Center Parcs UK has announced plans to open its first holiday village in Ireland after signing an option agreement with state forestry company Coillte.
With the UK hotel sector set to see continued growth in to 2016, an increasing number of operators are beginning to use hourly micro-stays to maximise occupancy and monetise empty rooms during the day.
Gastropub group The Jam Tree is opening a late night dim sum and cocktail bar which takes inspiration from Sax Rohmer's Chinese master criminal Fu Manchu.
Jason Atherton is set to shake up the London restaurant scene with three new venues in the coming years as well as an overhaul of his flagship dining room Pollen Street Social in the next 18 months.
Giving more autonomy to the general managers of its eight restaurants and investing in staff training helped make 2014 a ‘transformational’ year for dim sum restaurant chain Ping Pong, according to head of operations Michael Pearson.
