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Two-Michelin-starred Italian chef Bruno Barbieri is set to come to London, Caterer and Hotelkeeper has learnt. The former Relais & Château Grand chef, who ran the Arquade restaurant at the Hotel Villa del Quar in Verona for ten years, will launch the new restaurant in Marylebone in March.
Posted: 12 December 2011 | 18:04
The vast majority of business travellers want to see free wireless internet in hotels, according to a pan-European survey conducted by from Choice Hotels Europe. Of the nearly 100 hotel operators who were asked to rank what hotel amenities business travellers valued the most, 90% highlighted free Wi-Fi.
Posted: 12 December 2011 | 17:54
Pizza delivery firm Domino's has opened two new stores in a week, creating up to 60 jobs, and has another planned to open in Birmingham later this month. The company has opened stores in Brackley and Gloucester, each of which is expected to create 25-30 jobs.
Posted: 12 December 2011 | 17:34
Former Michelin-starred chef Clive Dixon is to join the White Oak country pub in Cookham, Berkshire, as chef-patron. Dixon, who previously worked as head chef at Pierre Koffmann's restaurant at the Berkeley Hotel in London, has formed a partnership with owners Henry and Katherine Cripps.
Posted: 12 December 2011 | 17:28
An eclectic menu featuring dishes from far-flung destinations will be the focus of Mark Hix's new restaurant at the soon-to-launch Belgraves hotel in Belgravia, London. The 80-seat Hix Belgravia will mark a departure for Hix.
Posted: 12 December 2011 | 17:19
The Castle hotel and Brazz brasserie in Taunton, Somerset, have appointed Marc Mac Closkey as the new general manager. Mac Closkey, 42, joins the 44-bedroom property from the 50-bedroom Lisloughrey Lodge in Cong, County Mayo.
Posted: 12 December 2011 | 17:01
Bar and restaurant group Novus Leisure has boosted its total sales for the year to 26 June by 12%, following the takeover of 15 Balls Brothers and Lewis & Clark sites in March. Like-for-like sales at the group were up by 8.9% year-on-year.
Posted: 12 December 2011 | 16:24
London restaurant L'Etranger is to expand by opening a lounge bar and dining room, located next door to the restaurant. Housed in the former site of the Opal night club in South Kensington, the new 40-seat space, which will open in January, will be called Mersault, named after the French wine from the Burgundy area.
Posted: 12 December 2011 | 16:17
Aurelia, the latest venture by veteran London restaurateurs Giuliano Lotto and Peter and Arjun Waney, came under the scrutiny of the food critics this weekend - and it mostly impressed. While Tony Turnbull, writing in the Times, isn't convinced by the sharing concept at the Mayfair restaurant...
Posted: 12 December 2011 | 15:28
Travel concession operator SSP has reported a "robust" uplift in like-for-like sales of 4.8% for the 12 months to 30 September. The company, which operates food and beverage brands in travel locations across the world, reported sales of £1.7b and operating cash-flow of £56.9m.
Posted: 12 December 2011 | 13:07
The UK's restaurant and bar sector is likely to see a "significant increase" in mergers and acquisitions activity in 2012, according to accountancy firm BDO. BDO said that a combination of private equity interest, strong chains looking to cash in and banks offloading repossessed assets would stoke the activity.
Posted: 12 December 2011 | 13:04
Hotel Verta - one of the former Von Essen properties - has been sold and its management taken over by the Hong Kong-based Rhombus International Hotels Group. The 70-bedroom hotel on London's South Bank in Battersea, which opened in September 2010...
Posted: 12 December 2011 | 12:49
Admiralty Arch - one of London's most prominent buildings - could be converted into a hotel. Owned by the Government and currently used as administrative offices, the 147,300sq ft property has been put up for sale, with its lease being marketed by Savills.
Posted: 12 December 2011 | 11:45
Niche caterer Wilson Vale has scooped a food service contract at Broadway House from incumbent operator Sodexo Prestige. The one-year deal at the Westminster conference and meetings site, part of EEF Venues, is worth £250,000 in turnover and will commence on 2 January.
Posted: 12 December 2011 | 10:32
Three leisure industry specialists have bought in-administration nightclub firm Luminar in a £45m deal which is expected to save 3,000 jobs. The company, which runs the Lava & Ignite, Oceana and Liquid clubs, went into administration with debts of £140m in October, owing more than £80m to banks.
Posted: 12 December 2011 | 10:30
A Victorian mansion described as the "Welsh Versailles" looks set to be turned into a hotel after it was sold for £1.5m to a mystery buyer. The deal for Kinmel Hall at St George, Conwy, was sealed by a businessman minutes before it was due to be auctioned, according to the BBC.
Posted: 09 December 2011 | 10:07
Fire has badly damaged a 13th-century thatched pub in Milton Keynes village. The Swan Inn's roof and first floor were badly damaged, and it took 40 firefighters to bring the blaze under control. Luckily, no one was hurt during the fire. Some of the pub's extension and restaurant area were also saved.
Posted: 09 December 2011 | 09:56
JD Wetherspoon has been voted winner of the Loo of the Year Awards 2011 in the hospitality sector. Independent judges assessed hundreds of toilets in the UK in the hospitality sector, including hotels, restaurants, pubs, cafés, coffee shops and quick-service/fast-food restaurants.
Posted: 09 December 2011 | 09:45
Seven hotels have been sold to Halcyon Hotels and Resorts and its joint venture partner Patron Capital, off a guide price of £40.5m, in what is the largest transaction so far involving properties belonging to the increasingly shrinking Von Essen Hotels group.
Posted: 08 December 2011 | 18:09
A planning application has been lodged to transform the former Surrey home of Lord Beaverbrook into a prestigious country house hotel which could rival some of the best in the UK. Longshot bought Cherkley Court, near Leatherhead, earlier this year off an asking price of £20m.
Posted: 08 December 2011 | 16:37
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