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Hospitality operators have been urged to stress the economic importance of the industry to politicians and parliamentary candidates in the run up to the next general election, Speaking at the British Hospitality Association annual luncheon in London yesterday to guests including London Mayor ...
Posted: 25 June 2009 | 11:24
The deadline for the RSPCA good business awards, which recognise ethical business approaches to animal welfare, is looming. The 2009 Hotel Cateys entry process is now in full swing as well. So to be considered for one of these prestigious awards, get your entry in now.
Posted: 12 June 2009 | 15:35
It could well be a bumper summer for Britain's tourist
trade, with millions of people set to holiday in the UK,
many of them for the first time. But how good will it be
for hospitality - and will most people be heading for
caravan and theme parks rather than major hotels?
Tom Vaughan reports.
Posted: 12 June 2009 | 00:26
Small and medium-sized hospitality businesses will struggle to benefit from the 2012 Olympics in London because of a “draconian” change in marketing legislation, experts have warned. The Olympics Act (2006) has added more words that must not be used in conjunction with each other ...
Posted: 10 June 2009 | 07:30
Hospitality industry figures have played down fears there will be a shortage of hotel rooms during the 2012 Olympics. According to official figures, 17,000 new hotel rooms will be needed in time for the Olympics to cope with the demand of tourists and sponsors such as Coca-Cola...
Posted: 10 June 2009 | 07:00
Tourism has another representative in the cabinet after the Government’s latest reshuffle, with Ben Bradshaw taking on the role of Culture Secretary.
Bradshaw, MP for Exeter since 1997, is promoted to head up the Department for Culture, Media and Sport from the Department of Health...
Posted: 09 June 2009 | 10:12
The Government’s policies towards the tourism industry show “a sad lack of vision”, according to the chief executive of the British Hospitality Association.
Speaking at the launch of the BHA’s annual report, Bob Cotton said investment in new and refurbished hotel facilities has been ...
Posted: 09 June 2009 | 07:30
To celebrate the re-opening of the Waterside Inn following the new kitchen installation, Hobart is offering one lucky Caterersearch reader dinner for two at The Waterside Inn, including a glass of Champagne on arrival. Six lucky runners up will win a signed copy of Michel Roux's latest book, Pastry.
Posted: 05 June 2009 | 15:01
Almost a third of UK consumers will be holidaying in the UK this summer, research has revealed. A Onepoll survey of 3,300 consumers, commissioned by budget hotel group Travelodge, showed that the number going abroad has fallen to 27% (2008: 33%), with 32% planning a domestic holiday.
Posted: 02 June 2009 | 16:40
VisitBritain is launching a PR initiative to push the UK as a good-value destination for overseas holidaymakers. The association is bringing 67 international travel writers together for a trip around the UK this month, starting with a tour of Buckingham Palace led by the Duke of Edinburgh.
Posted: 02 June 2009 | 14:43
A round-up of the weekend's news affecting the hospitality industry. News includes: Boisdale plans £5m expansion in UK and abroad; Travelodge predicts bumper summer for domestic tourism; make-up increases waitresses’ earning power
Posted: 01 June 2009 | 10:23
The rise in the value of the pound could be bad news for domestic tourism, according to consultancy PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC). Following news that the pound has risen above $1.60 for the first time since November, David Trunkfield, director at PwC, said the news was ...
Posted: 28 May 2009 | 16:30
Pubs are being urged to become unofficial tourist information centres to take advantage of the expected boom in domestic tourism this summer. Tourism body VisitEngland has launched a campaign, called Inn England, which calls on pubs to position themselves as the starting point ...
Posted: 28 May 2009 | 07:30
Hopes that the weak pound will boost domestic tourism have yet to materialise with visits from foreign tourists to the UK in the first three months of 2009 falling 13% compared to the same period last year. Foreign residents made 6.28m visits to the UK ...
Posted: 14 May 2009 | 15:47
Staff across the hotel, restaurant and leisure industry in Blackpool are to undertake a tourism training course that aims to improve customer service levels.
Workers in customer-facing jobs across the entire seaside destination of Blackpool are taking up ...
Posted: 12 May 2009 | 11:47
VisitBritain has promoted deputy chief executive Sandie Dawe to chief executive with immediate effect.
Dawe replaces Tom Wright who left the tourism body earlier this year to join a charity and takes the reigns from VisitBritain chairman Christopher Rodrigues ...
Posted: 11 May 2009 | 17:41
War in the Middle East, terror attacks, foot-and-mouth, Sars and now swine flu. The hospitality industry should be ready for anything by now. Gemma Sharkey reports
Posted: 07 May 2009 | 07:30
Don't Panic! Sage advice featured in both Dad's Army and the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, and now by the World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) in an attempt to diffuse the hysteria rapidly building around swine flu.
Posted: 01 May 2009 | 15:52
Nigel Seddon, owner of the Elgin hotel in Blackpool, says the lack of funding for VisitBritain risks ruining the opportunity the weak pound has created for domestic tourism.
Posted: 01 May 2009 | 14:37
Accor Hotels has agreed to offer 5,000 free rooms to small UK businesses chasing foreign business as part of the “Backing Britain” campaign launched earlier this week.
Posted: 01 May 2009 | 14:10
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