An array of top UK hoteliers have slammed ‘the total idleness of the British youth’, claiming it is ‘the elephant in the room’ for hotels and insisting that more must be done to get young people working in the industry.
The 10 in 8 Fine Dining Group, founded by Michelin-starred chef Alan Murchison and headed by Nina Basset, is teaming up with Macdonald Hotels & Resorts to open its sixth restaurant at the four-star Macdonald Bear Hotel in Woodstock, Oxfordshire.
Intercontinental Hotels Group (IHG) is continuing to expand its boutique hotel brand Hotel Indigo with the signing of Hotel Indigo Cardiff, the first Hotel Indigo to open in Wales.
Maxxium UK, the global drinks giant behind Highland Park, Jim Beam and Courvoisier, has launched the first ever natural yoghurt liqueur to the UK market, developed by cocktail liqueur and spirits producer Lucas Bols.
Baa Bar, the North West bar chain which has just opened its 10th venue, has announced it is planning to expand the brand and open more sites in three new cities in 2012.
