Trends & Reports

Hospitality execs plan investment as optimism increases

Hospitality execs plan investment as optimism increases

By Lorraine Heller

Senior executives in the hospitality sector worldwide are more optimistic than their peers in other industries about the prospects of the economy, with many of them gearing up for growth in their business, according to a new survey by Ernst & Young.

Multi-cuisine buffets look to expand

Multi-cuisine buffets look to expand

By Joe Lutrario

Large, multi-cuisine buffet outfits are rolling out apace and looking beyond their traditional Midlands and northern England homelands.

Pub operating costs stabilise, growth expected ahead

Pub operating costs stabilise, growth expected ahead

By Lorraine Heller

Pub operating costs are stabilising for the first time since 2007, indicating that Britain’s pubs and bars have a good platform for growth, reveals a benchmarking report from ALMR.

Hoteliers have their work cut out over next year, says PwC

Hoteliers have their work cut out over next year, says PwC

By Lorraine Heller

Hotels in the UK have been through a volatile six months, and although revenue is likely to continue growing the landscape ahead will be challenging, said PricewaterhouseCooper (PxC) in its latest report.

London hotels recover from Royal Wedding let-down

London hotels recover from Royal Wedding let-down

By Lorraine Heller

Following disappointing trading during the Royal Wedding, profitability in London hotels picked up in May, boosted by a series of sporting, cultural and political events, finds the new HotStats survey.

BBPA: Pubs are key to high street revival

BBPA: Pubs are key to high street revival

By Tom Allsop & Becky Paskin

The British Beer and Pub Association (BBPA) has claimed that pubs should play a central role in government plans to create more prosperous and diverse high streets.

Inner city pubs were hardest hit by smoking ban

Inner city pubs were hardest hit by smoking ban

By Lorraine Heller

Inner city pubs have suffered most since the introduction of smoking bans in Scotland, England and Wales, finds a new report that examined pub closures around the country.

Profit decline forecast for provincial hotels in 2011

Profit decline forecast for provincial hotels in 2011

By Lorraine Heller

Hotels across the country have posted a healthy performance in May, but full-year profits are forecast to decline in the provinces as inflation and the VAT rise continue to impact consumer spending.

Learning from abroad: Pubs and bars

Learning from abroad: Pubs and bars

By Emma Eversham

As pubs and bars struggle to cope with alcohol tax rises and red tape, operators who want to do more than simply survive need to come up with new ideas to boost their business. In the third part of this month's feature we take a look at some of the...

Pubs outpace restaurants in value food sales

Pubs outpace restaurants in value food sales

By Lorraine Heller

The economical food offering in pubs is helping the sector attract consumers while traditional full-service restaurants continue to struggle, according to new market research.

Tax increases hit pub and restaurant wine sales

Tax increases hit pub and restaurant wine sales

By Tom Allsop

Record tax increases on alcohol are causing consumers to drink wine at home rather than in pubs and restaurants, according to the latest research from the Wine & Spirit Trade Association (WSTA).

UK hotel performance: the past, present and future

UK hotel performance: the past, present and future

By Becky Paskin

Delegates at the inaugural Boutique Hotel Summit this week were told to watch their pricing structure for the 2012 London Olympic Games to avoid pricing themselves out of the market.

Learning from abroad: Hotels

Learning from abroad: Hotels

By Lorraine Heller

Many major hotel trends reach our shores after first taking a hold in international markets. In the second part of this month’s feature, BigHospitality takes a look at the latest concepts that have been emerging in hotels abroad.

Pubs and restaurants suffer post-bank holiday slump

Pubs and restaurants suffer post-bank holiday slump

By Emma Eversham

Pub and restaurant chains suffered a slump in sales in May following April's bank holidays, but performed better than retail according to latest figures from the Coffer Peach Business Tracker.

Pubs continue to suffer as drinkers stay at home

Pubs continue to suffer as drinkers stay at home

By Emma Eversham

Pubs are continuing to suffer from reduced drinks sales as cash-strapped consumers decide to stay at home because they can get better value from shop-bought alcohol.

Travelodge releases study on futuristic hotel rooms

Travelodge releases study on futuristic hotel rooms

By Lorraine Heller

Hotel rooms of the future will offer guests the ability to customise the walls and surroundings of their rooms to transform them into the venue of their choice, allowing for interactive audio-visual shopping or tourism, according to a futuristic study...

Learning from abroad: Restaurants

Learning from abroad: Restaurants

By Becky Paskin

The British restaurant industry can often be short-sighted; concentrating too much on what’s happening in their local neighbourhood rather than focusing on the bigger picture.

Summer drinks trends: Beer

Summer drinks trends: Beer

By Lorraine Heller

Local and premium beers will continue to be a priority for consumers this summer, but in order to make the most of sales and appeal to a range of consumer groups, publicans must promote beer as a respectable drink with a diverse history.

Summer drinks trends: Wine

Summer drinks trends: Wine

By Becky Paskin

While there are no real new trends emerging this summer in the wine category, there are several areas of growth that restaurant and pub operators need to be aware of.

Tourists spent £114bn in UK in 2008, says ONS

Tourists spent £114bn in UK in 2008, says ONS

By Lorraine Heller

Domestic and foreign tourists spent a total of £114bn in the UK in 2008, with more money forked out on food than on hotels, according to a new set of experimental data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS).

Britons to spend £7bn on home holidays this summer

Britons to spend £7bn on home holidays this summer

By Lorraine Heller

The British tourism industry is set to receive a £7.2bn boost this summer from cash-strapped Britons opting to take their holiday break in the UK, reveals a new travel study conducted by the budget hotel group Travelodge.

April pub and restaurant sales up, but analysts urge caution

April pub and restaurant sales up, but analysts urge caution

By Lorraine Heller

The Royal Wedding, Easter Holidays and record sunshine all contributed to higher sales in pubs and restaurants this year, but market analysts warn that they also created new challenges for the hospitality sector, which did not trade as well as it could...

Summer drinks trends: Spirits

Summer drinks trends: Spirits

By Lorraine Heller

In the second part of our feature on summer drinks trends, BigHospitality takes a look at which spirits will be in the spotlight this summer season, and why.

VisitBritain captures global web interest from Royal Wedding

VisitBritain captures global web interest from Royal Wedding

By Lorraine Heller

The UK’s tourist agency VisitBritain has released preliminary figures from a marketing study from the Royal Wedding, and has said it hopes to continue to engage the additional international web users who joined its online communities during the event.

UK hoteliers expect hotel demand to increase in Q2

UK hoteliers expect hotel demand to increase in Q2

By Lorraine Heller

Hoteliers across the UK say business is looking up, with the majority of general managers expecting an increase in sales of both corporate and leisure hotel stays in the second quarter of this year.

Recent strong hotel performance unlikely to last

Recent strong hotel performance unlikely to last

By Becky Paskin

The UK hotel industry is continuing to turn around a steady performance despite continuing market pressures, although experts predict the rest of the year will be “less settled” as a result of global issues.

Premier Inn gets £1m bookings from mobile app in three months

Premier Inn gets £1m bookings from mobile app in three months

By Lorraine Heller

Hotel chain Premier Inn says that after just three months of launching a smartphone application it is now seeing over 5 per cent of all hotel bookings made on mobile phones, a figure it expects will double in the near future.

Cider is only alcohol to escape drops in consumption

Cider is only alcohol to escape drops in consumption

By Lorraine Heller

Consumption of cider in the UK has increased marginally over the past year, although volumes were down for beer, wine and spirits, according to the latest data from HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC).

Hospitality salaries and jobs remain stable, reveals government data

Hospitality salaries and jobs remain stable, reveals government data

By Lorraine Heller

Average weekly salaries in the UK hospitality industry were just under £300 a week in February 2011, while the number of jobs available in the last quarter have remained stable, according to data released today by the Office for National Statistics (ONS).

Hilton gets 100,000 hotel bookings from mobile apps

Hilton gets 100,000 hotel bookings from mobile apps

By Lorraine Heller

Hilton Worldwide received over 100,000 room bookings via its mobile applications in 2010, demonstrating the revenue-generating potential of a rounded social media strategy for hotels, the brand has said.

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