Recruiter: Shepherd Neame Location: Ashford, Kent Salary: Competitive Salary Closes: 05 Mar 2016 The successful applicant will be part of the Management Team responsible for the day-to-day running of the Hotel. You will oversee the daily operations and staff management across the hotel ensuring that all business areas run smoothly and customer expectations are … [Read more...]
Archives for February 2015
CMA calls for information on use of online reviews
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) is inviting consumers, businesses and other interested parties to come forward with their views. Online reviews and blogs are playing a growing role in helping consumers to make shopping decisions, including finding hotels, selecting tradespeople and choosing cosmetics. Research suggests that large numbers of consumers are using … [Read more...]
Barburrito takes burritos to the extreme
Seen the famous clip of a budding teenager attempting to drink a milkshake and eat a burger on a roller coaster? Award-winning restaurant Barburrito has now taken it to the next level: working in partnership with the Nottingham University Sky Diving Society, Barburrito has launched the first in a series of ‘EXTREME BURRITO’ videos. The video, which can be viewed on … [Read more...]
50% of public concerned about food safety
The results from the Food Standards Agency (FSA) Biannual Public Attitudes Tracker for November 2014 have been published, providing useful insights into public concerns around food. Food issues of concern The top three food safety issues of total (i.e. spontaneous plus prompted) concern for respondents were food hygiene when eating out (39%), food poisoning (32%), the use … [Read more...]
Artis launches new collection of Bauscher tableware
Purity is the very latest collection of elegant tableware from German manufacturer, Bauscher, now exclusively distributed in the UK by Artis, one of the country’s leading suppliers of tableware, cutlery, glassware and barware to the hospitality and food service industry. In all, six different Bauscher ranges are featured in the new ‘Art of Artis 2015’ catalogue, which is now … [Read more...]
Open Kitchen Live announce 2015 event dates
After a very successful series of Open Kitchen Live events in 2014 we are delighted to announce our 2015 dates. Open Kitchen Live events see chefs demonstrate how Rational combi ovens cook a wide variety of menu items, many at the same time too, so visitors never go hungry and always go away with new ideas. Open Kitchen Live events are for restaurateurs, hoteliers, … [Read more...]
Danny Burns joins refreshed and refined Butlers Wharf Chop House
D&D restaurant The Butlers Wharf Chop House this month introduces a fresh look, a new, simple, British menu and a head chef appointment. The new head chef in the Chop House kitchen is Danny Burns (Rules, Smiths of Wapping). Danny shares the restaurant’s long-standing commitment to great British produce, local suppliers (including Cannon & Cannon British Charcuterie … [Read more...]
Enrol for 2015 HOSPA Revenue Management ETP – deadline 9 March
HOSPA Chief Executive Carl Weldon writes that, as with any management career, hospitality revenue managers are in constant need of self-development and improvement, but there have been few effective avenues for them to pursue in this respect. With this in mind in 2011, HOSPA launched its highly acclaimed ‘Revenue Management Education and Training Programme (ETP)’ – specially … [Read more...]
Launch of UK Conference and Meeting Survey 2015
New research into the UK’s conference and business events sector has been launched. Entitled the ‘UK Conference and Meeting Survey 2015’ (UKCAMS), this major research project, now in its 22nd consecutive year, has a specific focus on the value and volume of the market and the performance of meeting venues. It also highlights key market trends identified by venues. Results … [Read more...]
Corinthia Hotel London launches Opera as its theme for Artist in Residence 2015
Corinthia Hotel London has announced that its fourth annual Artist in Residence programme is opera. Also announced is the prestigious panel of judges who will choose a winning idea from a range of artist applications. The selected artist will be awarded a month residency at the hotel, over which time they will develop and realise their vision. The finished project will launch … [Read more...]
BrewDog introduces gluten free Vagabond Pale Ale
BrewDog, Scotland’s largest independent brewery, is launching its first gluten free beer, as it continues to expand the craft beer revolution ever wider. Vagabond Gluten Free Pale Ale will be added to the brewery’s Headliners range after it trounced the competition in the 2014 BrewDog Prototype Challenge, proving a lack of gluten does not equate to lack of flavour. Made … [Read more...]
A happy Christmas for UK pubs
Consumers paid a total of 165 million visits to pubs, bars and clubs over Christmas—15 million more than in the previous festive season. That is one of the headline findings of exclusive new research of Christmas footfall trends from 5,000 consumers, along with sales data from more than 5,000 managed outlets around the UK from the CGA Peach Trading Index. More visits, … [Read more...]
HotStats UK Chain Hotels Market Review – January 2015
Provinces perform; London lags UK Provinces started the year by building on their 2014 performance, with a double-digit increase in gross operating profit per available room (GOPPAR). However, London hotels posted bottom line declines despite positive movements for January in top-line performance metrics, according to the … [Read more...]
Chester Boyd appoints Sarah Pittaway as MD
Thirteen months after joining Chester Boyd, Sarah Pittaway has been appointed as Managing Director of a company that has an unrivalled reputation for serving fine dining in London’s historic square mile. From 1st March Sarah will oversee the seven London Livery Halls in the Chester Boyd portfolio, which have for more than 30 years created and served traditional British fine … [Read more...]
Book Bites for The Athenaeum
This February sees the launch of ‘Book Bites’ at The Athenaeum Hotel & Apartments in partnership with leading publishers Pan Macmillan. The hotel will offer guests the chance to sample new releases from up-and-coming authors, with Shotgun Lovesongs by Nickolas Butler being the first in a monthly succession. A big-hearted masterpiece of small-town life, Shotgun Lovesongs … [Read more...]