Hotels

Roy Brett to oversee two restaurants at upcoming St Andrews hotel Seaton House

22-Dec-2023 By Joe Lutrario

Ondine chef Roy Brett is to oversee two restaurants at upcoming St Andrews five-star boutique hotel Seaton House.

Uncorked: Sarah Williams

07-Dec-2023 By Joe Lutrario

The group F&B manager at Firmdale Hotels on Tenerife’s Suertes del Marqués, women working in wine and refusing to stock Prosecco.

Latest opening: Canton Blue

06-Nov-2023 By Joe Lutrario

The Peninsula London’s Chinese restaurant is an opulent-yet-refreshingly-bold affair that celebrates the ‘spice-trade union of Asian and British cultures’.

Number One Bruton to expand and shake up F&B programme

26-Sep-2023 By Joe Lutrario

Somerset boutique hotel Number One Bruton will soon expand into a neighbouring pub to create a ‘more expansive’ food and drink offer, more rooms and a communal space.

New GM appointed at Whatley Manor as Sue Williams steps back

31-Aug-2023 By Joe Lutrario

High profile Cotswolds country house hotel Whatley Manor has appointed Michele Mella as general manager effective November 2023.

Uncorked: Vincenzo Arnese

29-Jun-2023 By Joe Lutrario

The director of wine at Raffles London at The OWO on Diego Masciaga, Champagne showers and his mission to highlight wineries that are following sustainable practices.

Selina takes restaurant brand HOWM to Margate

25-May-2023 By Restaurant

Hospitality group Selina is bringing its British and European style restaurant brand HOWM to its Margate hotel.

GuestHouse owners launch separate restaurant group

06-Jan-2023 By Joe Lutrario

The owners of expanding boutique hotel group GuestHouse have launched a separate restaurant group called Pearly Cow which will open its debut site in York in March.

Milan’s Paper Moon to launch London outpost at The OWO

13-Oct-2022 By James McAllister

Milanese restaurant Paper Moon is to establish its first London outpost at The OWO in London's Whitehall when it launches next spring.

Luxury Boutique Hotels rebrands and extends its service to restaurants and restaurants with rooms

12-Aug-2022 By Joe Lutrario

Following the appointment of Paul Hackett as managing director, operational and marketing support platform Luxury Boutique Hotels has extended its services to independent restaurants with rooms and standalone restaurants.

Rafael Cagali's second restaurant Elis to launch this autumn

01-Aug-2022 By Joe Lutrario

Rafael Cagali’s second venture at Bethnal Green’s Town Hall Hotel will be named Elis in tribute to his mother’s first restaurant and will offer a more relaxed interpretation of the two-star chef’s Brazilian-Italian heritage.

Latest opening: SHIOK!

13-Jul-2022 By Joe Lutrario

Cherish Finden’s standalone patisserie at the Pan Pacific London is pitched squarely at the luxury market.

Read it and weep: Mandatory calorie labelling arrives

04-Apr-2022 By Joe Lutrario

Mandatory calorie counts for businesses in England employing more than 250 staff come into force this month. But will it change what restaurants put on menus and what customers order?

Latest opening: The Aubrey

09-Feb-2022 By Joe Lutrario

An izakaya restaurant has replaced the site left vacant by Bar Boulud at five-star hotel Mandarin Oriental Hyde Park in Knightsbridge.

The new black (and white): Nick Taplin on rolling out brand Marco

20-Dec-2021 By Joe Lutrario

Black & White Hospitality has just opened its most ambitious site to date - a 600-cover ‘steak, pizza and gin house’ on London’s Leicester Square. And it’s not stopping there.

Mauro Colagreco to make UK debut next year

20-Dec-2021 By Joe Lutrario

Acclaimed Argentine-born chef Mauro Colagreco is to make his UK debut late next year with a brace of restaurants and ‘avante garde chef’s table’ at upcoming Whitehall hotel Raffles London At The OWO.

Mr Lyan returns to East London with Seed Library

02-Dec-2021 By Joe Lutrario

Ryan Chetiyawardana will return to East London early next year with the opening of Seed Library in the basement of One Hundred Shoreditch.

The Ned to open in New York

17-Nov-2021 By Joe Lutrario

Soho House founder Nic Jones is to bring The Ned to New York next year in what looks to be a push to expand the brand to multiple overseas locations.

Lisa Goodwin-Allen on bringing a little bit of Lancashire to London

05-Nov-2021 By Joe Lutrario

The Northcote executive chef is now overseeing the menus at St James’s hotel The Stafford, including that of its flagship restaurant The Game Bird.

Ennismore and Accor merger completes

04-Oct-2021 By Restaurant

Ennismore has completed its merger with French-owned hotel giant Accor.

Adam Handling Chelsea to close

26-Jul-2021 By Joe Lutrario

Adam Handling will close his fine dining restaurant at Chelsea’s Cadogan Hotel in October after reaching a ‘mutual agreement’ with the Belmond-owned property.

Chef Graham Noonan-Chatham takes reins at Down Hall

23-Apr-2021 By Joe Lutrario

Luxury Essex hotel, estate and spa Down Hall has appointed Graham Noonan-Chatham as executive chef.

Steven Edwards to pop up at The Pass as Etch closes for refurbishment

20-Apr-2021 By Joe Lutrario

Etch chef Steven Edwards will return to his former workplace South Lodge, in West Sussex, for an eight-week summer residency - Steven Edwards at The Pass.

Final line-up announced for Paradise Carriage

16-Apr-2021 By Joe Lutrario

Niall Keating has revealed the last four guest chefs due to cook at his lockdown-born pop-up Paradise Carriage.

Zetter Group acquired by Orca Holding

04-Mar-2021 By Joe Lutrario

Mark Sainsbury and Michael Benyan have sold The Zetter Group to Orca Holding, a specialist hospitality investor owned by entrepreneur Laith Pharaon.

Whatley Manor's Sue Williams and Niall Keating on Paradise Carriage

03-Jun-2020 By Joe Lutrario

Sue Williams and Niall Keating have launched a food truck operation within the manicured grounds of their Cotswolds hotel Whatley Manor.

Nathan Outlaw's London restaurant Siren to close permanently

26-May-2020 By Joe Lutrario

Nathan Outlaw’s London restaurant Siren will not re-open post lockdown as part of a planned scaling back of The Goring’s F&B department.

The Lowdown: The Summer Holidays

21-May-2020 By Joe Lutrario

Domestic holidays could be permitted as early as July as part of the Government's ambitious plans to jump start the tourism sector.

Manchester’s The French re-opens bookings

11-May-2020 By Joe Lutrario

Chef Adam Reid’s The French restaurant in Manchester has re-opened bookings, allowing prospective diners to book tables of two only from 1 June.

Robin Hutson pens letter to PM setting out plight of rural hospitality businesses

04-May-2020 By Joe Lutrario

Robin Hutson has written to the Prime Minster detailing the challenges faced by rural hospitality businesses and requesting further support from the Government.

Holborn Dining Room teams up with butcher to support NHS

04-May-2020 By Joe Lutrario

Calum Franklin and his sous chef at Holborn Dining Room Nokx Majozi have teamed up with Drings Butchers to raise funds for the NHS staff at their local hospital.

Campaign launched to force insurers to honour business interruption clauses

27-Apr-2020 By Joe Lutrario

A crowdfunding campaign has been launched to fund support and possible legal action over many insurers refusal to pay out for business interruption during the Coronavirus pandemic.

Gary Neville to tackle Coronavirus by opening hotels to NHS workers

19-Mar-2020 By Joe Lutrario

Former Manchester United and England star Gary Neville is to allow health workers to use his hotels free of charge in an effort to help with the Coronavirus crisis.

Owner of London's Westbury hotel mulls sale

24-Feb-2020 By Sophie Witts

The owner of The Westbury hotel in London’s Mayfair is reportedly planning to put the property on the market for over £600m.

Flash-grilled: Nick Beardshaw

25-Oct-2019 By Joe Lutrario

The head chef at Kerridge's Bar & Grill in London on Domino's, not completing MEATliquor's triple chilli challenge and cheap truffles.

Latest opening: Wild Honey St James

19-Jun-2019 By Joe Lutrario

Anthony Demetre has relocated Wild Honey to the former site of The Balcon restaurant at the Sofitel London St James.

Great Scotland Yard Hotel to open after £75m revamp

25-Mar-2019 By Sophie Witts

The former home of the London Metropolitan Police is to reopen as a luxury hotel with a restaurant overseen by chef Robin Gill this year.

Latest opening: Adam Handling Chelsea

27-Feb-2019 By Joe Lutrario

Adam Handling's latest restaurant is in many ways his most ambitious and high-profile yet.

Nathan Outlaw swaps the Capital for The Goring

18-Dec-2018 By Joe Lutrario

Two Michelin-star seafood specialist Nathan Outlaw is to open a brasserie-style restaurant at The Goring hotel in Belgravia in late spring next year.

Luxury London hotel and restaurant to open across six townhouses

05-Feb-2018 By Sophie Witts

A new luxury hotel with a ‘destination restaurant’ is set to open in a restored Georgian terrace in the City of London in 2020.

Mandarin Oriental Hyde Park reveals more details of multi-million renovation

04-Jan-2017 By Hannah Thompson

The Mandarin Oriental Hyde Park London hotel has confirmed a two-phase, multi-million-pound restoration and renovation in 2017, including of the two-Michelin-starred Dinner by Heston Blumenthal restaurant.

Non-profit artists hotel opening in London in 2016

19-Nov-2015 By Sophie Witts

A non-profit hotel designed to offer affordable accommodation to cash-strapped actors and artists is opening in London in 2016.

Art'otel to operate Battersea Power Station hotel

20-Oct-2015 By Emma Eversham

PPHE Hotel Group's 'vibrant' hotel brand Art'otel has been chosen to operate the 160-bedroom luxury hotel which is part of the Battersea Power Station development. 

TA Hotel Collection opening first in-hotel spa

24-Mar-2015 By Sophie Witts

TA Hotel Collection is launching its first hotel spa at the 15th century Swan Hotel in Lavenham.

New website aims to solve hotel overbooking issue

12-Dec-2014 By Melodie Michel

Hotel-overbooking.com acts as a bidding platform between hotels with too many guests and hotels with empty rooms, aiming to save operators time when relocating customers.

Accor signs deal for two new hotels in Scotland

24-Nov-2014 By Lauren Houghton

International hotel group Accor has announced plans to open a Mercure hotel in Edinburgh and an ibis Styles in Glasgow in 2015.

HotelTonight extends booking window to seven days

01-Oct-2014 By Carina Perkins

Last minute booking app HotelTonight is now offering guests the chance to book seven days in advance, which it claims will boost conversion rates for its partner hotels.

Property: Buying a hotel

24-Sep-2014 By Carina Perkins

In the third part of our special feature on property, we ask experts for their tips on hunting for a hotel and calculating the future profitability of any potential property.

Travelife aims for UK expansion

18-Aug-2014 By Melodie Michel

Sustainability certification provider Travelife has revealed plans to increase its UK presence as part of a target to certify 3,000 hotels worldwide by 2017.

Why the CMA’s verdict on OTA hotel pricing could be a game changer

31-Jul-2014 By Melodie Michel

Skyscanner’s appeal on the Competition and Markets Authority’s decision to cut short an investigation of Online Travel Agencies (OTAs)’ hotel pricing practices could lead to a rebalancing of the hotel-OTA relationship.