INVESTORS in Yorkshire’s first five-star hotel are confident they will be rewarded following a wave of interest in the hotel’s soft launch. John Horvath, group general manager for Cedar Court Hotels, said the group had been turning potential guests away from its new Cedar Court Grand Hotel and Spa For more information on catering equipment click here … [Read more...]
Archives for May 2010
Marco Pierre White to open restaurant in new Liverpool hotel
CELEBRITY chef Marco Pierre White, the godfather of modern cookery, has announced plans to open a new restaurant in Liverpool city centre. The Kitchen Burnout star, famed for his fiery, no-nonsense approach, has confirmed that his latest eaterie will become the focal point of Hotel Indigo, the brand new £15m boutique hotel currently under construction in Chapel Street, … [Read more...]
World Cup Winner !
Foodcare is a light equipment catering supplier in Kings Lynn which supplies hospitals, universities, hotels, restaurants, pubs and any other private or public sector company nationally. We are trying to gain local knowledge and awareness from our local customers and potential customers so we did a competition to give back to the community. We had a draw for 2 tickets to … [Read more...]
Travelodge strategy to create ‘brand warmth’
Travelodge, the low cost hotel company, has unveiled a £10m marketing strategy designed to bring “warmth” to its brand and is returning to television advertising after 20 years. The new strategy has been created to help differentiate Travelodge from competitors in the sector and to move its marketing focus beyond pure price. At the core of the “Sleep Tight” campaign will be … [Read more...]
Hotel Revenue Management: Back to Basics
Ask any hotel general manager (and certainly every revenue manager) and they’ll explain exactly how important revenue management is to running a profitable lodging enterprise. Yield management, as it was once called, reflects a proactive approach to the business of making money through the sale of rooms, and mitigates some of the unavoidable complications arising from the … [Read more...]
Cost-cutting and outsourcing: opportunity or problem?
The incoming government will – as we all know very well – have urgently to cut the costs of delivering the entire range of public services, whilst seeking to maintain quality. No easy task. Efficiency savings at the cost of delivering essential services will not be popular. One obvious and already fast-expanding way forward for all areas of central and local government will … [Read more...]
High quality EPoS solutions with TOSHIBA TEC hardware
Cunninghams continue to serve high quality EPoS solutions with robust TOSHIBA TEC hardware to family run restaurants. The owners of West Midlands based Suki's Bar and Indian Restaurant, have further cemented their long standing relationships with EPoS provider Cunninghams and TOSHIBA TEC with the implementation of a state of the art EPoS system. Suki's, which caters for … [Read more...]
Heston Blumenthal is hoping to revolutionise hospital meals
Jamie Oliver has done it for school food - and now Heston Blumenthal is hoping to revolutionise hospital meals. The chef, whose Fat Duck restaurant was named third best in the world earlier this week, is working on a project to improve food for elderly patients. For more information on catering equipment click here … [Read more...]
Birmingham’s tallest tower and hotel given go ahead
The tower, at the junction of Broad Street and Sheepcote Street, is to include a hotel, serviced apartments and street level shops. And fears the application might be speculative were dismissed by a spokesman for developer Regal Property Group Ltd. … [Read more...]
Liverpool Council backs new £56m ‘Flatiron’ hotel
A RUN-DOWN city centre car park will be demolished to make way for two hotels and more than 100 post-graduate apartments in a £56m development. Bearing a striking resemblance to New York’s famous Flatiron building, it will be constructed in Liverpool’s Oldham Street, off Renshaw Street: … [Read more...]
Vote for your favourite film
Restaurants and hotels looking for a new look and feel for their guest experience should remember that everyone has a favourite film. Movie posters bring back cherished memories and are unique pieces of art in their own right. Vintage Movie Posters is a company specialising in movie posters and has a unique collection including some very rare posters indeed. Take a look … [Read more...]