Sommelier and restaurateur Xavier Rousset and chef Mark Jarvis, joined forces earlier this month and reopened the Gunmakers pub in Marylebone, London. The pub is currently open for business, and from November Gunmakers will launch a forty-cover restaurant downstairs as well as six bedrooms upstairs for guests to book into. Gunmakers is a boutique 18th century pub that has … [Read more...]
Archives for October 2019
Exclusive deal to distribute Denmark’s celebrated To Øl brand in the UK announced
Specialist drinks importer Euroboozer has further enriched its portfolio of the world’s most in-demand craft beers after signing an exclusive deal to distribute Denmark’s celebrated To Øl brand in the UK. Touching down on the 21st October, the initial To Øl Classics range being made available in keg and packaged formats includes Tropical Rumble – a session IPA, Session Raid … [Read more...]
The Jockey Club Catering team raise vital funds to help The Children’s Trust
Jockey Club Catering, the official food, beverage and hospitality partner at Epsom Downs Racecourse has helped raise over £4,600 for The Children’s Trust, the UK’s leading charity for children with brain injury, during this year’s Investec Derby Festival. Volunteers across the racecourse came together over the two-day festival to raise money, with the final amount being … [Read more...]
The rise and opportunity of the UK restaurant click-and-collect sector
Takeaway and delivered food sales today is a major revenue stream for the UK restaurant industry thanks to online ordering. Restaurants are benefiting significantly from soaring demand for ready-to-eat meals, professionally prepared, ordered online, to be eaten at home. In the UK 7.5 billion food deliveries were made last year, figures that fuelled UK consumer … [Read more...]
London Heathrow Marriott Hotel working with Meiko UK to become Heathrow’s ‘greenest’ hotel
Marriott International takes sustainability very seriously, the hotel and hospitality company has set itself the target of achieving energy savings of 3 percent a year. London Heathrow Marriott Hotel features 5 floors, 393 rooms, 2 suites, 16 meeting rooms and 9,000 square feet of total meeting space. The hotel also has its own rooftop garden and runs a 100 percent recycling … [Read more...]
SSP’s global expansion delivers operational openings in Brazil
The global expansion of SSP Group continues with pace as the foodservice operator announced multiple openings in Brazil. The first outlets are within Brazil’s two main international airports, Rio de Janeiro Tom Jobim International Airport (RIOgaleão) and São Paulo International Airport (GRU Airport). The new units are the first to open under a joint venture partnership … [Read more...]
New entrant makes TripAdvisor’s UK Top 10 and Manchester’s No 1 hotel in five months from opening
Dakota Manchester has reached TripAdvisor’s top 10 traveler ranked UK hotels five months after opening in May this year. The new Manchester hotel has also ranked number one as TripAdvisor’s first place hotel from Manchester’s 123 listed by TripAdvisor. The hotel features 137 bedrooms including 20 suites and Manchester’s largest penthouse, the Grand Deluxe … [Read more...]
Radisson set to launch hotel brand in Russia
Radisson Hotel Group has announced the signing of its first Radisson-branded hotel in Russia, located in Perm in the Urals. The new Radisson Hotel Perm will have 150 rooms and is due to open in late 2021. This new signing brings the group’s Russian portfolio to a total of 39 hotels and 10,320 rooms in operation or under development. Perm is a developing destination for both … [Read more...]
Four signs your hotel is not keeping pace with the market
Are you struggling to keep up with the technological development that places greater demands on your hotel? Have you lost track of what a hotel must have to be at its best? Don’t worry, you’re hardly alone. In this blog post, we’ll give you four simple guidelines to help you identify where your hotel is keeping up. Before you get started, you first need to ensure that the … [Read more...]
GM of the Future named by the Master Innholders
Samantha Rieu MIH has been named GM of the Future by the Master Innholders at the Independent Hotel Show Awards 2019. Announced at the award ceremony earlier this week, the Hotel Operations Manager at DUKES LONDON has been recognised for her commitment to championing hospitality careers to the next generation of talent; dedication to her own development, as well as that of her … [Read more...]
Olga and Alex Polizzi’s latest hotel acquisition announces their first joint venture
Olga Polizzi, hotelier and Director of Design for Rocco Forte Hotels has bought The Star Inn at Alfriston in East Sussex, with her daughter Alex Polizzi, hotelier and presenter of Channel 5’s The Hotel Inspector. Olga Polizzi owns Hotel Tresanton in Cornwall and Hotel Endsleigh in Devon, The Star Inn at Alfriston is the first official joint venture for the mother and daughter … [Read more...]
Brentford partner with Levy UK in a new five year community foodservice operation
Brentford Football Club in West London is working with Levy UK as their official food and hospitality partner for their new stadium. A five-year contract has been agreed to deliver the retail, hospitality and non-matchday catering foodservice operation across the new 17,250 seat Brentford Community Stadium. Brentford FC will be moving from their historic Griffin Park … [Read more...]
Accor report Q3 2019 Revenue of €1,049 million +10.9%
Accor have released their Q3 results showing numbers that prompted Sébastien Bazin, Chairman and CEO of Accor, to commented bullishly. Bazin said of the Q3 results: “Accor’s third quarter performance was solid, validating the quality of its asset-light model in a mixed international environment. The Group once again generated solid revenue growth with steady supply growth and a … [Read more...]
The annual Clink Charity Ball returns to London at the Royal Lancaster Hotel
Friday 7th February 2020 will see the annual Clink Charity Ball return to London, taking place at the splendid Royal Lancaster Hotel in Hyde Park. A wonderful evening awaits you, where we will come together to raise funds, raise awareness and celebrate the good work and progress that 2019 has seen. Come in your finery and enjoy a six-course dinner attentively prepared, … [Read more...]
The University of Warwick opens the first Pret A Manger in Coventry today
Pret A Manger opened at the University of Warwick earlier today and is now the first Pret in Coventry. The very first Pret A Manger opened in London in 1986. The new outlet serving freshly-prepared food-to-go and organic coffee is located in The Piazza in the centre of campus, close to Warwick Arts Centre. Pret A Manger is the latest food to go brand to be opening up across … [Read more...]