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More Brits plan overnight festive trips and meals out

21-Dec-2015 By Emma Eversham

More Brits are planning overnight trips and meals out this Christmas and New Year than they were last year according to VisitEngland's latest Domestic Trip Tracker.

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How to dress your hospitality venue for Christmas

23-Nov-2015 By Debbie Lakin

Debbie Lakin, senior designer at commercial interiors company Hunter Patel Creative Group, offers her top tips to making your hotel, restaurant or pub look suitably festive this Christmas.

Festive cheer: Christmas 2014 a profitable one for restaurant and bar groups

08-Jan-2015 By Patrick McGuigan

Restaurants and bars performed well over Christmas and New Year, according to analysts, with some of the country’s major groups reporting bumper sales.

Strong Christmas trading for Spirit and Wetherspoon as pubs outperform restaurants over festive period

16-Jan-2013 By Luke Nicholls

Spirit Pub Company and JD Wetherspoon are the latest pub groups to report a very profitable Christmas and New Year as the latest industry sales barometer reveals that pubs outperformed restaurants over the festive period.

Christmas sales boost for Greene King

14-Jan-2013 By Luke Nicholls

Greene King has posted a record set of results for the Christmas and New Year period, helping the group’s overall like-for-like sales increase by 3.7 per cent for the 36 weeks to 6 January 2013.

Christmas trading results highlight importance of early planning and value for money

04-Jan-2013 By Luke Nicholls

Restaurants and pubs across the UK have generally reported strong sales over the Christmas and New Year period, with the majority admitting that any festive successes were down to early planning, effective menus and more price-sensitive offerings.

Christmas products: Decorations

29-Sep-2011 By Luke Nicholls

BigHospitality takes a look at some of the Christmas decorations, including contamporary decorations from Ambius and an early bird deal on Christmas trees from Xmastreesales.co.uk. With bookings for Christmas trees and decorations are already up 35 per...

Christmas party bookings rocket by 73 per cent

08-Dec-2010 By Rachel Johnson

Restaurants are seeing the renaissance of the office Christmas party, with dining out bookings up by 73 per cent on last year, an online reservations agency has said.