Construction Enquirer reports that international modular buildings giant China International Marine Containers is to use its converted sea container system for a 200-bed Hilton hotel at Bristol Airport. This will represent the ninth scheme in the UK for the firm, which is working with Anglo Holt building a Holiday Inn Express hotel using converted shipping containers as … [Read more...]
Archives for November 2014
KSL Capital Partners acquires Village Urban Resorts
De Vere Group and KSL Capital Partners, LLC (KSL), have announced that an affiliate of KSL has acquired Village Urban Resorts (Village) from De Vere Group. KSL, headquartered in Denver, Colorado with an office in London, is a U.S. private equity firm dedicated to investing in travel and leisure businesses. It is reported that the final price was close to £485 million, pushed … [Read more...]
Senior Sous Chef – Central London English Restaurant and Bar
Type: Permanent Salary: £25k to £27k + service charge Location(s): Farringdon, London This job is ideally suited for someone who is currently working as a sous chef but is looking to make the step up to head chef but needs a little more experience first. We are a young and expanding company with multiple opportunities and the right candidate will be moved up to head … [Read more...]
General Manager
Recruiter: All Bar One Type: Permanent Salary: £40,000 - £50,000 Location(s): Greenwich All Bar One are currently looking for an experienced General Manager to lead the team at the O2 site in Greenwich. An amazing opportunity has presented itself to lead the team in our newest flagship site, having only opened its doors in June of this year. Its unique location in … [Read more...]
General Manager – London
Type: Permanent Salary: Fantastic package of £50K+ OTE per year Location(s): Central London / West End - East London - London - North East London - North London - North West London - South East London - South East London - South London - South West London - West London Côte is one of the UK’s fastest-growing restaurant groups. Why? Because our guests love us. And our … [Read more...]
Chef de Partie
Type: Permanent Salary: £19,000 Location(s): Henlow To work as part of the Kitchen Brigade creating healthy and inspired meals for Champneys clients, to the highest possible standards. For full details … [Read more...]
Decline in leisure spending as Brits look ahead to Christmas
British household leisure spend fell for the second consecutive month, the latest Greene King Leisure Spend Tracker reports. Total leisure spend fell 10% during October, compared to the same month last year, to £188, as Brits held back spending in the lead up to Christmas. This decline was driven by Other Leisure, the leisure category that includes live events, bowling and … [Read more...]
Patisserie Holdings powers towards another exciting year in 2015
Patisserie Holdings, which includes the Patisserie Valerie chain, has reported its maiden preliminary results for the 12 months ended 30 September 2014, with revenue up 27.5%, pre-tax profit up 37%, and 40 more stores (new and acquisitions) at year end. Luke Johnson, Executive Chairman, commented: “I am pleased to report another excellent performance for Patisserie … [Read more...]
Eight finalists compete for Gold Service Scholarship 2015
Eight entrants to the Gold Service Scholarship 2015 have been selected to compete in the National Final. The competition – supported by lead sponsor BaxterStorey and now in its third year – is designed to celebrate the importance of great service and inspire a new generation of young people to make a professional career out of front of house hospitality. The finalists, … [Read more...]
Exciting restaurant line up for Manchester Corn Exchange
Manchester’s Corn Exchange has received an unprecedented response from popular and independent eateries to launch in the dining destination, since its re-launch announcement last year. Following the plans from the Aviva Investors Property Trust, owners of Corn Exchange Manchester, and developers Queensberry Real Estate to revitalise the building and transform it into one of … [Read more...]
Hotel profit growth in October for regions, not London
Once again the UK Provinces lead the way to profit growth with positive year-on-year movement during the month of October in gross operating profit per available room (GOPPAR). Yorkshire and Humberside hoteliers experienced a 10.0% increase in this metric while London hoteliers registered a decline, according to the latest data from HotStats. Yorkshire and Humberside hotels … [Read more...]
Foodservice in 2015: optimistic and bewildering
John Pinder, managing director of buying specialist Lynx Purchasing, has shared his thoughts on the UK foodservice market in 2015, saying: Relatively optimistic “Consumers are spending on eating out, so operators are relatively optimistic, but the main trend is that there’s really no single trend – what we’re seeing is a very fragmented foodservice market in which a great … [Read more...]
Atholl Palace Hotel listed as ‘Jaw Dropping Hotel’
TravelGround.com - the South Africa Accommodation specialists who are passionate about travelling - has ventured further afield to produce a list of ‘28 Jaw Dropping Hotels to Stay at Before you Die’! The only UK hotel they chose to include was Atholl Palace Hotel (pictured above) because of the truly special experience on offer that ‘makes it worthy of every traveller's … [Read more...]
The European Coffee Awards 2014 Winners
The Allegra Group has announced the European Coffee Awards 2014 winners at an industry celebration on 25 November at the InterContinental, Istanbul. Costa Coffee were named ‘Best Coffee Chain – Europe’ for an incredible fourth year in a row, with indie Timberyard, who are based in the UK, named as ‘Best Independent Coffee Shop - Europe’ Five individual awards were given … [Read more...]
UK leads in European Hotel Design Awards 2014
The winners of this year’s European Hotel Design Awards were announced at a glittering award ceremony attended by over 800 guests from across Europe, on 25 November. And the winners are... Tomorrow's Hotel The Edible Hotel - Dexter Moren Associates Architecture - Adaptive Re-use Fontevraud L’Hôtel - France Architecture - Newbuild Lanserhof Tegernsee - … [Read more...]