Hotel - Hospitality

Rockliffe Hall and Missoni hotels appoint new restaurant staff

02-Feb-2010 By Emma Eversham & Becky Paskin

Rockliffe Hall Hotel in Hurworth appoints a new head sommelier for its fine dining restaurant while Hotel Missoni in Edinburgh has a new bar and restaurant manager

Lancaster London hotel and sustainability

27-Jan-2010 By Emma Eversham

As part of BigHospitality's Sustainability week we visited the Lancaster London hotel to find out what managers and staff were doing to help run the business more sustainably.

BigHospitality's Sustainability Week: Hotels

27-Jan-2010 By Emma Eversham

We find three hotels who have taken the sustainability message to the core of their business.

East Close and Vincent hotels appoint general managers

26-Jan-2010 By Emma Eversham

Stuart Van Dam and Damon Yoxal join the Vincent and East Close hotels respectively as general managers

BigHospitality's Sustainability Week: What is sustainability?

25-Jan-2010 By Emma Eversham

BigHospitality's Sustainability Week: What is sustainability, why should your business support it and how can you be sustainable?

Lake District hotel Holbeck Ghyll changes ownership

22-Jan-2010 By Emma Eversham

Lake District hotel and restaurant Holbeck Ghyll has been bought by businessman Stephen Leahy in a multi million pound deal

Malmaison owner markets two Edinburgh hotels for £21m

18-Jan-2010 By Becky Paskin

Hotel du Vin and Malmaison owner MWB Group has put two of its Edinburgh hotels on the market as part of an ‘evaluation of the group’s corporate strategy and brand identities’

Recovery predicted in hospitality property market for 2010

15-Jan-2010 By Emma Eversham

Property values in the restaurant, hotel and pub sectors fell sharply in 2009, but there was an increase in transactions on the previous year as operators snapped up bargains across all three sectors

Von Essen banishes 'Blue Monday' and Yo! Sushi runs January sale

15-Jan-2010 By Emma Eversham

BigHospitality takes a look at some of the promotions, offers and marketing ideas being run by restaurants, hotels and pubs across the country

After hours with… Charles Morgan

15-Jan-2010 By Becky Paskin

Charles Morgan is the general manager of The Forbury Hotel in Reading, Von Essen’s newest five star property rescued from administration last October, and the first in the group’s new Metropolitan Set

Nick Nairn to open restaurant at Dunblane Doubletree by Hilton

14-Jan-2010 By Emma Eversham

Scottish chef Nick Nairn is to open a restaurant at Doubletree by Hilton hotel, Dunblane Hydro at the end of the month following the hotel's £12m refurbishment.

Harbour Hotels to reopen Devon's Marine Hotel

13-Jan-2010 By Becky Paskin

The Marine Hotel in Devon has been acquired by the Harbour Hotels Group, and following an extended period of closure, will reopen in March as a four-star hotel

Whitbread to open second 'green' Premier Inn

11-Jan-2010 By Emma Eversham

Whitbread has unveiled plans to open its second 'green' Premier Inn and its first low-carbon restaurant in Burgess Hill in West Sussex this autumn

Gravetye Manor looks for new owner after going into administration

08-Jan-2010 By Emma Eversham

Gravetye Manor in East Grinstead, West Sussex, is looking for a new owner after being placed into administration this week

Fitness sessions at Paradise by way of Kensal Green and £1 rooms at Umi Hotels

08-Jan-2010 By Joe Lutrario

BigHospitality takes a look at some of the promotions, offers and marketing ideas being run by restaurants, hotels and pubs across the country

After hours with...Emily Hodgson

06-Jan-2010 By Emma Eversham

BigHospitality catches up with one of hospitality's top achievers for the lowdown on her career and thoughts about the industry

Review of the year 2009: Hotels

22-Dec-2009 By Emma Eversham

As the year comes to a close we take a look back at the hotel sector's major events of the year

Sherlock Holmes Hotel's free drinks for sleuths ballet dancers at Little Bay

18-Dec-2009 By Emma Eversham

BigHospitality takes a look at some of the promotions, offers and marketing ideas being run by restaurants across the country

Chef Bruno Loubet to open restaurant at The Zetter Hotel

18-Dec-2009 By Becky Paskin

Bruno Loubet is to open an 85-cover restaurant at boutique hotel The Zetter in Clerkenwell, in February next year

Pearls of Wisdom: Henrik Muehle

18-Dec-2009 By Becky Paskin

Henrik Muehle, managing director of St. James's Hotel and Club in London, shares his thoughts and experiences of working in the hospitality industry

Exeter hotelier fined for failing to have correct TV licence

17-Dec-2009 By Emma Eversham

A hotelier in Exeter has been fined for failing to have a TV licence in place, leading to calls for the industry to check they are correctly licensed

Innovative design for W Hotel Leicester Square unveiled

14-Dec-2009 By Becky Paskin

The ‘extrovert and playful’ design for the new 192-bedroom W Hotel in Leicester Square, due to open in summer 2010, has been unveiled

Stocking fillers at The Charles Lamb and cupcake deal at Paperino's

11-Dec-2009 By Emma Eversham

BigHospitality takes a look at some of the promotions, offers and marketing ideas being run by restaurants across the country

Dave Watts joins Hurst House on the Marsh as head chef

09-Dec-2009 By Emma Eversham

Former Le Manoir aux Quat' Saisons chef Dave Watts joins Welsh hotel Hurst House on the Marsh as head chef and Andrew Nicholson returns to Cumbria's Linthwaite House as general manager

Peter Llewellyn joins Rockliffe Hall as hotel manager

02-Dec-2009 By Emma Eversham

Rockliffe Hall, the five star luxury hotel that opened in County Durham last month, has appointed Peter Llewellyn, a former assistant manager at Chewton Glen, hotel manager

Sensory dining at Sheraton Grand and conveyor competition at YO! Sushi

27-Nov-2009 By Joe Lutrario, Restaurant

BigHospitality takes a look at some of the promotions, offers and marketing ideas being run by restaurants, hotels and pubs across the country

Springboard awards hospitality businesses for excellence

27-Nov-2009 By Becky Paskin

Hospitality individuals and businesses have been honoured for their dedication to the industry at Springboard’s Awards for Excellence 2009

Frasers Hospitality opens first boutique hotel

26-Nov-2009 By Emma Eversham

Frasers Hospitality, operator of serviced residences around the world, has opened its first boutique hotel in the world in Edinburgh

BHA to study impact of lower VAT rate on hotels

25-Nov-2009 By Emma Eversham

The British Hospitality Association is to look at the impact a reduction in VAT would have on hotels following calls to bring the rate down while members of the industry have their say

Pearls of Wisdom: Pam Wilby

20-Nov-2009 By Emma Eversham

Pam Wilby, general manager of Le Royal Meridien and Grosvenor House West Marina Beach in Dubai shares her experiences of the hospitality industry

Marco Pierre White to open restaurants in Lancashire

12-Nov-2009 By Emma Eversham

The famous chef reveals plans to open a restaurant in Chester and a restaurant and events venue in Aughton in Lancashire with Sanguine Hospitality

Restaurant operator D&D London to launch first hotel

11-Nov-2009 By Becky Paskin

D&D London is to open its first hotel venture since The Great Eastern, an 80-bedroom boutique property in London’s Moorgate in 2012

AB Hotels to open boutique hotel in Marylebone

10-Nov-2009 By Emma Eversham

AB Hotels, operator of Sopwell House and Five Lakes hotels, unveils plans to open an 82-bedroom townhouse hotel in London next month

Chef Kenny Atkinson to open restaurant at Rockliffe Hall Hotel

10-Nov-2009 By Emma Eversham

Great British Menu winner Kenny Atkinson will move from Seaham Hall to head up a restaurant at the multi-million pound Rockliffe Hall hotel when it opens in County Durham later this month

Legacy to operate Laura Ashley hotel

09-Nov-2009 By Becky Paskin

Legacy Hotels and Resorts is to operate its eighth property in Wales, the four-star Llangoed Hall Hotel in the Brecon Beacons

Von Essen wins Hotel Chain of the Year at British Travel Awards

09-Nov-2009 By Emma Eversham

Von Essen wins the ultimate accolade for the hotel sector in the British Travel Awards with Hilton and The Dorchester also among the hotels picking up awards

Compass capitalises Sundays and Macdonald Hotels offers bargain autumn breaks

06-Nov-2009 By Emma Eversham

BigHospitality rounds up some of the promotions, offers and marketing ideas being run by restaurants, hotels and pubs across the country

Managers appointed to Park Plaza Westminster Bridge and Thistle Glasgow hotels

06-Nov-2009 By Emma Eversham

Daniel Pedreschi is appointed hotel manager at Park Plaza Westminster Bridge and Thistle Hotels appoints Mark Gallagher as general manager of its Glasgow hotel

Peter Avis's BigTalent

04-Nov-2009 By Becky Paskin

The restaurant manager of Virgin-operated Babylon at the Roof Gardens speaks to Becky Paskin about how elocution lessons and a passion for goold-old American hospitality helped him become the Academy of Food and Wine's Restaurant Manger of the Year

Cedar Court appoints general manager for new flagship hotel

29-Oct-2009 By Hamish Smith

Cedar Court Hotels has appointed Andrew Coney as general manager at their new £20m flagship hotel in York

Cairn Hotels acquires former Swallow-branded Imperial Hotel

28-Oct-2009 By Becky Paskin

The Cairn Hotel Group has acquired the Imperial Hotel in Newcastle-Upon Tyne for an undisclosed sum; a year after former owner Swallow Hotels put the property on the market

Lively lunches at The Vincent Hotel and kids cookery classes at the Cookbook Cafe

23-Oct-2009 By Emma Eversham

BigHospitality rounds up the promotions, offers and marketing ideas being run by restaurants, hotels and pubs across the country

Hospitality businesses to get music licence refunds

22-Oct-2009 By Emma Eversham

Hotels, restaurants and pubs who have paid over the odds for music licences since PPL put fees up three years ago will get refunds after a tribunal decision found that tariffs had been set too high

Cherie Blair supports initiative to put more women at the top of hospitality

15-Oct-2009 By Emma Eversham

Cherie Blair joins People 1st for the launch of its Women 1st initiative which aims to double the number of women at board level in hospitality by 2015

AA awards Raymond Blanc lifetime achievement

29-Sep-2009 By Emma Eversham

Raymond Blanc is given the Lifetime Achievement Award while Marcus Wareing, Sat Bains, Von Essen and Exclusive Hotels are also among those receiving accolades at the AA Hospitality Awards 2009/10

Autumn 'critical time' for hotels

28-Sep-2009 By Emma Eversham

KPMG predicts that this autumn will be a critical period in the future success of the UK's hotel companies as summer holidays come to an end and corporate business remains slow

Exclusive lager at Slumdog restaurant and stylish weekends at Greenway hotel

25-Sep-2009 By Emma Eversham

BigHospitality rounds up the promotions, offers and marketing ideas being run by restaurants, hotels and pubs across the country

Park Plaza Westminster Bridge appoints HR & commercial directors

25-Sep-2009 By Emma Eversham

Park Plaza Westminster Bridge has boosted its senior managerial team by appointing human resources and commercial directors six months before it is planned to open