Frasers Hospitality, the hospitality arm of Frasers Centrepoint Limited, has acquired a portfolio of four properties in the UK for a consideration of £36.1m from Swire Properties Hotels Holdings through the Group’s subsidiary, Malmaison and Hotel du Vin Property Holdings Limited. This acquisition comes on the back of Frasers Hospitality’s recent purchase of the Malmaison and … [Read more...]
Consumer spending slowdown continues into November
According to data from Barclaycard, which processes nearly half of all UK card transactions, consumer spending in the first part of November fell to an 18-month low as households cut back in anticipation of Black Friday at the end of the month. No doubt we will see the impact on hospitality spending reported in the coming weeks. Spending fell to just 2.2 per cent in the … [Read more...]
APPG inquiry into apprenticeships and skills development
The All-Party Parliamentary Group for the Visitor Economy has launched an inquiry into apprenticeships and skills development in the hospitality and tourism industry. The APPG, co-chaired by Nigel Huddleston MP for Mid Worcestershire and Margaret Ritchie MP for South Down which met for the first time this week, has issued a call for written evidence around the key … [Read more...]
JUST EAT delivers another period of excellent growthtop
JUST EAT, the world's leading digital marketplace for takeaway food, connecting 11.0 million Active Users to over 59,000 takeaway restaurants, reported another period of excellent growth in the six months ended 30 June 2015 with revenue up 54% to £107.8 million and Underlying EBITDA up 62% to £25.8 million. Financial Highlights Revenue up 54% to £107.8 million (H1 2014: … [Read more...]
Hospitality Action unveils hard-hitting ad campaign
Hospitality Action, the industry’s benevolent charity, has unveiled its brand new advertising campaign. The hard-hitting adverts feature images of five of the UK’s most renowned chefs having fallen on hard times and aims to raise awareness of the charity and issues that affect hospitality workers both past and present. The UK wide campaign depicts Hospitality Action Patron … [Read more...]
Scottish tourism sector set to unlock sustainability savings
Resource Efficient Scotland, a programme of Zero Waste Scotland, is highlighting the benefits of resource efficiency this Scottish Tourism Week (2 – 8 March) with the publication of new support materials for hospitality businesses and video case studies from Two Fat Ladies, Glasgow and Best Western’s Kings Manor Hotel, Edinburgh, Crieff Hydro and Radisson. This comes as the … [Read more...]
UK consumers hesitant to try new alcoholic drinks
A new Canadean report finds that eight out of ten consumers who drink alcohol out of their homes rarely or never try new alcoholic drinks. This is concerning as substantial investment is made in developing and marketing new products. However, exciting flavours and seasonal offerings will keep the market from stagnating. According to Canadean, 77% of out-of-home drinkers … [Read more...]
Nearly half of foodservice operators unaware of allergen legislation
With less than six months to go until the introduction of new allergen legislation, research conducted for Unilever Food Solutions has revealed that nearly half of foodservice operators (44%) are unaware of the new law. More than half of respondents were unable to identify the allergens (53.7%), despite over 80% of operators saying they were sometimes, or frequently, asked … [Read more...]
H&C News Social Media Roundtable
H&C News and Armourcoat joined forces last Wednesday to organise a Social Media Roundtable on ‘measuring the effectiveness of social media’. The event was hosted by citizenM Bankside in London, attended by delegates from pub groups, hotels, restaurants and coffee shops, and proved to be a great success with delegates: not just informing, but even ‘inspiring’. Opening the … [Read more...]
Floods coverage could harm recovery in West hospitality sector
24 hour media coverage about severe flooding in Somerset and Gloucestershire could do more harm to the South West’s recovering hospitality sector than the flooding itself, according to sector experts Colliers International. Hotels director Simon Wells said many pub and hotels businesses had been lucky enough to escape the devastation witnessed around the Somerset Levels, … [Read more...]