All news articles for April 2013

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How to photograph food

By Jodi Hinds

Jodi Hinds was the official photographer for the UK team at this year's Bocuse d'Or and has produced images for chef Steven Doherty, The Magpie Cafe in Whitby and Simpsons - The Cook Book. Here she shares her top tips for photographing food. 

The new restaurant provides an alternative to the more formal and fine dining experience of the hotel's Brasserie

Aviator hotel launches One Eleven casual dining restaurant

By Luke Nicholls

Aviator, the design-led hotel from TAG Group situated on the Surrey/Hampshire border, has this week launched One Eleven – an informal, British restaurant and bar open to both guests of the hotel and the wider public.

Patrick Dempsey, managing director, Whitbread Hotels & Restaurants

Patrick Dempsey: Pearls of Wisdom

By Luke Nicholls

Patrick Dempsey is a prime example of hard work paying off in the hospitality industry. Having started as a pot washer in a motorway service station, he climbed the ladder within Forte Hotels, going on to hold posts as chief executive of Macdonald Hotels...

ReviewPro aims to boost hotel revenue with Revenue Optimizer

ReviewPro aims to boost hotel revenue with Revenue Optimizer

By Emma Eversham

Hotel reputation management service ReviewPro has created a new tool called the Revenue Optimizer which is designed to help hoteliers increase hotel revenue by finding out where their business stands against their competitors on room rate and online reputation.

Aloft Liverpool will feature the re:mix lounge, W XYZ bar and re:charge fitness centre.

Starwood's second Aloft hotel set for Liverpool

By Luke Nicholls

Starwood Hotels & Resorts has today announced the signing of the second UK hotel for its modern mid-market brand Aloft, with a 116-room property opening in Liverpool in 2014.

Benugo has revealed plans for a Lincoln’s Inn Fields restaurant project which will see it investing £500k in a building there

Benugo reveals plans for Lincoln's Bar & Kitchen

By Peter Ruddick

Public space restaurant operator Benugo has announced it is to invest £500k in a building in Lincoln’s Inn Fields in order to open Lincoln's Bar & Kitchen - a new park restaurant and café later this year. 

Pubs and pub restaurants were hit hardest by the negative impact on sales of the frozen weather in March

Pub sales hit hardest by the impact of March snow

By Peter Ruddick

Pubs and pub restaurants were badly affected by the snow and freezing temperatures last month as like-for-like sales for the entire eating out sector dropped by 3 per cent year on year.

Revere gives details of next two pubs with rooms

Revere gives details of next two pubs with rooms

By Emma Eversham

Revere Pub Company, the premium pub format created by Marston's, is to convert another two pubs - the White Hart in Wiltshire and the Hedgehog Inn in West Sussex - into pubs with rooms following the success of its first. 

Richard Edwards has been apointed as head chef of Lords of the Manor

People on the Move in Hospitality: April 2013

By Luke Nicholls

In this exclusive gallery, BigHospitality rounds up some of the latest movers and shakers in the hospitality industry. The past month has seen a number of new appointments at hotels, restaurants, pubs including Starwood, Pizza Express and Fuller's.

De Vere Venues has 30 mettings and events venues and over 3000 bedrooms across the UK

De Vere Venues put up for sale

By Luke Nicholls

Hotel operator and meeting and events space provider De Vere Venues has today been put up for sale with an estimated price tag of up to £300m, but parent company De Vere Group insists it ‘is not under any pressure to undertake a disposal’.

The two-year lease on Simon Rogan's London pop-up will come to an end on 20 June

Simon Rogan to close Roganic, plans second restaurant in Manchester

By Luke Nicholls

Two-Michelin-starred chef Simon Rogan has today announced that his temporary Marylebone restaurant Roganic will close as expected in June and BigHospitality can reveal details of Mr Cooper’s - Rogan’s second offering at The Midlands Hotel which will open...

Edinburgh craft beer bar Jake's Place has been launched by Beds & Bars and is supported by US-based firms Fordham Beers and the Old Dominion Brewing Company

Beds & Bars launches Edinburgh craft beer bar Jake's Place

By Peter Ruddick

Beds & Bars has opened Jake's Place, a craft beer bar specialising in American and Scottish beers and whiskies, on Edinburgh's Market Street and is considering opening other bars under a similar concept elsewhere in the UK.

Re-cheffle: Little Chef's price tag is expected to be in the tens of millions of pounds

Little Chef for sale: Business timeline

By Luke Nicholls

Roadside restaurant chain Little Chef has been put up for sale, as turnaround firm RCapital – which bought the business out of administration in 2007 – claims ‘it’s time to explore the next phase for the foodservice operator’.

Over 500 guests attended the launch party of Rossopomodoro Wandsworth last night (11 April)

Rossopomodoro hits Wandsworth, eyes 30 London restaurants

By Luke Nicholls

Rossopomodoro, the Italian restaurant chain which stakes claim to spearheading the arrival of authentic Neapolitan pizza and pasta to the UK, has revealed ambitious plans to expand to up to 30 sites in London over the next five years.

Holiday visits in February were up 10 per cent, business travel rising by 15 per cent and those visiting friends and relatives up 19 per cent

Fruitful February: Over £1bn spent by nearly 2 million visitors

By Luke Nicholls

National tourist board VisitBritain has today welcomed a ‘bumper February’ with the latest figures from the International Passenger Survey (IPS) showing a 14 per cent rise in the number of overseas visitors and a 9 per cent increase in spend.

James Ferguson: Career Profile

James Ferguson: Career Profile

By Emma Eversham

James Ferguson, head chef at the newly-opened Shoreditch restaurant Beagle, talks about how he made his way up the career ladder and why you won't see him chasing Michelin stars.

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