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Catering consultant Vic Laws and hotelier Willy Bauer are among the hospitality stars to be named in the New Year's Honours list awarded by The Queen for 2012. Laws, founder of AVL Consultancy, has been made an MBE for his services to the UK hospitality sector. His industry career began...
Posted: 31 December 2011 | 14:11
The former Post Office building in Carlisle could be converted into the city’s first boutique-style hotel. Property developers Simon Harrison, Philip Rheinbach and Robin Graham have purchased the property...
Posted: 30 December 2011 | 11:34
Luxury hotel group Von Essen's collapse into administration in April this year, with debts of nearly £300m, sent shockwaves around the industry. Many were surprised, while others claimed they could see it coming.
Posted: 30 December 2011 | 11:00
The De Vere Academy of Hospitality is to launch a new one year apprenticeship to provide young people with a fully-comprehensive training programme. Since the Academy was set up nearly two years ago
Posted: 30 December 2011 | 10:53
For the first time since its launch 100 years ago, Michelin released two guides to Great Britain and Ireland in the same year - the first in January and the second in October after it brought forward the publication of its 2012 guide. Four chefs celebrated winning a second star.
Posted: 30 December 2011 | 08:00
Aramark has reported a record 95% like-for-like annual increase in business retention, from £38.5m in 2010 to £78m in 2011, in what the company has described as its "best year yet". The catering giant was re-awarded...
Posted: 29 December 2011 | 10:35
It has been an incredible year for new restaurant launches in London. But among the plethora of high-profile openings, Heston Blumenthal's first London venture has proved a huge success with both critics and the public alike. Kerstin Kühn checked it out
Posted: 28 December 2011 | 11:00
As the Michelin-starred London restaurant Pied à Terre turns 20, independent operator David Moore looks back at the highs and lows of the past two decades, tells Kerstin Kühn what's in store for the future and explains why he's lending his support to our SlashVAT campaign
Posted: 28 December 2011 | 08:00
Collated from nearly 1,700 recipes on www.catererandhotelkeeper.com, we present the top 50 most viewed recipes this year. Taking the top spot, with more than 17,000 views, is Martin Blunos's version of the blini, which was first published as part of his masterclass in 2002.
Posted: 26 December 2011 | 08:00
Profit per room declined in London and the provinces in November as hoteliers felt the economic chill. According to the HotStats survey of 550 hotels by TRI Hospitality Consulting average room rate grew in London for the 25th consecutive month (£139.20), but room occupancy declined by 1.9 percentage points. In the provinces room rate suffered a 1.3% year on year decline to £69.47.
Posted: 23 December 2011 | 12:44
Christmas is a fabulous time for the hospitality industry, but it's also a time for reflection. Shelter from the Storm charity founders Louie Salvoni and Sheila Scott tell Lisa Jenkins how hospitality apprenticeships are getting the homeless back on their feet
Posted: 23 December 2011 | 11:34
Gordon Ramsay has been awarded £250,000 after a judge ruled that his father-in-law Chris Hutcheson had illegally accessed his email and computers.
The award follows legal action launched in August by Ramsay after finding that personal email messages had been read.
Posted: 23 December 2011 | 11:15
A Newquay hotelier has warned other operators to be on guard after helping prosecute a man who posed as a guest to defraud the hotel out of a meal and champagne.
Posted: 22 December 2011 | 13:41
Hotels across the country fared relatively well in November compared to 2010, with occupancy holding up and only a slight drop in room rate.
Posted: 22 December 2011 | 13:30
Aramark has announced that Graham Merchant, a divisional director with the contract caterer until November 2010, has died. In a note to colleagues, the UK chief executive Andrew Main said that Merchant passed away on December 16 following a short illness related to a hereditary kidney condition.
Posted: 22 December 2011 | 13:15
When Ian and Karine Wade took over the Ring O' Bells pub near Chester, it was a run-down boozer with a predominantly male customer base. They completely overhauled it, and now it's a family-friendly destination pub, with a very different appearance. Janie Stamford reports
Posted: 22 December 2011 | 08:00
Travelodge intends to take advantage of the weak property market by expanding its location wish-list to 146 sites. The budget hotel chain said it was responding to the availability of sites that would previously have been sold for prime residential and commercial use.
Posted: 21 December 2011 | 12:32
There are only a few days left to get your Christmas shopping done. Need inspiration? Janie Stamford picks 10 of the best gifts for the hospitality professional who has everything
Posted: 21 December 2011 | 11:30
Italian restaurant group Carluccio's is planning to open 10 new restaurants in 2012, the first of which will be on Paddington Street, London, in February. Previously Colony Restaurant and Bar, the site will house a restaurant, food shop and delicatessen.
Posted: 21 December 2011 | 11:24
The British Culinary Federation has named the 16 semi-finalists for the Chef of the Year 2012 competition, sponsored by Aubrey Allen. The semi final, which will be held at the University College Birmingham on Monday 23 January
Posted: 20 December 2011 | 16:17
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