How the hotel sector can gain investment and then take it forward will be put under discussion at this year's HOSPACE, the annual conference and exhibition for hospitality finance, IT, revenue management and commercial professionals.
Japan Centre Group, which owns the eponymous food shop on Regent Street, have opened the nearby Shoryu Ramen, specialising in authentic tonkotsu ramen noodles from the Hakata district of Fukuoka city.
Tara Smith, 'hair stylist to the stars' has joined forces with Sysco Guest Supply to create a new range of ethically-sound, yet luxurious toiletries for hotels.
Award-winning pub chef and former MasterChef: The Professionals contestant Justin Brown has revealed details of his latest project - heading up the kitchen at The Palmer Arms in Windsor as he helps position the venue as a gastropub ahead of possible group...
Back in 1991 Eren Ali bought a failed Italian restaurant on a Bristol back street. Two decades later, Las Iguanas is the biggest player in the South American space.
The owner of Pizza Hut's global business, YUM! Brands, has sold its UK Pizza Hut restaurants to specialist restructuring investor Rutland Partners which it says will help it complete a turnaround of the business.
Experienced app developer Appdragon has launched a smartphone application for enables restaurants to take complete mobile marketing control by allowing them to send bespoke offers to customers and potential customers by text message.
The Hyatt Regency London – The Churchill is set to open The Churchill Bar and Terrace later this month, paying homage to the former British Prime Minister and national hero.
The British Hospitality Association (BHA) has written to the Government claiming it has ignored industry concerns on incoming regulations - the Early Morning Restriction Orders (EMROs) and the Late Night Levy.
Spanish-based hotel chain Meliá Hotels International is set to launch the flagship property under its ME by Meliá brand in London next month, featuring 157 rooms, two restaurants and a rooftop lounge and bar.
Orient-Express Hotels, the owner of Michelin-starred chef Raymond Blanc's Le Manoir aux Quat'Saisons, has revealed its board has unanimously rejected an unsolicited takeover bid launched by minor shareholder Indian Hotels, declaring it as financially...
The Australian-born former head chef of Petersham Nurseries in Richmond, London, is now culinary director of Heckfield Place, a country-house hotel, which opens in Hampshire in March 2013. She is also set to open a new London restaurant next year.
Frozen food and potato product manufacturer and supplier Lamb Weston has refreshed its range of cheese-based appetisers which it says are perfect for bar snacks.
The UK’s leading food and beverage companies could learn a lot from the late Apple co-founder Steve Jobs when it comes to innovation and sustainability, a roundtable discussion has concluded.
Sales of food in the nation's pubs grew by 4.5 per cent in the last year with the income from meals now totalling £7.5bn, dwarfing food sales in restaurants.
Places at the UK’s so-called ‘Curry Colleges’ are filling up fast after a slow start, but work still needs to be done to make the sector more attractive to a future workforce according to The Hospitality Guild.
Hyatt Hotels Corporation has announced an affiliate of the Chicago-based firm has bought the Hyatt Regency Birmingham hotel out of administration for around £27m and is planning a significant investment in the property.
Cotswolds-based hospitality group The Lucky Onion has this week opened The Chequers, a recently acquired food-led pub in Oxfordshire, ahead of further planned expansion for the company next year.
Rezidor’s president and chief executive Kurt Ritter picked up the Lifetime Achievement accolade at the 2012 European Hospitality Awards held at the Landmark hotel in London last week.
Scottish brewer BrewDog is now selling its 28% ABV beer Ghost Deer in 60ml bottles in a bid to 'kill beer stereotypes' and teach drinkers that beer can be more than a 'pint of fizzy, apathetic, yellow lager’.
The Northcote Group is to add up to eight more pubs to its Ribble Valley Inns estate and increase the size of its flagship hotel and restaurant Northcote following investment from ex-Blackburn Rovers director Richard Matthewman and his wife Lynda.
National tourist board VisitEngland yesterday announced plans to launch eight new marketing campaigns next year in its bid to boost domestic tourism, also calling on the hospitality industry to get involved in English Tourism Week 2013.
BRGR.CO, which operates two ‘back to basics’ burger joints in Beirut, is bringing the concept to the UK next month with the opening of a 50-cover restaurant in Wardour Street, Soho.
Former Compass operations director Nick Rudlin and his wife Sioned Parry-Rudlin, former director of sales and marketing at Marriott County Hall, have announced plans to spend £2.5m refurbishing and re-launching the Green Lawns Hotel in Falmouth after...
Chef Mark Greenaway is moving his eponymous restaurant in Edinburgh from No.12 Picardy Place to a location closer to the city centre which will open in early December.
Leading industry bodies have welcomed a review into the Government’s apprenticeships programme, but have warned that proposed reforms could in fact stunt the growth of hospitality apprenticeships and will not necessarily lead to developing the skilled...
Hotel managers who respond personally to reviews posted on TripAdvisor guarantee more interest in their properties from those browsing the site compared to the hotels whose managers ignore comments, new research has shown.
Cupari Wines, a new importer specialising in boutique wines from family-run wineries in Argentina, has launched in the UK and is targeting the on-trade market with its selection of 19 wines from five wineries, none of which were previously available in...
It is just over a month since Ashley Palmer-Watts, the Dinner by Heston Blumenthal head chef, touched down in the UK after swapping his Knightsbridge kitchen for one in a mud hut in Kenya - take an exclusive look at his Chef Africa trip with BigHospitality's...
What is it like to work at the UK's best restaurant? That's the question Restaurant magazine asks in this month's issue as its editorial team spends a day with Brett Graham at the two Michelin-starred restaurant The Ledbury.
Newly formed bar and restaurant group Darwin & Wallace has acquired The Ebury near London’s Victoria from restaurateur Tom Etridge as it looks to expand to up to nine sites over the next five years.
Culture Secretary Maria Miller is to highlight that tourism is a ‘cornerstone of growth’ in the UK economy in what will be her first keynote speech on the sector at the World Travel Market in London this evening.
The founder of new pan Asian food and restaurant brand TooTooMoo has outlined his company's ambitions to be the leading Asian food brand in the UK in the next three years.
Eco-burner has introduced a special incentive for caterers looking to use an alternative to traditional gel and wick burners by launching a no fee, no lease loan option for its latest Chafo burner with no minimum fuel purchase.
Whether it’s a 30ft-long shipping container, a rooftop Jubilee-themed ‘clambake’ or a steak and cocktail project occupying the upstairs of a pub, the pop-up restaurant is fast-becoming the new weapon in securing a permanent site.
Independent Scottish brewer and bar operator BrewDog has recruited its first operations director to help it focus more closely on the expansion of its bars.
Lupita, a Mexican restaurant operated in the UK as part of a partnership with Mexico City-based taquería group El Farolito, has opened its second site in London with a venue in Spitalfields.
The capital’s hotel occupancy is expected to fall to 77 per cent in 2013 - the lowest rate since 2005 - as customer demand drops following this year’s bumper summer.
Pop-up restaurant 'veteran' Carl Clarke is planning to bring some 'East End cool' to the city by taking up residency at The Rising Sun pub in St Paul's for the next six months.
The Samling hotel near Lake Windermere in Cumbria has been named the Best Dining Boutique Hotel in the World at the 2012 Boutique Hotel Awards held last week at The Hempel Hotel in London.
New Forest Ice Cream has launched a mulled wine sorbet for caterers looking to add a seasonal dish with colour to their autumn, winter and Christmas menus.
With the hospitality industry missing out on an estimated £1m a year on the gluten-free market alone, it’s no surprise that more businesses are upping their F&B offerings to cater for customers with allergies, food intolerances and dietary requirements...
Romania-based Italian restaurant chain Il Calcio is set to open its first London site in Mayfair this month as the brand looks to expand in the capital.
A Parliamentary Bill which would have prevented the demolition or change of use of local pubs has been stalled, while the legality of new guidance from Cambridge City Council, also designed to protect pubs through planning laws, has been called into question.
Peter McAlister from the Culloden Estate & Spa in Belfast was last month crowned the 2012 UK Restaurant Manager of the Year by the Academy of Food & Wine Service (AFWS). He previously spent six years working with Malmaison and now hopes to use...
The Regent in Kensal Green has been relaunched by chef Jesse Dunford Wood and the team at Perritt & Perritt as gastropub Parlour; the first of two venues under the same brand following the recent purchase of The Hope in Richmond.
Nyfred has launched Toastech, a new toaster for the catering and foodservice industries which can continuously deliver a slice of toast every 25 seconds.
Hotel chains are enhancing their food operations based on customer feedback as Jurys Inn launches a new restaurant menu across its entire estate and Park Plaza is opening a new restaurant at County Hall and introducing a revamped dessert menu.
