London Olympics
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With the Olympic year upon us, our operators are making firm plans for profiting from 2012. Having all had a successful December, they have now set their sights on addressing logistics, capacity and menu planning. James Stagg reports
Posted: 26 January 2012 | 15:28
There will be few people who are not already aware that hosting the Olympics in the UK this year presents a great chance for a much-needed increase in business. London 2012 offers plenty of opportunities for operators around the country to get involved. Emily Manson reports
Posted: 26 January 2012 | 14:52
Jan Matthews, head of catering for the London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games (LOCOG), will take to the podium for the Arena Savoy Lecture, it has been announced. The Arena Savoy Lecture is scheduled to take place on Tuesday 20 March.
Posted: 24 January 2012 | 12:49
A Chinese restaurant in Greenwich has been handed a record fine of £54,000 and its owners have been banned from running restaurants in the future after it failed to clean up its act. The Peninsula restaurant, 85 Bugsbys Way, SE10 pleaded guilty in Woolwich Crown Court to 18 breaches of food hygiene...
Posted: 23 January 2012 | 13:24
Just over half of the owners, operators and general managers of Choice Hotels in the UK believe that all hotels across the country will benefit from the increased inbound tourism around the Olympics, according to a new survey.
Posted: 20 January 2012 | 10:40
London hotels are currently nearly half full for the London 2012 Olympics, according the hotel market intelligence provider TravelClick. With fewer than 200 days before the opening ceremony, committed occupancy for London hotels during the Games stands at 45.7%...
Posted: 18 January 2012 | 14:25
The hospitality industry is continuing to face a shortage of skilled chefs, threatening its success in the run-up to the London Olympics, research has warned. According to a recruitment survey, head chef positions make up 40% of advertised restaurant vacancies.
Posted: 11 January 2012 | 17:16
VisitBritain has called upon UK business to invite friends, relatives and past customers from around the world to visit Britain in 2012, as part of the latest phase of the national tourism agency's 'GREAT Britain - You're Invited' marketing programme.
Posted: 06 January 2012 | 11:14
Now that the festive period is over and we slip into January's low season, it is time to contemplate the year ahead - a year that promises one or two once-in-a-lifetime opportunities, as well as more traditional challenges
Posted: 05 January 2012 | 16:01
The once in a lifetime opportunity presented by this year's Olympic Games and the continued staycation effect have created cause for optimism that 2012 will be a successful year for hospitality operators, according to exclusive Caterer and Hotelkeeper research.
Posted: 04 January 2012 | 11:25
Worsening consumer confidence coupled with increasing unemployment will give rise to the UK hospitality industry's biggest challenge yet as 2012 brings a fourth year of cutbacks, according to Horizons.
Posted: 03 January 2012 | 13:31
Can it really be six-and-a-half years since the International Olympic Committee awarded London the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games? It seems only yesterday that I was in the Brakes development kitchen in Covent Garden, listening to the screams of delight from the crowds gathered in Trafalgar Square.
Posted: 23 December 2011 | 14:49
The number of visitors to Britain in 2012 and the amount they spend are expected to mirror the figures for this year, according to VisitBritain's forecast.
About 30.7m visitors, spending some £17.6b, are expected to come to Britain in 2012. VisitBritain's chief executive, Sandie Dawe said that maintaining current visitor levels would be a good outcome in a year that is proving difficult to predict due to the current global economic climate.
Posted: 20 December 2011 | 11:34
Out-of-hours deliveries to hotels and restaurants in London are viable during the Olympics, a study by Transport for London (TfL) has shown. A number of businesses which are expected to be affected by the games trialled TfL's new draft Code of Practice and asked their suppliers to do the same.
Posted: 07 December 2011 | 15:24
London hotels may ride out the gloomy economic forecast, but 2012 is forecast to be another tough year for many properties outside the capital, according to accountancy firm Pricewaterhouse Coopers (PwC).
Posted: 06 December 2011 | 11:43
Oxfordshire-based pub company Brakspear has spent £500,000 on its London pubs in the past 18 months, ahead of the Olympics. Although the company is best known for its pubs around Henley-on-Thames, it has 25 pubs lying within the M25, including a handful in central London areas.
Posted: 05 December 2011 | 11:13
Plans are already being put in place to ensure that hospitality businesses continue to operate as smoothly as possible during the busy Olympic period. But with 11.8 million expected visitors, will even the best plans be enough? Elly Earls reports
Posted: 30 November 2011 | 15:26
Christmas preparations are in full swing at our Business Tracker operators, while Olympic preparations are also taking shape. With new acquisitions, menu planning and training initiatives on the agenda it's shaping up to be a busy December. James Stagg reports
Posted: 30 November 2011 | 15:26
Hoteliers are concerned that continued economic turmoil will mean many of the rooms reserved for next summer by Olympic organiser LOCOG will be returned. With three months to go until LOCOG is due to reveal the final number of rooms it will require, the bedbank scheme is losing support.
Posted: 28 November 2011 | 12:29
Hospitality provider Keith Prowse has issued a warning to UK businesses to beware of being mis-sold corporate hospitality. Suppliers looking to cash in are already trying to sell hospitality packages for the World Athletics Championships 2017...
Posted: 22 November 2011 | 14:05
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