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TRI HotStats: monthly European hotel figures - Industry data

London hotels have shown greater resilience in the recessionProfitability and revenue per available room (revpar) fell across all 10 European cities monitored in the Europe HotStats survey for May 2009.
Posted: 09 July 2009 | 16:20

London restaurants see first green shoots of recovery

Ashley de Safrin: customers remain prudent, although trade in London restaurants has improvedLondon restaurants are starting to see first signs of recovery from the recession, with some operators experiencing a rise in takings, footfall and customer spend in the second quarter of the year, research has found. The monthly London Restaurant Barometer, which was launched by Business Link last year...
Posted: 08 July 2009 | 09:00

Weekly revpar falls by 8% in London

STR GlobalHotel revenue per available room (revpar) dropped by 8% in London and by 11.7% in the provinces in the week ending 20 June 2009, according to figures from hospitality research company STR Global. London revpar fell to £112.30, down from £122.13 in the equivalent week of 2008.
Posted: 08 July 2009 | 07:00

Pub meals now cheaper despite food inflation

Pub customers are paying less for their main meals than one year agoThe cost of a pub main course is around 15p cheaper than a year ago despite food inflation, research has found. The Pubtrack survey, compiled by market analysts Nielsen, found the average cost of a main course has decreased from £5.93 to £5.77 in the year to March 2009, a drop largely ...
Posted: 07 July 2009 | 15:00

One-quarter of diners can only be tempted by discounts

One in four diners in the UK will only visit a restaurant if it offers a discount, market research has found. A survey by price comparison website moneysupermarket.com, which questioned more than 5,000 consumers, showed that 26% of diners will choose an establishment offering ...
Posted: 06 July 2009 | 11:54

Hospitality insolvencies set to rise after summer lull

Shendish Manor in Hemel Hempstead went into administration in MayThe number of hospitality companies being made insolvent is set to rise again after a summer “lull”, consultancy KPMG predicted today. There has been an average of 350 administrations a month since the beginning of the year, but figures for May are much lower at 178,...
Posted: 03 July 2009 | 16:13

Education week: The kids are fed up

Please sir, I want some ... more?Our survey reveals that healthy eating matters less to schoolchildren than value for money
Posted: 02 July 2009 | 19:12

Fringe feeding in schools - eat in and take-away 

Pupil with takeawayIt doesn't matter how well school canteens adhere to the new nutritional guidelines if children head to the nearest chicken take-away. The practice of "fringe feeding" has long been a problem for caterers looking to increase uptake at secondary level, but a new report from the Nutrition Policy Unit at London Metropolitan University suggests there could be a few solutions, as Tom Vaughan reports
Posted: 02 July 2009 | 19:00

Cleanliness tops price for budget hotel guests

Travelodge bedroomCustomers will continue to use budget hotels in order to save money, but cleanliness remains key according to a new study by market research organisation, Maritz. Nearly half (46%) of the 1,022 guests surveyed online said that they are more likely to stay at budget hotels today ...
Posted: 02 July 2009 | 08:30

Revpar drops by 6.4% in London and 12.8% in the regions

free reuseHotel revenue per available room (revpar) dropped by 6.4% in London and by 12.8% in the provinces in the week ending 13 June 2009, according to figures from hospitality research company STR Global. London revpar fell to £107.67, down from £115.01 in the equivalent week of 2008.
Posted: 30 June 2009 | 14:40

Value for money is what matters most to schoolchildren

Value-for-money meals top the menu for secondary school pupilsSecondary school pupils believe the quality, value and range of school dinner options all need to improve, exclusive research conducted for Caterer has revealed. The survey of more than 7,000 UK pupils aged 11 to 18, carried out during the past year by consultancy ...
Posted: 25 June 2009 | 08:00

Revpar drops by 17.2% in the provinces

STR GlobalHotel revenue per available room (revpar) dropped by 11.4% in London and by 17.2% in the provinces in the week ending 6 June 2009, according to figures from hospitality research company STR Global. London revpar declined to £97.59, down from £110.12 in the equivalent week of 2008.
Posted: 24 June 2009 | 07:30

Sales at major pub and restaurant chains holding up

Sales are holding up at chain pubs and restaurantsSales at the UK’s major restaurant and pub operators are generally holding up against last year despite the squeeze on consumer spending and increased competition from supermarkets, research has revealed. Aggregated figures from 12 major groups – including Mitchells & Butlers...
Posted: 23 June 2009 | 11:50

Industry groups join forces to fight ‘terminal decline’ of country pubs

Rural pubs are closing at a rate of 54 a monthAs many as 650 country pubs will close over the next 12 months as traditional village life “is plunged into terminal decline by a chronic shortage of affordable housing”, a coalition of industry groups have warned. The British Beer & Pub Association (BBPA) has joined forces with the ...
Posted: 23 June 2009 | 07:30

Underground restaurants- a flash in the pan?

Underground restaurantsThey've been springing up at regular intervals over the past six months: semi-legal venues where people serve meals to the public from their home kitchen and front room. But are these underground restaurants part of a new Twitter and Facebook-influenced eating out scene, or just the latest recession story? Tom Vaughan reports.
Posted: 19 June 2009 | 12:31

Revpar falls by nearly 11% in the provinces

STR GlobalHotel revenue per available room (revpar) dropped by 5.8% in London and by 10.5% in the provinces in the week ending 30 May 2009, according to figures from hospitality research company STR Global. London revpar declined to £89.80, down from £95.30 in the in the equivalent week of 2008.
Posted: 17 June 2009 | 07:00

UK wine market shrinks in 2008

Wine sales shrank in the UK during 2008The UK wine market shrank last year after more than a decade’s growth and is not expected to recover in volume terms until 2011, according to a new report. Wine UK 2009 from research firm Mintel shows that UK wine sales by volume actually shrank 2% last year to 1.162 billion litres.
Posted: 12 June 2009 | 16:37

Pop-up restaurants - now you see them, now you don't

The Double ClubOne minute they're there, the next they've gone - the pop-up restaurant breaks all the rules of what a traditional restaurant should be. Yet this increasing trend for temporary hospitality structures seems to be working for its perpetrators, says Tom Vaughan.
Posted: 12 June 2009 | 15:26

TRI HotStats: monthly European hotel figures - Industry data

Tri Hospitality Consulting logoDouble-digit slumps in profitability afflicted hotels in all 10 European cities monitored in the Europe HotStats survey for April 2009.
Posted: 12 June 2009 | 14:21

Ice-Cream Trends: Sandwiches, Sundaes, Parfaits and Floats – US Food Trends

Ice Age IndulgenceIce-cream classics, revisited
Posted: 12 June 2009 | 11:37

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