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How music can benefit your hospitality business

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How music can benefit your hospitality business

By Nick Chambers

Nick Chambers of PlayNetwork, a provider of entertainment media for businesses, looks at how choosing the right music for your hotel, restaurant or pub, can benefit your business.

Artigiano MD: Base & Barley creation will aid company expansion

Artigiano MD: Base & Barley creation will aid company expansion

By Emma Eversham

Artigiano managing director and co-founder Joe Hill has said he created sourdough pizza and craft beer brand Base & Barley to help him grow his business in locations that are unable to sustain the espresso and wine bar format.

La Tasca is now part of Casual Dining Group

Casual Dining Group acquires La Tasca

By Mark Wingett

Casual Dining Group (CDG), the Café Rouge and Bella Italia operator, has completed its second significant deal in the sector in under two months, after agreeing to acquire La Tasca, the c40­strong Spanish tapas chain, in a deal valued at between £20m­...

Smaller operators are driving growth by expanding across the UK high street

Small restaurant brands upbeat about expansion

By Sophie Witts

Over half (54 per cent) of small UK foodservice entrepreneurs are planning to open more than five outlets in the next 12 months, according to Horizon’s latest Ones to Watch survey.

The BrandVerity report found that branded hotel groups are missing out on more than 30,000 visits each month because of trademark bids by OTAs

Hotel brands lose 31,653 website visitors per month to OTAs

By Emma Eversham

Branded hotel groups are each losing an average of 31,653 website visitors per month to online travel agents (OTAs) as they continue to make trademark bids for their company names on search engines according to a new report. 

Domino's and Pizza Hut were among the restaurant brands on this year's Youth 100 list

Domino's and PizzaExpress lead Youth100 list

By Mark Wingett

Domino’s Pizza has topped the fast food and restaurant category in this year’s Youth 100 List: which highlights the UK’s top brands according to 18-24 year olds.

What to consider when choosing a hotel brand

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What to consider when choosing a hotel brand

By Hugh Taylor

There are many things to consider when deciding which hotel brand to work with, from increased distribution to contract duration. Here Hugh Taylor of hotel management consultancy Michels & Taylor shares his top tips to select the right brand for your...

Young’s completed the £300k refurbishment of Horts in Bristol late last year

Work that experience: The changing face of customer loyalty

By Mark Wingett

Consumers have become ‘value hunters’ and are increasingly willing to go extra lengths to get the best deal, making it more important than ever to build the relationship that will create brand loyalty. But with this loyalty comes further expectations...

Buzzwords: Despite the economy predicted to remain flat and the spectre of the UK falling into a triple-dip recession still hovering, hope is on the horizon for restaurants

Hope on the Horizon: Five steps forward for foodservice

By Luke Nicholls

Following the annual Breakfast Briefing by foodservice consultancy Horizons yesterday morning (1 May), BigHospitality has picked out five of the big trends and forecasts for the eating-out sector to help your business plough on through the recession.

Richoux Group, which operates restaurants under the Richoux, Zippers, Dean’s Diner and Villagio brands, plans to open five new venues this year

Richoux targets five new restaurants in 2013

By Peter Ruddick

Announcing its financial results, Richoux Group has confirmed it has completed the restructure of its property portfolio and revealed it is now planning to open five new restaurants this year.

Staff training is the bedrock of good service

Training for consistency: restaurants

By Luke Nicholls

As those involved in training within hospitality have underlined in our previous article, developing staff can make a difference to consistency within a business, but if you don’t already have a training scheme in place it can be hard to know where to...

Consumers distrust businesses’ green claims

Consumers distrust businesses’ green claims

By Becky Paskin

Only seven per cent of consumers trust companies’ claims to be actively reducing their carbon emissions, although more than half admit they would be more loyal to a brand if action was clearly demonstrated to them.

How to turn a single outlet into a chain: Design

How to turn a single outlet into a chain: Design

By Becky Paskin

Most people rarely get things spot on first time around, and setting up a restaurant, pub or hotel business is no exception. But if you don’t get the design and branding on your second or even third site perfect, you’re in trouble of damaging your business.

Ask the Experts: How do I build a brand

Ask the Experts: How do I build a brand

By Chris Druce

BigHospitality puts one reader’s question about creating a business brand to Neil Giles, creative director at design consultancy Circle Brands