Franchising
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Restaurant group Clapham House claimed today it had stopped the rot at its Tootsies restaurant chain with the introduction of a new management team and menus.
Posted: 30 June 2008 | 15:43
Hotel group Accor has sold its Sofitel Grand hotel in Amsterdam for €60m (£47m) in a sale-and-manage back deal.
Posted: 07 May 2008 | 15:42
A round-up of the weekend's news affecting the hospitality industry. News includes: McDonald's trials franchising expansion with Roadchef; Forte agrees second Middle Eastern hotel; Lee Cooper jeans owner in talks to buy Regent Inns; Japanese whisky beats Scotland to two top awards
Posted: 28 April 2008 | 10:33
Pizza delivery franchise operator Papa John's opened its 100th store in the UK and Ireland today in Hammersmith, London.
Posted: 14 January 2008 | 16:12
Coffee Republic products will be available in cinemas across the UK after the company signed a partnership deal with Cineworld UK.
Posted: 18 December 2007 | 12:00
Italian restaurant group Carluccio’s has signed its first international franchise and will open a new store in Ireland next spring.
Posted: 04 December 2007 | 10:28
The growth of the hotel market in Europe will be driven by branding and franchising, according to leading industry figures.
Posted: 15 November 2007 | 15:30
Worse things happen at sea but strange things occur at Travelodge, or so it would seem.
Posted: 26 October 2007 | 17:00
Coffee Republic has signed a franchise deal to open 25 outlets in Scotland by the end of next year, including its largest UK outlet to date.
Posted: 25 October 2007 | 16:01
Clapham House Group today revealed it has signed up a second international franchisee for Gourmet Burger Kitchen (GBK).
Posted: 28 September 2007 | 14:25
Hotel operators have been offered the opportunity to take on the freehold of the first ever EasyHotel for £3.2m.
Posted: 04 September 2007 | 10:17
Pizza delivery franchise Papa Johns is looking to appoint a director of property and franchising in the UK to spearhead plans to treble its number of outlets in the next 10 years.
Posted: 29 August 2007 | 09:51
A round-up of the weekend's news affecting the hospitality industry. News includes: One Aldwych overpays kitchen porter by £8,000; Whitbread shareholders in £900m windfall; Edinburgh hotel in final of global quality award and more...
Posted: 28 August 2007 | 10:32
Starbucks has signed its first licensing agreement with a UK university in a deal which will see students at the University of Surrey, in Guildford sipping tall cappuccinos on campus.
Posted: 24 August 2007 | 13:23
Essential news from around the world, including: KHI buys Four Seasons Jakarta; Golden Tulip increases presence in Belgium and the Netherlands; IHG to close Holiday Inn hotels in US
Posted: 06 August 2007 | 10:55
Sandwich chain Subway opened its 1,000 UK and Ireland store last week and said it would be the largest fast-food outlet by number of stores in the region by 2008.
Posted: 31 July 2007 | 11:30
Losses have piled up at Coffee Republic as the company continues its transformation to a franchising model.
Posted: 30 July 2007 | 13:07
The poor weather, new product launches and hungry football fans have all helped Domino’s Pizza deliver an “excellent” first half of the year.
Posted: 23 July 2007 | 12:15
The number of franchised outlets in the hospitality sector rose by 6% last year and more businesses are franchising as a way of growing a successful brand. Nic Paton examines this relatively risk-free route into business ownership
Posted: 19 July 2007 | 11:25
Pizza chain Papa Johns has signed its largest multi-unit franchisee in the UK to date, which will see it opening 10 outlets in the west of England.
Posted: 17 July 2007 | 08:00
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