gardens, Morrison Bowmore, Hilton and Starwood.
Meliá Hotels International has announced they are to begin work this year on a £25m hotel as part of a Manchester development project, their first UK site outside London.
Restaurateurs have been warned to check their kitchens and buildings meet fire safety regulations or face a substantial fine after the owners of a Chester restaurant were forced to pay over £24k for breaching rules.
The chef-proprietor of Combal Zero in Piemonte, northern Italy – a regular on the World’s 50 Best Restaurants list – is a pioneer of conceptual cooking.
Some hoteliers are struggling to find wireless internet suppliers able to provide reliable coverage for the whole of their hotel with the cost of comprehensive Wi-Fi proving too much, BigHospitality has found.
Social media, like it or not, now plays an integral part in the marketing plans for the majority of restaurants, hotels and pubs, so we’ll presume, if you’re reading this, that you have at least set up a Twitter account and/or a Facebook page to promote...
The Danish-owned Japanese restaurant concept Sticks'n'Sushi is on track to open its first UK site in Wimbledon in March as the first part of expansion plans for the company.
International hotel operator Accor opened a record 39,000 hotel rooms across its global estate last year, driven in part by franchise deals that saw 24 UK hotels converted to its Mercure brand.
With fewer than 200 days until the London 2012 Olympics, the UK is preparing for an influx of visitors from around the world. But just how much of an impact will the Games have on the nation’s hotels?
London-based bar operator Grand Union has set its sights on rapid expansion this year, with plans for at least three new venues and the appointment of a completely new management team.
Hospitality and travel company Carlson is to join with hotel group Rezidor to become the Carlson Rezidor Hotel Group, with a desire to generate more profit, offer more opportunities for staff and provide greater consistency to guests given as reasons...
Nestlé Professional Chef has unveiled the newest edition to its Jus en flocons (Flakes) range – Chef Flakes Brun Lié, a thinkened brown stock which can be used as a base for all brown sauces.
JD Wetherspoon expects a continued decline in its operating margin this year due to continuing cost pressures resulting from government legislation and VAT rates.
Pizza Express is targeting the corporate sector by introducing a business incentive scheme which allows companies to buy restaurant vouchers as rewards for their employees.
US restaurateur Danny Meyer, has unveiled his top tips for finding the right people to work in hospitality, citing kindness and empathy as key qualities he looks for when recruiting.
Restaurants, hotels and pubs had mixed fortunes in 2011, with all three hospitality sectors suffering a decline in property prices. But there is hope on the horizon, with the potential for an increase in opportunities and transactions in 2012.
The River Restaurant - a new 90-cover site at Dart Marina Hotel in Dartmouth, is set to open in late Spring as part of a £1million redesign project of the property.
Less than 12 months after opening their 'gin palace' bar, The Restaurant winners JJ Goodman and James Hopkins have opened a second site under The London Cocktail Club brand with partners David Moore, Sarah Willingham and Raymond Blanc who has...
The Independent Family Brewers of Britain has pledged £240k of funding to support Jacques Borel’s campaign to reduce the VAT charged in pubs on drink, food and accommodation to five per cent.
Galvin Restaurants and Richard Corrigan will open new restaurants at Harrods this year as the Kensington department store looks to firmly establish itself as a top food destination in the capital.
Britain’s pubs and restaurants saw a major sales boost over the Christmas and New Year period, with like-for-like sales for December up 9.9 per cent from 2010.
Small Luxury Hotels of the World (SLH) reported today that they achieved positive growth throughout their 21st year in business with the brand that comprises more than 500 hotels worldwide putting the success down to the continued strength of luxury and...
Over 50 per cent of all the meals eaten out of the home are consumed in fast food restaurants with London diners most likely to frequent them, according to the latest data from independent foodservice research agency NPD Group.
The UK hotel sector needs to do more to protect itself against fraud which could cost the industry over £2bn a year, according to a new report published today by the accountancy firm PKF and the University of Portsmouth.
Independent pub company Peach reported a like-for-like sales increase of 9 per cent last December in what was one of the most productive months of 2011 for the operator.
Silla Bjerrum, the founder of seafood restaurant chain Feng Sushi, is targeting the slimmers market by launching a 'delivered to your door' diet plan for customers aiming to lose weight this January.
Hilton Worldwide has been named as one of the best companies in the UK on social mobility and accepting young employees from all backgrounds alongside Barceló Hotels, Jurys Inn and Compass Group, as Clegg launched his Business Compact scheme.
Restaurants and hotels, including PizzaExpress, Hotel du Vin & Malmaison, The Capital hotel and the Grand Imperial London, tell BigHospitality about new products, special events and promotions they’re running to attract more customers.
The five-star Tylney Hall hotel in Hampshire has been fined more than £40,000 after poisoning guests with chicken liver parfait on the menu at a Christmas party.
Le Cordon Bleu cookery school has announced the opening of its new International Flagship Institute in London’s Bloomsbury Square today (13 January), with Café Le Cordon Bleu set to open on the site at the end of the month.
InterContinental Hotels & Resorts won the prestigious World's Leading Hotel Brand award for the third year in a row at the 2011 World Travel Awards which also saw big wins for Premier Inn and Dukes London who scooped the World's Ultimate...
Bath Ales has opened it's eighth venue in the South West, a craft beer bar in Bristol, as part of an expansion of the independent brewery which will also see it increase production volume.
Premier Inn, the UK’s largest budget hotel chain, has submitted plans to build a new 120-bedroom hotel and restaurant at Worcestershire County Cricket Club’s New Road ground.
Robert Cook, former Malmaison and Hotel du Vin chief executive, has been named as the successor to Gary Davis, former Village Hotels chief executive for De Vere, confirming what appears to be a direct job swap between the pair.
Pastry chef Will Torrent scored a week's work experience with Heston Blumenthal at the tender age of 15. Ten years on he is working alongside Blumenthal again as a pastry chef consultant for Waitrose. He was the first British pastry chef to win at...
Following a lively debate on the floor of the House of Commons today, MPs have unanimously passed a motion requiring the Government to commission an independent adjudicator to manage the relationship between pubcos and tenants this autumn.
Mela Restaurant Group owner Kuldeep Singh has unveiled his vision for the five-strong restaurant company he bought in September, which includes expansion into Leicester, Birmingham and Manchester and educating diners about ‘proper Indian food’.
With a year packed full of national and restaurant-related events, BigHospitality’s sister publication Restaurant magazine has published its own series of sage predictions for 2012. The crystal ball goes into overdrive: High-quality German sausage, grimy...
London’s boutique hotels are being called upon to participate in the Boutique Hotel Summit 2012, Europe’s only b2b boutique and lifestyle hotel conference.
Marriott Hotel County Hall on London’s Southbank is set to unveil a new steak restaurant and bar in March, offering guests a ‘quintessentially English experience.’
Moy Park Foodservice is helping pubs overcome the traditional post-Christmas decrease in trading by providing outlets with high-impact posters and menu flyers to promote an attractive Mega Menu Sale.
The Boutique Hotel Company, a consultancy and bookings website set up exclusively for use by the boutique hotel sector last year, has been forced to close because founder Jeffrey Crockett is too ill to continue running it.
Pub and bar operators are ‘cautiously optimistic’ for the year ahead after seeing a year-on-year sales boost over the Christmas period, a survey from the Association of Licenced Multiple Retailers (ALMR) has discovered.
John Campbell, Jason Atherton and William Curley have united with Hospitality Action and Springboard to cook at a gala dinner in a bid to raise funds for the two industry charities.