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Posted: 12 January 2012 | 13:56
Dukes hotel in London is celebrating after winning the World's Ultimate Service Award in Hospitality at the World Travel Awards. General manager Debrah Dhugga, seen here collecting the award from Graham Cooke, president and founder of the World Travel Awards at Doha in Qatar...
Posted: 12 January 2012 | 12:00
Robert Cook has been appointed as chief executive of De Vere Village to expand the group of 26 new-build hotels across the UK. In what appears to be a straight swap, Cook's former position as chief executive of the Malmaison and Hotel de Vin brands has gone to Gary Davis, formerly chief executive of De Vere Village.
Posted: 12 January 2012 | 11:27
Food and drink wholesaler Booker is set to take on the likes of Brakes and 3663 with the creation of Chef Direct, a new distribution network aimed at major food service providers. The company announced its plans in its third-quarter interim management statement.
Posted: 12 January 2012 | 10:50
Tom Aikens is today reopening his eponymous restaurant in London's Chelsea following a six-month refurbishment. The former Michelin-starred restaurant, which the chef now owns together with his new business partners London Doors.
Posted: 12 January 2012 | 09:01
TripAdvisor has warned hotels that it will penalise businesses that pay for reviews to be posted on the online review site. The warning was made after the 19-bedroom Abadia hotel in Granada, Spain, advertised for reviews to be written on its behalf, in return for a payment of $5.
Posted: 11 January 2012 | 17:52
The launch of the Boutique Hotel Company, a new online reservations business and consultancy, has been abandoned after its managing director became critically ill. Jeffrey Crockett suffered a serious heart attack on 11 September 2011.
Posted: 11 January 2012 | 17:36
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
The Marriott Hotel County Hall on London's South Bank is set to launch a new restaurant this year, celebrating all things English. Gillray's Steakhouse & Bar, which will open at the end of March, will offer a menu of English produce with a focus on steaks and seafood.
Posted: 11 January 2012 | 13:22
Roadside restaurant chain Little Chef has confirmed that it will close 67 sites and shed between 500 and 600 jobs. In a statement the company said the sites had been trading unprofitably for a number of years and their closure would allow Little Chef to focus its resources on developing its more successful restaurants.
Posted: 11 January 2012 | 12:40
Birmingham's oldest gay night-spot, Nightingale, has been sold to Midlands-based licensed trade operators Westbourne Leisure after falling into administration in November last year. The deal, brokered by property agents Christie & Co, will see Westbourne's trading partners, Lawrence Barton and family, run the business.
Posted: 11 January 2012 | 11:03
Pub and bar operators are “cautiously optimistic” for 2012 after they saw a year-on-year trading boost, according to the Association of Licensed Multiple Retailers (ALMR).
Posted: 11 January 2012 | 10:06
Charities Hospitality Action and Springboard UK have together secured renowened chefs John Campbell, Jason Atherton and William Curley to cook at a gala dinner as part of their fundraising effort at Hotelympia 2012, the Big Event.
Posted: 11 January 2012 | 10:00
Little Chef is reportedly preparing to close 70 of its restaurants and cut 600 staff. The Sun reported that company bosses would break the news to staff today.
The move would mean that more than 40% of Little Chef’s outlets would be affected.
Posted: 11 January 2012 | 09:50
Antonin Bonnet, executive chef at the Michelin-starred Greenhouse in London, is to leave the Mayfair restaurant to relocate to Paris. The French chef, who has been at the helm of the Marlon Abela Restaurant Corporation (MARC)-owned restaurant for six years, has teamed up with a "major international designer".
Posted: 10 January 2012 | 14:35
Hannah Bass, operations director at the ETM Group, has left the London pub firm to join Asian restaurant group Hakkasan. Bass, who worked at the ETM Group for five years and helped to grow the business to nine sites across the capital, has been appointed as UK director of operations at Hakkasan...
Posted: 10 January 2012 | 13:39
Principal Hayley has bought back six hotels for £200m from property fund AAIM. The hotel group, which has 22 hotels in the UK, then immediately sold the freehold of the properties to Parmerica, the real-estate arm of America's Prudential, and will continue to operate them on a 175-year lease.
Posted: 10 January 2012 | 13:34
Insolvencies in the hospitality and leisure industry have rocketed 30% in the last quarter of 2011 compared with the last quarter of 2010. Analysis of Government insolvency statistics by PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) showed that there were 375 insolvencies in the hospitality and leisure sector...
Posted: 10 January 2012 | 13:27
Budget brand Tune Hotels is to continue its expansion in the UK with the opening of new properties in Liverpool and Edinburgh by 2013. The group, which launched into the UK in 2010, currently has two hotels in London, in Waterloo and Liverpool Street.
Posted: 10 January 2012 | 13:20
London restaurateur Will Ricker has teamed up with New York nightclub operator and designer Serge Becker and entrepreneur Spencer Churchill to launch a new Mexican restaurant in Soho. The 100-seat La Bodega Negra will open in February, comprising two linked locations.
Posted: 10 January 2012 | 12:21
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