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A round-up of the weekend's news affecting the hospitality industry. News includes: pubs and hotels win court battle over music fees; Paramount private members’ club averts administration; US ‘breast-aurant’ chain Hooters up for sale for $250m; JD Wetherspoon backs move to Euro time zone...
Posted: 15 February 2010 | 10:17
Many in hospitality will have greeted New Year's Eve's midnight chimes not with Champagne and singalongs, but with an almighty sigh of relief. A decade that opened to the crackle of Millennium fireworks closed to the plaintive sound of operators thanking their lucky stars...
Posted: 11 January 2010 | 15:23
A round-up of the weekend's news affecting the hospitality industry. News includes: Compass’s Lloyds win from Aramark worth £100m; Delia Smith awarded CBE by Prince of Wales; Soho House delivers 19% boost to annual profits; staff stay on to rebuild Mumbai hotel attacked by terrorists...
Posted: 23 November 2009 | 10:25
A suicide bomber has crashed an explosives-laden vehicle into a hotel in a northwest Pakistan market, killing 25 people. The hotel, which was hit today (18 September), is owned by a Shia, a police official confirmed. The attack was the second in two days in Kohat, a town near the Afghan border ...
Posted: 18 September 2009 | 14:00
Scottish tourism leaders have denied that the controversial decision to release the man convicted of the Lockerbie bombing, Abdul Baset Ali al-Megrahi, will impact US tourism to the region. HIT Scotland's chief executive David Cochrane said that while the initial reaction from the US ...
Posted: 18 September 2009 | 08:00
Militants behind the hotel bombings in Jakarta also planned to use snipers to attack Barack Obama’s convoy, according to an intelligence expert. A link is now being investigated between the suicide bombings at the JW Marriott and Ritz-Carlton hotels on 17 July...
Posted: 21 August 2009 | 10:35
The two luxury Jakarta hotels attacked by suicide bombers earlier this month will re-open today (Wednesday), staff confirmed. The 17 July attacks on the JW Marriott and Ritz-Carlton left nine dead and 53 injured, including Indonesians and foreigners at the blast in the Indonesian capital.
Posted: 29 July 2009 | 11:11
A round-up of the weekend's news affecting the hospitality industry. News includes: Little Chef's roll-out plan for Blumenthal menu; TV chef Richard Phillips under fire over tips; Arab Investment tables bid for Coffee Republic; celebrity chef to buy fruit and veg from school garden and more ...
Posted: 20 July 2009 | 10:37
A bad end to the week with news in this morning that the Ritz Carlton and Marriott hotels in Jakarta have been hit by two bomb blasts overnight killing at least nine people and injuring 48.
Posted: 17 July 2009 | 15:37
The Ritz Carlton and Marriott hotels in Jakarta have been hit by two bomb blasts overnight. At least nine people, including foreigners, have been killed and 48 injured in the explosions at the luxury hotels in the Indonesian capital.
Posted: 17 July 2009 | 09:25
A luxury hotel in Pakistan has been attacked by suicide bombers, resulting in the death of at least 18 people. Rescue teams are now searching for survivors in the rubble of the Pearl Continental hotel in Peshawar, including a manager of the hotel. The well-known landmark hotel ...
Posted: 10 June 2009 | 12:13
A round-up of the weekend's news affecting the hospitality industry. News includes: UK hotels vulnerable to Mumbai-style attacks; Jamie Oliver and Fergus Henderson win top Observer food awards; celebrity French pastry chef seeks London boutique.
Posted: 23 March 2009 | 10:22
Police have warned hotels in London that they may be targeted by anti-globalisation groups during the G20 summit attended by global finance leaders next month.
Posted: 19 March 2009 | 08:26
A fire has broken out at the Marriott hotel in the Pakistani capital, Islamabad, five months after a suicide truck-bomber killed 55 people there.
Posted: 26 February 2009 | 12:11
Hoteliers have been urged to act now to dramatically improve their security measures after 2008 saw a dramatic increase in hotels being targeted by terrorist activity.
Posted: 23 February 2009 | 09:00
A restaurant owner is furious with the BBC for refusing to broadcast the humanitarian appeal for Gaza.
Posted: 02 February 2009 | 10:53
Michelin-starred chef Gordon Ramsay stirred up furious protests from Channel 4 viewers and MPs after his Friday night show served up 312 swear words in just 103 minutes (or one every 20 seconds).
Posted: 02 February 2009 | 10:01
High-profile London hotels are being given specialist police training to combat the threat of terrorism, following the Mumbai terror attacks in November.
Posted: 29 January 2009 | 08:00
Marriott hotel group has donated $300,000 (£204,000) to help the victims of September’s Islamabad hotel bombing.
Posted: 24 December 2008 | 07:00
The Taj Mahal hotel in Mumbai has reopened less than a month after taking centre-stage in the terrorist attack that rocked India’s financial district.
Posted: 22 December 2008 | 12:52
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