Novus Leisure is to acquire the lions share of Soho Clubs & Bars in a deal valued at between £8m and £10m. The group is to buy seven London venues from administrators Kroll.
The London Development Agency and the AA are driving a scheme that aims to increase the number of graded B&Bs in the capital and is offering ungraded B&Bs help to achieve this aim.
The protected Champagne region in France has been significantly expanded for the first time since 1927 in an attempt to ease ennourmous unfulfilled demand.
The Government joins forces with the UKs biggest water provider to urge the hospitality sector to offer free tap water to customers as a matter of course.
Heston Blumenthal has sold his multi-award-winning Michelin starred Bray restaurant, the Fat Duck, to his fathers stepbrother. Blumenthal - who boasts three Michelin stars - will continue to run the kitchen.
A Hilton budget hotel to be built at the foot of Constitution Hill in Birmingham has been hailed by civic leaders as a vital cog in the regeneration of the city.
Tributes have been paid to Shaun Gilmore - head chef at the award-winning National Dining Rooms and National Cafe in Londons National Gallery - who was killed last week in a motorbike crash. Sean is due to star in BBC TV show Celebrity Chef in July.
Bjorn van der Horst tells of his vision to open a new style of restaurant in London based on the idea of the kitchen being the centre of any party following the recent demise of La Noisette in Knightsbridge, London.
Celebrity chef Jean-Christophe Novelli will front lastminute.com's London Restaurant Week as it returns even bigger and better this year. The event, which launches on April 14, gives customers the opportunity to experience fine dining at a fraction...
A recurring problem for hoteliers - overflowing baths - could be a thing of the past thanks to new technology that utilises an innovative magnetic anti-overflow system. Noa-FloTM was officially launched at Hotelympia.
Hotel and restaurant operator unveils the new management line-up to oversee its newly-merged hotels and restaurants business. The company hopes the move will save it £25 million a year by 2009.
As British Pie Week draws to a close, Jo Bruce reports on an Oxfordshire pub that has built a profitable business focusing on the great British staple food.
Latest figures reveal that for the first time the majority of domestic holiday and business travellers in the UK are booking their hotels online, with a huge 70 per cent of business travellers using the internet to make their hotel reservations.
One of the first trainees to sign up to Jamie Olivers chef training scheme at Fifteen in Cornwall as been discovered hanging in woodland not far from the famous restaurant.
Property investment firm unveils plans to offload six UK hotels - including the Hotel Russell in London and The George in Edinburgh - in a package worth approximately £350million.
Jamie Wakeford, from de Vere Cameron House Hotel at Loch Lomond, last night won the Scottish Food Scolarship 2008 at a glittering bash at the George Hotel in Edinburgh.
British chef axed from American cable TV channel after bosses discover he lied on a CV which includes boasts of cooking for four US presidents and helping out with Prince Charles and Lady Dianas wedding cake.
Former PR man Ross Williams, who only entered the pub trade five years ago, scoops the top prize at tonights glitzy awards bash at the Dorchester hotel in London.
The Jolly Farmers deli-pub & restaurant at Betchworth in Surrey wins the Best Diversification award at the Countryside Alliances Best Rural Retailer awards at the House of Lords.
Charging Edinburgh tourists more on their hotel bills could result in an extra £38 million being spent by visitors in the city every year, according to new research, but hoteliers are against the scheme.
Restaurants in Europe, the United States and Japan are testing technology to let diners order their food direct from a screen at their table instead of depending on waiters.
Baths Chef v Chef competition winners announced as competition aims to enhance Baths culinary offering in order to live up to its status as a World Heritage City.
A chef in Burnley has won an unfair dismissal case affter he was sacked following a disagreement with restaurant owner as tribunal rules restaurant did not follow correct proceedure.
Police in Cheshire advise two restaurants to take foie gras off their menus following threats from animal rights activists. The advice follows a similar move by Midsummer House in Cambridge after it was vandalised last week.
Deans Place Country Hotel and Restaurant has picked up the Excellent Social Responsibility award at the HRH Hotel Excellence Awards, weeks after it won the Water Management Category gong at the CHA Hotelier of the Year awards.
Chef set to re-open the New Angel restaurant in Dartmouth after receiving the backing of the internet tycoon behind lastminute.com. The restaurant was closed by his wife while he was starring in ITVs Im A Celebrity...Get Me Out Of Here!
The three-star Belgrave Hotel will become a Premier Inn with 85 bedrooms when it reopens in June as company pledges to invest more than £4million in Torquay Bay.
Chef patron at Midsummer House, in Cambridge, forced to take action following discussions with local police about animal rights activists desecrating the restaurant at the weekend.