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Small- and medium-sized leisure and hospitality companies are in bullish mood, predicting 8.5% growth in their sector over the next 12 months, according to a new survey. Bosses in the sector are also expecting to put a total of 345,000 people back into work over the coming year ...
Posted: 15 April 2010 | 15:56
The British Hospitality Association (BHA) has called on political parties to take hospitality seriously, as part of its 'manifesto' ahead of the General Election. The BHA indicated that it wanted to lead a campaign against bureaucracy and regulation, which it feared was stifling the progress of small firms...
Posted: 07 April 2010 | 12:50
A round-up of the weekend's news affecting the hospitality industry. News includes: InterContinental concierges to be equipped with iPads; Punch does not need new chairman, argues shareholder; EasyJet boss raises £17m for EasyHotel in London and more...
Posted: 06 April 2010 | 10:40
Speaking to the great and the good of the industry regarding BHA chief executive Bob Cotton's departure, one phrase recurred: "He will be a hard act to follow."
Whoever took on a job that will undoubtedly bring many challenges in the coming years was going to be faced with a tough task.
Posted: 04 April 2010 | 10:00
With the announcement that Ufi Ibrahim, chief operations officer of the World Travel & Tourism Council, is to replace Bob Cotton as chief executive of the British Hospitality Association, Neil Gerrard asks six key industry figures for their thoughts on the challenges facing the new boss...
Posted: 04 April 2010 | 09:00
Scotland has been hailed as a world leader for its food and drink by a global study that put it ahead of eight other destinations, including Louisiana, South Africa, Belgium, Ontario, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore and South Korea. The first worldwide study by the International Culinary Tourism Association
Posted: 29 March 2010 | 12:12
Bed bank Medhotels has lost its appeal against a £7m VAT bill, in a case which could have major implications for hotel agents. The company was claimed by Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (HMRC) to be liable to pay VAT under the Tour Operator’s Margin Scheme (TOMS)...
Posted: 23 March 2010 | 15:17
A website for tourism businesses looking to benefit from the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games has been launched. VisitBritain, together with London 2012’s Nations & Regions Group (NRG) and the London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games (LOCOG)...
Posted: 23 March 2010 | 12:41
It has long been apparent that London has enjoyed a certain degree of protection from the ravages of the recession, when compared with the rest of the country.
The publication of the latest Coffer Peach Business Tracker results this week added further weight to this view, and offered further context to it.
Posted: 22 March 2010 | 16:59
Story of the week: England's visitor economy can grow from £97b in 2010 to £147b and create 225,000 more jobs over the next decade, according to VisitEngland.
John Footman is to become the new chef at the Goose in Britwell Salome, which was forced to close ...
Posted: 19 March 2010 | 16:36
The Tourism Alliance has welcomed the announcement by the Conservatives that they will establish a separate fund to market the UK overseas around the 2012 Olympics. Ken Robinson, chairman of the Tourism Alliance, said the announcement by shadow chancellor George Osbourne...
Posted: 19 March 2010 | 15:12
Research released by VisitBritain on Tuesday (16 March) to mark the start of British Tourism Week, forecasts that tourism will be one of the UK’s best performing sectors over the coming decade.
The research, carried out by Deloitte and Oxford Economics...
Posted: 19 March 2010 | 14:39
England's visitor economy can grow from £97b in 2010 to £147b and create 225,000 more jobs over the next decade, according to VisitEngland. The headline aim, which represents 5% growth year-on-year throughout the decade, came as part of this morning's launch of the official tourist body's...
Posted: 18 March 2010 | 12:08
A round-up of the weekend's news affecting the hospitality industry. News includes: tourism could lead UK growth with government support; Punch to shake up board to reconnect with shareholders; Center Parcs believed to be heading for flotation; Titanic menus reproduced for memorial cruise...
Posted: 15 March 2010 | 10:13
Southampton has topped a list of the most welcoming UK cities for tourists, according to a poll conducted on behalf of hotel chain Jurys Inn. The least welcoming city is London, according to the list. The Jurys Inn Spotlight on Service survey, which was released to coincide with British Tourism Week...
Posted: 12 March 2010 | 14:41
There's no more surefire way of making a magazine sub-editor wince than by casually aggrandising someone or something by applying the word "iconic". Overuse has cheapened the currency of the word to the extent that a Google search reveals iconic status being conferred upon Katie Price, Bernard Manning's World Famous Embassy Club and even the Countdown TV theme.
Posted: 11 March 2010 | 14:18
British Tourism Week (15-21 March 2010) aims to demonstrate the critical value of tourism to the economy of the United Kingdom.
Posted: 23 February 2010 | 10:00
Letter of the week: Room to improve these vital feedback systems. Other topics covered in this week's batch of readers' letters include: TripAdvisor has to take control; don't let your utility bills run up; and how to be part of British Tourism Week.
Posted: 19 February 2010 | 15:29
If the multitude of quangos survives the next Government, the industry must have a greater influence on how they operate, says
British Hospitality Association chief executive Bob Cotton
Posted: 17 February 2010 | 14:32
In this week's Caterer and Hotelkeeper - and on our sister website, Caterersearch.com - we catch up with recently crowned two-Michelin-star chef Brett Graham of the Ledbury in London. Trade, which continued to be solid for the restaurant through 2009, has of course been enhanced in the past few weeks...
Posted: 12 February 2010 | 12:16
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