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• Food festival to rival Edinburgh

  

  Simon Davis, co-founder with food critic Fay Maschler of restaurant consultancy A Private View, says the restaurant industry needs more support despite hopeful talk of recovery

  Posted: 03 Jul 2009 | FULL ARTICLE

• Friday Wrap: A round-up of the week's hospitality news

  

  Don't leave me this way! All good things end dear readers and this is my last Friday Wrap as I’m off to pastures new. I hope you’ve enjoyed the show, which must go on, after all. Looks like it's most certainly been squeaky bum time for Gordon Ramsay recently, with global expansion ...

  Posted: 03 Jul 2009 | FULL ARTICLE

• BaxterStorey scoops environmental award

  

  Contract caterer BaxterStorey won recognition at the Business Commitment to the Environment (BCE) annual awards this week. The Reading-based caterer scooped a Major Commendation in BCE’s Environmental Leadership, one of 12 companies recognised for their outstanding ...

  Posted: 03 Jul 2009 | FULL ARTICLE

• Travelodge to spend £52m building three hotels in Spain

  

  Budget hotel chain Travelodge has announced plans to spend €61m (£52m) building three new hotels in Spain. The hotels in Barcelona, Seville and Valencia will all be newly constructed, through a joint venture with property developer Citygrove, which has developed a number of Travelodge ...

  Posted: 03 Jul 2009 | FULL ARTICLE