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The Caterer and Hotelkeeper Interview: Sara Jayne Stanes – The Catey-winning chief executive of the Academy of Culinary Arts on the importance of food education, apprenticeships and chocolate; The Bedbug Menace – With fewer than 100 days to go until the start of London 2012...
Posted: 26 April 2012 | 15:51
Private equity firm Graphite Capital is investing £21m in Rex Restaurant Associates, the Chris Corbin and Jeremy King business featuring high-end London brasseries and cafés the Wolseley and the Delaunay in its portfolio.
Posted: 26 April 2012 | 12:22
The Academy of Culinary Arts has named the candidates for this year's Annual Awards of Excellence final. Forty-six young chefs, pastry chefs and waiters (aged between 20 and 26) have been selected for the competition, which will take place in London and Scotland in June.
Posted: 26 April 2012 | 11:45
Whitbread's expansion strategy is proving effective, with total revenue at the group up 11.2% to £1,778m, for the 12 months to March. Profit before tax grew 11.3% to £320m, the company said in its preliminary results announced this morning, driven by an "excellent" performance by its Costa coffee chain...
Posted: 26 April 2012 | 11:27
French hotel group Accor has begun the roll-out of the new branding for its Ibis hotels in the UK with the Ibis London Wembley Hotel. The move follows the decision taken by Accor to bring two of its economy brands into the Ibis stable.
Posted: 25 April 2012 | 14:24
Ken Watson, who has spent decades managing resorts in the Caribbean, has returned to the UK to take over the management of the Land's End hotel in Cornwall. Watson has been tasked with attracting visitors from across the globe to the hotel...
Posted: 25 April 2012 | 10:47
The Master Innholders and Institute of Hospitality have created a new qualification, the Master Innholders Aspiring Leaders Diploma, designed for hotel staff who demonstrate management or leadership potential...
Posted: 25 April 2012 | 10:24
Click here to help Raymond Blanc discover how widespread ethical practices in hospitality are, in a survey as part of his guest editorship of Caterer and Hotelkeeper.
Posted: 24 April 2012 | 16:59
Jumeirah Restaurants, the branded restaurant division of Dubai-based hospitality company the Jumeirah Group, is to launch its Noodle House dining concept in the UK this year.The company plans to roll out 27 outlets across the UK, with the first set to open later this year.
Posted: 24 April 2012 | 13:59
Indian group Bharat Hotels has acquired a former grammar school close to London's South Bank to convert into a 70-bedroom property. Once the home of St Olave's Grammar School until it moved to Orpington in 1968, the building in Tooley Street, Southwark, more recently housed Lambeth College.
Posted: 24 April 2012 | 12:12
The Craft Guild of Chefs has whittled down a record number of entries to reveal the nominees for 2012 Awards into 16 categories. The finalists will now have to wait until the special awards ceremony on 13 June at Wembley Stadium to find out which of them will be crowned the winners.
Posted: 24 April 2012 | 11:52
The soon-to-be-launched Edge Hotel School, where students have the opportunity to do their training within a real hotel environment, could be "a milestone in education", according to the shadow minister for further education, skills and regional growth, Gordon Marsden.
Posted: 23 April 2012 | 19:00
A 56-bedroom Holiday Inn Express has opened today on Merseyside as part of a £5.5m redevelopment scheme by Sanguine Hospitality. The Holiday Inn Express Liverpool-Hoylake opened in Hoylake, Wirral, on the site of the former Kings Gap Court hotel.
Posted: 23 April 2012 | 17:51
Travelodge is looking for a further 40 apprentices to join its Junior Management Programme (JuMP) this spring. JuMP provides A level students with a fast-track route into management. School-leavers receive a total salary of £25,000 to £30,000 while undergoing the three-year on-the-job training.
Posted: 23 April 2012 | 16:34
The De Vere Group is selling two hotels to Britannia Hotels for around £20m. It has exchanged contracts on the five-star, 140-bedroom Royal Bath in Bournemouth and the 192-bedroom De Vere Daresbury Park in Warrington.
Posted: 23 April 2012 | 11:29
There is overwhelming support for a reduction in VAT from 20% to 5% on hotel accommodation, attractions and meals away from home among hospitality professionals. That's the key finding of a survey by the British Hospitality Association (BHA) of more than 200 of its members.
Posted: 23 April 2012 | 11:11
René Redzepi, from the world-famous Noma restaurant in Copenhagen, is to run a two-week pop-up at London's Claridge's hotel this summer. The two-Michelin-starred chef, whose restaurant has twice been named the best in the world, will run A Taste of Noma at Claridge's from 28 July to 6 August.
Posted: 23 April 2012 | 10:36
Global executive search firm HVS Executive Search has appointed two senior executives within the business. London-based Chris Mumford has been promoted to president, Europe, Middle East & Africa, from his previous role as managing director. He will head the company's London office...
Posted: 20 April 2012 | 14:59
The Harbour Heights hotel, part of the independent hotel group the FJB Collection, in Sandbanks, Dorset, has appointed a new head chef. Clyde Hollett brings more than 15 years' experience to a role which will see him heading a nine-strong team at the hotel's two AA red rosette restaurant...
Posted: 20 April 2012 | 14:59
Q Hotels intends to sell four hotels for around £55m-£60m, ahead of plans to refinance the business: the 54-bedroom Aldwark Manor Golf & Spa hotel, near York; the 100-bedroom Bridgewood Manor hotel in Chatham, Kent; the 102-bedroom Stratford hotel in Stratford-upon-Avon; and the 146-bedroom Park Royal hotel, near Warrington, Cheshire.
Posted: 20 April 2012 | 14:56
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