Trends & Reports

Guarded upturn predicted for European hotels and restaurants

28-May-2009 By Emma Eversham

A survey of 200 restaurant and hotel companies in Europe shows a third are more confident that business will get better in the next six months, but warns that independents will suffer if interest rates rise

Adopt US dining offers to survive recession, restaurants told

27-May-2009 By Becky Paskin

British restaurateurs are being advised to use the promotional offers used by American businesses to continue attracting diners during the recession

Restaurants change wine prices to boost sales

14-May-2009 By Emma Eversham

Restaurateurs reveal the ways they are keeping wine sales buoyant through the recession

Invest in training or succumb to recession, hospitality businesses told

13-May-2009 By Becky Paskin

Hospitality employers have been told to stop ‘relying on unskilled and migrant workers’ and invest in quality training for their existing staff if they want to survive the recession

Poor gluten-free menu options lose industry £100m

11-May-2009 By Becky Paskin

The restaurant industry is missing out on a potential £100m each year by failing to provide safe, gluten-free options for people with coeliac disease

Eco-strategies still important for industry during downturn

08-May-2009 By Becky Paskin

Hospitality businesses are still concerned with reducing their carbon footprint, despite the onslaught of the recession

Small restaurants suffer as diners opt for familiar chains

05-May-2009 By Becky Paskin

Independent restaurant insolvencies rise as diners opt for ‘safer’ branded restaurant chains

Travellers vote London’s cuisine worst in Europe

05-May-2009 By Becky Paskin

Travellers have baffled the British restaurant industry by voting London’s cuisine as the worst in Europe

Value and imagination key for hotels, says report

28-Apr-2009 By Katherine Doggrell

Hotel companies which offer true value and operate with imagination will be the winners in the current economic downturn, according to a new study

Beer sales fall as Government tax hole grows

28-Apr-2009 By Becky Paskin

Figures reveal beer sales have fallen by eight per cent in the first quarter of 2009, losing the Government £17m in beer tax revenue

Hotels experienced further decline in March

21-Apr-2009 By Becky Paskin

British hotels experienced a decline in room rate, yield and occupancy in March since last year, despite the Easter break falling in a different month

Recession causes fearful diners to avoid restaurants

16-Apr-2009 By Becky Paskin

The majority of consumers are cutting back on eating out through fear for their own financial well-being

Families opt for supermarket deals over restaurants

08-Apr-2009 By Becky Paskin

Over two-thirds of families have said they’d rather stay in with a home-cooked meal than spend money in a restaurant

Chinese overtakes Indian as nation’s favourite cuisine

03-Apr-2009 By Becky Paskin

Indian food has been relegated to second place in a line-up of Britain’s favourite ethnic cuisine

London hotels experience worst January for years

02-Apr-2009 By Becky Paskin

Hotels in London experienced the worst January trading since 2006, due to diminishing business travel and the early year snowstorms that drove the UK to a standstill