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Sarah Tobler, online marketing executive of London's Jumeirah Carlton Tower hotel, has been named Young Marketer of the Year 2011 by the Hotel Marketing Association (HMA). Now in its sixth year, the Young Marketer of the Year award was created by the HMA - a branch of the Chartered Institute of Marketing.
Posted: 20 December 2011 | 13:28
Callow Hall in Mappleton, Derbyshire has become the 17th hotel from the Von Essen Hotels portfolio, to be sold off a guide price of £2.25m after the company collapsed into administration earlier this year.
Posted: 20 December 2011 | 13:26
Admiral Taverns has reduced net debt by £76.7m to £223m having sold 477 sites during the year to May 2011. The pub group said it had improved profit per pub and margins having shed underperforming sites to leave a "quality core".
Posted: 20 December 2011 | 11:48
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
A 14-year-old boy has pleaded guilty to robbing diners at the two-Michelin-starred Ledbury restaurant in Notting Hill during the riots this summer. The Inner London crown court heard that he and 13 other youths barged into the restaurant in the middle of service.
Posted: 20 December 2011 | 11:23
Sodexo has announced an agreement with the International Union of Food (IUF) confirming the foodservice and facilities management firm's commitment to respect fundamental rights at work, namely freedom of association and collective bargaining.
Posted: 19 December 2011 | 14:02
Ashley Palmer-Watts' deep fried mince pies have helped raise nearly £10,000 for the Mince Pie Project, in support of Action Against Hunger and the Jamie Oliver Foundation. The executive chef at Dinner by Heston Blumenthal was among a stellar cast of 36 chefs...
Posted: 19 December 2011 | 13:45
Barclays Corporate has provided Firmdale Hotels with £188 million to help fund the seven-strong boutique group's next phase of expansion. The facility will specifically help to finance the development of Firmdale's latest project, a 92 bedroom boutique hotel with 120-seat cinema, bowling alley, 23 residential...
Posted: 19 December 2011 | 13:19
The conversion of the two Mint hotels in London to Doubletree by Hilton properties are the first two UK hotels within the group to be rebranded following their acquisition by private equity company, the Blackstone Group in September. The sale of the eight-strong Mint Hotel portfolio - seven...
Posted: 19 December 2011 | 13:18
Apex Hotels is to open its third London hotel - the four-star, 184-bedroom Apex Temple Court - on 1 April 2012. It is situated just off Fleet Street in the conservation area of the Inner Temple, and the group says the hotel's opening rate will start from £129.
Posted: 19 December 2011 | 12:44
Mishkin's, the latest restaurant from Russell Norman and Richard Beatty, was the focus of the critics this weekend and while it may not be true to its Jewish inspiration, its atmosphere makes it worth a visit.
Posted: 19 December 2011 | 12:36
Britain's big pub and restaurant groups have enjoyed a strong end to the year, with like-for-like sales up again in November by 2.1%. It is the sixth month running that the eating and drinking-out-of-home market has seen positive trading...
Posted: 19 December 2011 | 11:37
Mexican casual-dining chain Tortilla has raised £3.5m from private-equity investors, as it revealed it was to open its eighth site in London, with a ninth in the pipeline. Tortilla raised £3.5m from Quilvest, which will be used to grow the team and expand the London-based chain.
Posted: 19 December 2011 | 11:36
Hertfordshire-based Oakman Inns and Restaurants has opened its sixth site, in Witney, Oxfordshire, after a £3m investment. Owner Peter Borg-Neal took on the Blue Boar after the success of the refurbishment of the Kings Arms in Berkhamsted...
Posted: 19 December 2011 | 10:35
On-trade wine merchant Jascots is to start picking up and recycling empty wine bottles and boxes when it makes a delivery, in a bid to go green. The company said it was concerned that while many businesses recycle glass bottles and cardboard boxes, a large proportion still goes to landfill.
Posted: 16 December 2011 | 11:54
An improved outlook for the UK's hotel sector into 2012 will depend largely on the availability of debt to fund hotel transactions and to complete long-overdue refurbishments, according to hotel consultancy HVS London. HVS London director Tim Smith said the sector had experienced mixed success through 2011.
Posted: 16 December 2011 | 10:54
Ash Mair has been named the winner of Masterchef: the Professionals. Judges Michel Roux Jr and Gregg Wallace gave the title to Mair at the end of the final cook off, which saw the finalists prepare a three course menu of their own design.
Posted: 16 December 2011 | 10:37
Italian restaurant group Spaghetti House has acquired two London sites from Paramount Restaurants following the group's collapse into administration. Spaghetti House has taken over the Bertorelli Restaurant on Argyle Street, near Oxford Circus, and Brasserie Gerard on Kensington High Street.
Posted: 16 December 2011 | 10:18
After nearly 60 years working for the family firm, Bill Marriott is to step down as chief executive of Marriott International. He is to be replaced by Arne Sorenson on 31 March 2012, when he will assume the role of executive chairman.
Posted: 15 December 2011 | 15:09
The Lussmanns Fish & Grill Restaurants group has been awarded a two-star rating by the Sustainable Restaurant Association (SRA). The restaurants, in St Albans and Hertford, were assessed across 14 areas and awarded the two-star rating for their excellent credentials in sourcing, environment and society...
Posted: 15 December 2011 | 10:31
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