Casual Dining

Salisbury Pubs to open fifth site

19-Mar-2010 By Emma Eversham

Dining pub company Salisbury Pubs has added a fifth pub to its estate, the Black Horse in Fulmer

Tourism industry could be worth £147bn by 2020

18-Mar-2010 By Emma Eversham

The tourism industry in England could be worth £147bn by 2020 and has the potential to create an extra 225,000 jobs according to research by VisitEngland

Be cautious when challenging business rates, hospitality operators told

17-Mar-2010 By Becky Paskin

Hospitality businesses submitting appeals for a reassessment of their business rates are being warned to ensure every detail of their application is accurate, in order to avoid it being thrown out

Rising Star Leisure MD launches Japanese bar under new Sanzaru brand

16-Mar-2010 By Becky Paskin

Sanzaru Limited, the new company erected by Rising Star Leisure managing director Steve Kelly, is launching its first venue, an Asian-inspired lounge and karaoke bar, in Clapham this week

Admiral Taverns to sell 150 pubs

16-Mar-2010 By Emma Eversham

Pub company Admiral Taverns has confirmed it is selling off 150 of its pubs in England and Wales following a review of its estate

Tourism to grow faster than other UK industries in next 10 years

15-Mar-2010 By Emma Eversham

Research by VisitBritain predicts that tourism will grow faster than many other industries in the UK over the next 10 years with inbound visitor spend expected to double during that period.

Restaurants, pubs and hotels get behind British Tourism Week 2010

12-Mar-2010 By Emma Eversham

Hotels, pubs and restaurants will be in the spotlight from next Monday with the start of British Tourism Week 2010

Great British Pub Food Awards 2010 announce winning pub chefs

12-Mar-2010 By Jo Bruce

Eleven pub chefs and four pub companies picked up awards at the Great British Pub Food Awards 2010 in London last night

US hotel marketer Magnuson launches in the UK

11-Mar-2010 By Emma Eversham

US hotel marketer Magnuson Hotels is launching in the UK next month to give independent hoteliers this side of the Atlantic the chance to compete against large hotel chains

Sosho bar and East Room club gutted in Shoreditch fire

11-Mar-2010 By Emma Eversham

Shoreditch's Sosho bar/restaurant and private members' club the East Room have been forced to close 'for the foreseeable future' after the business was completely gutted by fire this morning

An Lochan restaurant, hotel and inn seek new owner

10-Mar-2010 By Emma Eversham

The An Lochan restaurant in Glasgow, along with the estate's hotel in Tighnabruaich and inn in Perthshire, are seeking new owners after being placed on the market

Restaurants better for product launches than supermarkets, manufacturers told

10-Mar-2010 By Emma Eversham

Food manufacturers are not taking the catering sector seriously enough when it comes to developing products for them and should start viewing it as a place to launch brands, according to foodservice analyst Horizons

Hallmark Hotels plans to double estate in next two years

09-Mar-2010 By Emma Eversham

Hallmark Hotels, the four-star hotel chain founded by former Q Hotels Arnold Schnegg in 2007, is aiming to double its estate to 10 in the next two years

Hotel market recovery delayed to 2011, say execs

09-Mar-2010 By Emma Eversham

A survey of hotel executives has shown that more than half aren't expecting to see a recovery in the market until 2011 and the same number think that it will take even longer for room rates to be restored to the same level they were before the recession...

Marriott asks Twitterati to review revamped hotels

05-Mar-2010 By Emma Eversham

Marriott has launched a campaign via social networking site Twitter which asks celebrities and travel journalists to 'Tweet' reviews of its hotels following a £120m revamp

Salon Culinaire 2010 results: Live Theatre

05-Mar-2010 By Emma Eversham

Salon Culinaire 2010 at Hotelympia saw hundreds of chefs descend upon the Excel in London this week for their chance to win a highly-contended medal. Here are the results for all the competitions.

Salon Culinaire 2010 results: Salon Display

05-Mar-2010 By Becky Paskin

Hundreds of gold, silver and bronze medals have been awarded at Hotelympia’s Salon Culinaire this week, for both the Live Theatre and Salon Display categories. Here are the results for the Salon Display

What You're Doing: Mother's Day special

05-Mar-2010 By Emma Eversham

BigHospitality has been in search of some of the more unusual and innovative ideas being run by restaurants, hotels and pubs this weekend to find out how they're intending to grab the Valentine's trade.

Drake & Morgan founder named industry rising star

04-Mar-2010 By Mark Stretton

Drake & Morgan, the fledgling bar-restaurant concept, founded by Jillian MacLean, has collected two titles at this year's Retailers' Retailer of the Year Awards

The Restaurant Group 'determined' to make 2010 a success

03-Mar-2010 By Emma Eversham

The Restaurant Group, owner of Frankie & Benny's and Garfunkel's says it is determined to make 2010 a successful year for the company and will continue with plans to open up to 25 new sites by the end of the year

Restaurants urged to make tipping policy more transparent

03-Mar-2010 By Emma Eversham

A campaign launched by the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills is urging restaurants to make their tipping policy more transparent

Hospitality industry becomes greener in recession

02-Mar-2010 By Emma Eversham

The hospitality industry has become greener during the recession with 13 per cent more businesses adopting green initiatives such as recycling and sourcing products locally in the past two years

Sustainable Restaurant Association launches with 85 members

02-Mar-2010 By Emma Eversham

The Sustainable Restaurant Association officially launched yesterday with 85 founder members pledging to run their restaurants in a more sustainable way

Analysts predict 3% revpar rise at UK hotels in 2010

01-Mar-2010 By Emma Eversham

Analysts PricewaterhouseCoopers predict that revpar at UK hotels will rise 3 per cent this year and will rise another 5 per cent in 2011 as business travellers and conference bookings return

Promote pies and boost profits during British Pie Week

01-Mar-2010 By Becky Paskin

Chefs and restaurateurs are being urged to actively promote the pies on their menus to help boost their profits, as British Pie Week (1-7 March) runs once more

The Future of EPoS: Going mobile

26-Feb-2010 By Andrew Evans

In the final instalment of our week-long feature on Electronic Point of Sale, Andrew Evans, managing director of Keystep, tells us we can expect to be going mobile in the future.

Fat Duck and Le Manoir sommeliers make AFW's shortlist

26-Feb-2010 By Emma Eversham

Sommeliers at The Fat Duck, Le Manoir aux Quat' Saisons and Texture are among the semi-finalists in the Academy of Food & Wine's 2010 Sommelier of the Year competition

EPoS enhancements: Where you can go for the extras

25-Feb-2010 By Emma Eversham & Becky Paskin

Do you want your EPoS to work that little bit harder for you? Check out these products that can integrate with your existing EPoS or with their EPoS to offer you and your customers that little bit more.

Roux brothers and Raymond Blanc lead Hotelympia chef line-up

24-Feb-2010 By Becky Paskin

Visitors to Hotelympia 2010 at Excel in London next week (28 Feb-4 March) will get a rare opportunity to see Albert and Michel Roux, as well as Raymond Blanc, Chris Galvin and Gary Rhodes amongst a range of exhibitions, demonstrations and competitions

Survey finds imbalance between male and female chefs

24-Feb-2010 By Joe Lutrario

A survey of 7,000 chefs has revealed significant gender imbalances within the various sectors of the hospitality trade

Chameleon Pub Company expands to seven sites

23-Feb-2010 By Emma Eversham

North of England-based pub operator Chameleon Pub Company is continuing with expansion plans with the purchase of its seventh site, a former Table Table pub in Lancaster.

The Peat Inn wins restaurant of the year at Scottish Restaurant Awards

23-Feb-2010 By Emma Eversham

The Peat Inn in Fife has been voted Restaurant of the Year at The Scottish Restaurant Awards where Leith's Restaurant Martin Wishart and Kings Wark pub also picked up accolades

How EPoS is working in restaurants, hotels and pubs

23-Feb-2010 By Emma Eversham

Ideal matches: Pizza Express, New Forest Hotels and The Glow lounge tell us about their perfect EPoS systems.

PJ's Hotel owners to donate £100k from hotel sale

22-Feb-2010 By Emma Eversham

The owners of PJ's Hotel in North Shields have pledged to give their local hospice St Oswald's a donation of £100k if the charity helps sell their business

January’s snowfall caused ‘havoc’ for UK hotels

22-Feb-2010 By Becky Paskin

While the January snow benefited some hotels in the regions, by leaving stranded travellers needing a last minute bed for the night, many experienced a negative month with occupancy levels falling

What is EPoS?

22-Feb-2010 By Andy Lynes and Becky Paskin

Like a lot of gadgets these days, Electronic Point of Sales (EPoS) systems can do some pretty amazing things. In fact, the installation of a decent EPoS system in a restaurant, pub or hotel business will not only help operators manage staffing, stock...

Titanic feasts at Bowland Village Inns and 10 nights for £10 at Millennium Madejski

19-Feb-2010 By Emma Eversham

Restaurants, hotels and pubs tell us what they're doing to make their business more appealing and draw in more trade

Reports reveal gloomy 2009 for British tourism

19-Feb-2010 By Becky Paskin

Holidaymakers are choosing campsites and self-catering breaks over B&Bs and guesthouses, as the number of visitors to the UK last year dropped to the lowest level since 2004

Heritage acquires Park Central Hotel in Bournemouth for £4m

19-Feb-2010 By Becky Paskin

Heritage Properties & Hotels, operator of The Crab at Chieveley in Berkshire, has acquired the Park Central Hotel in Bournemouth for an undisclosed sum in the region of £4m

Restaurant operator sought for London’s tallest building

19-Feb-2010 By Becky Paskin

Heron International, the property group behind the Heron Tower construction in Bishopsgate, London, is seeking an operator for the tower’s Restaurant and Sky Bar, which upon completion will be the highest in London

Meantime Brewing Co to open brewery and restaurant in Greenwich next month

18-Feb-2010 By Becky Paskin

The Meantime Brewing Company is to open a new restaurant, café, bar and six-barrel brewery at The Old Naval College in Greenwich next month

Murder enquiry launched at Landmark London hotel

17-Feb-2010 By Becky Paskin

Police were called to the Landmark London Hotel on Monday after the murdered body of a Saudi Arabian man was found in a third-floor bedroom

Snowy January forces Manchester restaurant Ithaca to close

17-Feb-2010 By Becky Paskin

The icy weather experienced last month has forced award-winning Manchester restaurant and bar Ithaca to announce its closure at the end of February, after trading plummeted by 80 per cent

Movenpick launch creamy and nutty ice-cream flavours

17-Feb-2010 By Becky Paskin

Movenpick Ice Cream has announced the launch of two new flavours to its portfolio, Almond & Vanilla, and Double Cream and Meringues

Roux Scholarship 2010 regional finalists announced

16-Feb-2010 By Becky Paskin

The 18 regional finalists for the 2010 Roux Scholarship competition have been announced, with three of last year’s finalists returning for another shot at first prize, a stage at a three Michelin-starred restaurant

Hilton spends £20m turning restaurant and bar areas into airport style lounges

15-Feb-2010 By Becky Paskin

Hilton is spending £20m on a programme to convert the food and beverage areas at 16 of its UK hotels into airport style executive lounges to attract more corporate guests

Kempinski Group takes over London’s The Stafford Hotel

12-Feb-2010 By Becky Paskin

Kempinski, Europe’s oldest luxury hotel group, has taken over the management contract of the Britannia Hospitality-owned Stafford Hotel in London

What You're Doing: Valentine's Day special

12-Feb-2010 By Emma Eversham

BigHospitality has been in search of some of the more unusual and innovative ideas being run by restaurants, hotels and pubs this weekend to find out how they're intending to grab the Valentine's trade.

Hospitality industry guaranteed £20m music fee refund

12-Feb-2010 By Emma Eversham

The BHA and the BBPA secure a victory against a High Court appeal over music licence fees, meaning pubs, restaurants and hotels who paid over the odds are guaranteed up to £20m in refunds.

Radisson Edwardian hotels uses guests for ad campaign

11-Feb-2010 By Emma Eversham

Radisson Edwardian, operator of 12 hotels in London and one in Manchester, has launched an ad campaign which makes stars of its regular guests