It has been a record year for Brakes Group with the company sweeping the board at this year’s esteemed Excellence in Food and Drinks Awards 2010. Taking place on Friday 26th November at the Dorchester Hotel in London, Brakes Group won a fantastic seven gold awards for the Bakery; Dessert & Pudding; Fair Trade, Organic and Ethical Product; Centre of Plate; Innovation … [Read more...]
Archives for 2010
Radisson Blu Hotel, Dubai Deira Creek acquires Green Globe Status
The luxury hotel in Dubai, which originally opened in 1975, was officially recognized for its environmentally friendly practices after consulting Dubai-based sustainability experts Farnek Avireal which paved the way and brought the Dubai hotels, existing green policies through Responsible Business to meet the exacting certification standards. Chief Engineer Arthur … [Read more...]
Ryedale’s first five-star hotel gets approval
RYEDALE is set to gain its first five-star hotel, after plans for the luxury development were given the go-ahead. Members of Ryedale District Council’s planning committee unanimously voted to approve the scheme, which will boast a 12-bedroom boutique hotel, a restaurant, swimming pool, gym and spa. Rillington House and Spa will be built at Mill House Farm, in East … [Read more...]
Racy weekends ahead at Newbury Racecourse
Bespoke Hotels Ltd has signed heads of terms with Newbury Racecourse for a ten year management contract of the racecourse’s new 120 bedroom hotel which is set to open in 2014. The hotel is part of a multi-million pound redevelopment scheme of the 320 acre, 105 year old racecourse site which received outline planning consent in April this year. The hotel, named The … [Read more...]
Worldwide hotel transaction levels to reach $28 to 30 billion in 2011
Global hotel investment volumes recovered strongly in 2010 after reaching the lowest level of the decade in 2009. Following this strong bounce back, Jones Lang LaSalle Hotels forecasts that global hotel transaction volume will increase a further 30 to 40 percent in 2011, according to initial results from the firm’s Hotel Investment Outlook 2011 report. The expected increase … [Read more...]
Popular Maidstone hotel sold after 30 years continuous ownership
Acting on behalf of the Salt family, Christie + Co has sold the freehold of the Grange Moor Hotel in Maidstone, Kent, to the Gibbons family, for an undisclosed sum, off an asking price of £2.95 million. Located within easy walking distance of the town centre, the 50 en suite-bedroom Grange Moor is a 3-Star hotel comprising a restaurant and bar; and three function rooms, … [Read more...]
A festival of food
Best of Lakeland Hospitality Show A Festival of Food Thursday 10th and Friday 11th March 2011 For the first time in the history of the Lakeland Hospitality Show, around 25% of visitors to the 2011 Show are projected to come from outside the region. Leading an extensive marketing campaign, the Lakes Hospitality Association is marketing the new show both locally and in … [Read more...]
US Senate passes food safety act, importers beware
The U.S. Senate passed the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) of 2010. This bill directly enlarges FDA’s legal and regulatory authority over food in nearly every sector. Very directly, this bill will substantially increase the regulatory compliance burden on foreign food manufacturers, farms, and food importers without a proportional affect on food safety. In addition to … [Read more...]
Paul Campbell resigns as chief executive of Clapham House
The boss of Clapham House, the company behind Gourmet Burger Kitchen and The Real Greek, which was sold to its close rival Nando's, has quit and is setting up a fund investing in new restaurants. Paul Campbell resigned as the chief executive of Clapham House on Friday after selling the company for £30.4m in September to the peri-peri chicken chain and its … [Read more...]
Farm Assurance, now a proven indicator of good welfare compliance
Red Tractor Farm Assurance schemes have been operating for well over a decade and are designed to make sure that good standards of animal health and welfare are achieved on UK livestock farms. Now an independent report proves that they deliver. The report, ‘Does membership of Farm Assurance Schemes affect compliance with Animal Welfare Legislation and Codes’, was … [Read more...]
James May Fuller’s London Pride campaign hits the Streets
Fuller, Smith and Turner today announced the launch of its second tranche of advertising for London Pride, the UK’s No 1 premium ale, featuring new brand ambassador James May. Over 500 posters will appear across southern England in the weeks to Christmas, in four different designs, complementing the four television adverts currently on UK screens. John Roberts, … [Read more...]
The snow code
The last issue of eInsideTrack took a quick look at planning for the impacts of snow this winter, little realising it would arrive quite so quickly (see article). Now it’s time to live with the realities, and one very basic reality that affects all businesses (and householders) is whether to clear snow and ice from pavements and public spaces. In recent years, and fearful of … [Read more...]
Claim your small business rate relief
All small businesses with a rateable value of below £18,000 a year (or £25,500 in Greater London) can claim up to half of their business rates back. Do you? This is not an automatic process: currently, you have to claim it back from your local council, although the Government has just pledged to help to make small business rate relief automatic. For some small companies, … [Read more...]
UK Chain Hotels Market Review – October 2010
Growth in RevPAR hides the pain in the Provinces A growth in rooms revenue masked the reality of hotels in the Provinces suffering the biggest drop in year-on-year profitability levels since January 2010, according to the latest HotStats survey from TRI Hospitality Consulting. Despite a 1.6% increase in Revenue per Available Room (RevPAR) to £51.60 from £50.77, the unique … [Read more...]
IHG’s CEO returns home to open Holiday Inn Manchester MediaCityUK
Andy Cosslett the CEO of InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG), returned to his home town of Manchester to open the new Holiday Inn Manchester MediaCityUK. The 218 bedroom hotel, owned and operated by Peel Leisure, is in the heart of MediaCityUK in Salford Quays. The hotel has good transport links. It's a twenty minute drive from Manchester Airport. The new waterside tram … [Read more...]