What lies ahead for each sector of the industry this year? Christie & Co's Business Outlook 2012 looks at the key finds and predictions
Posted: 03 Feb 2012 | FULL ARTICLE
Whitbread's Premier Inn hotel chain has been voted the top hospitality brand in a ranking of the top 10 hotels, travel agents and guides in terms of overall "brand health" by YouGov. Marek Vaygelt said Premier Inn's position as the UK's healthiest hospitality brand was due to the combination of its strong advertising campaigns and its focus on good customer service..
Posted: 20 Jan 2012 | FULL ARTICLE
The branded coffee chain market has continued to grow in the UK and is expected to continue until at least 2015. The likes of Costa, Starbucks, Caffè Nero, Pret A Manger and Eat have shown "incredible resilience" by growing sales by 10% in 2011.
Posted: 13 Jan 2012 | FULL ARTICLE
Growth in demand for Mexican and Japanese food demonstrate the way consumers are changing their eating habits, says analyst Horizons. Consumers looking for healthy and different food offerings are driving growth.
Posted: 02 Dec 2011 | FULL ARTICLE
Improving numbers of holiday visits to the UK bolstered international visitor numbers for September, with the International Passenger Survey (IPS) showing 2.53 million arrivals. Holiday visits hit 970,000 for the month, helping 2011 to remain on track to exceed 2012 figures.
Posted: 25 Nov 2011 | FULL ARTICLE
Demand for hotel rooms in London during the holiday period of 20 December 2011 to 7 January 2012 is up almost 10% on the same period last year. According to data pulled together by hotel market intelligence provider Travelclick, committed occupancy is up 9.8% year-on-year while average daily rate (ADR) is up 10.3% for the holiday period as a whole, year-on-year.
Posted: 11 Nov 2011 | FULL ARTICLE
Hotel bookings remained strong in July, compared with the same period last year, though the pace has eased after a strong May and June. According to data from Pegasus Solutions, July bookings rose 4.3%. This was below Europe and worldwide, which grew 5.8% and 5% respectively.
Posted: 19 Sep 2011 | FULL ARTICLE
Part four of our fortnightly series, in which Fred Sirieix, general manager at Galvin at Windows and star of TV's Michel Roux's Service, reveals the art of delivering consistently outstanding service...
Posted: 28 Jul 2011 | FULL ARTICLE
The leisure venue catering market is beginning to feel the effects of waning consumer confidence and financial belt tightening, according to new data. Research from Mintel has found the number of consumers who consider their financial situation "tight" has risen from 21% in mid 2009 to 31% in March 2011.
Posted: 14 Jul 2011 | FULL ARTICLE
Exclusive new research conducted in association with Oreo suggests demand for on-the-go snacks is increasing at pace and there's now a real appetite for healthy options, reports Chris Druce
Posted: 11 Mar 2011 | FULL ARTICLE
More than half of British hotels, restaurants, pubs and catering companies are planning to use more British food to draw in customers during the 2012 Olympics. That's the finding of a survey by the International Food Exhibition, produced exclusively for Caterer.
Posted: 23 Feb 2011 | FULL ARTICLE
The royal wedding between Prince William and Kate Middleton looks set to provide a boon to hotels in London over the specially-created bank holiday on 28-30 April...
Posted: 02 Feb 2011 | FULL ARTICLE
Independent caterer Pabulum has revealed a bumper crop of contract wins this summer adding £1.8m to the company’s annual turnover.
Posted: 25 Oct 2010 | FULL ARTICLE
Profitability grew by 9.5% in London hotels but fell by 1.2% in the provinces during August 2010, according to the latest HotStats report from Tri Hospitality Consulting.
Posted: 22 Oct 2010 | FULL ARTICLE
A drop in corporate and conference demand during August 2010 saw hotel profitability fall across half of the 10 European countries surveyed by Tri Hospitality Consulting.
The amount spent by overseas visitors to the UK rose by 15.9% during July 2010 to £1.96, compared with £1.69b during the same month of 2009, according to the Government’s latest Overseas Travel and Tourism figures.
Posted: 24 Sep 2010 | FULL ARTICLE
London hotels achieved high occupancy levels in July, while provincial properties enjoyed their first year-on-year growth in room rate for 2010, according to preliminary figures from business advisors PKF.
Posted: 16 Sep 2010 | FULL ARTICLE
Annual turnover in the UK contract catering market grew fractionally by 0.8% to £4.165m in 2009, compared with £4.133b in 2008, according to the latest survey by the British Hospitality Association.
Posted: 15 Jun 2010 | FULL ARTICLE
The number of meals served by UK contract caterers fell marginally by 0.7% to 1.607 billion in 2009, compared with 1.619 billion in 2008, according to the latest survey by the British Hospitality Association.
Food and labour costs as a percentage of turnover fell marginally in the contract catering industry during 2009, according to the latest survey by the British Hospitality Association.
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