The Cumberland Hotel in London is to be converted into the UK's first Hard Rock Hotel through a partnership between its operator glh Hotels and Hard Rock International.
High-street burger chain Gourmet Burger Kitchen (GBK) has created a new avocado and bacon burger to celebrate the release of the new bacon and avocado keyboard “emojis”.
Little Bird, a new cocktail bar from west London restaurateur Lorraine Angliss with a head chef who trained at The River Café and St John Restaurant, is to open in west London’s Chiswick on 21 June.
Ennismore – the property firm behind The Hoxton and Gleneagles– is to launch a new budget hotel brand challenging the ‘status quo’ of low cost accommodation.
The youngest ever BBC Great British Bake Off contestant, Martha Collison, is to be the official afternoon tea advisor at The Championships at Wimbledon, alongside food designed by the Roux family.
The Roca brothers – whose restaurant El Celler de Can Roca was named second best in the world by The World’s 50 Best Restaurants this week ‒ are to open a pop-up at London’s Hotel Café Royal.
Imbibe Live, the trade show dedicated to bartenders, sommeliers, and anyone responsible for sourcing, buying and serving drinks in hospitality is returning with a host of top names from the drinks industry ready to share their expertise.
The UK had a mixed night at this year’s Worlds 50 Best Restaurants awards, with The Clove Club in Shoreditch entering the top 50 list for the first time while Heston Blumenthal's restaurants fell sharply down the rankings.
Barrafina Frith Street, the original Michelin-starred tapas bar in Soho, is to move to members’ club and restaurant Quo Vadis on Dean Street after the site's landlord decided to redevelop it.
Alastair Burgess, the founder of London bars Happiness Forgets and Original Sin, has teamed up with chef Chris Smith to open a restaurant - Petit Pois - in Hoxton Square.
Ahead of tonight’s big reveal of The World’s Best Restaurants 2016 list at The Cipriani Wall Street in New York, we can announce that next year’s ceremony will take place in Melbourne, Australia.
Shirley Spear, the founder of Isle of Skye restaurant The Three Chimneys and John Hyde, executive training of hospitality training provider HIT Training are among those receiving honours in the Queen's 90th Birthday Honours list.
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From the 51-100 World's Best Restaurants, to Michelin-starred collaborations, and multi-million pound deals, this week was a big one. Here's our news pick
Canadian coffee chain Second Cup has revealed plans to open five new sites across the UK this year as it aims to increase its share of the UK's £7.9bn coffee market.
Bronte, a Tom Dixon-designed restaurant is to open on London’s Strand in July, serving internationally-inspired dishes with a Pacific-Antipodean slant.
Coombeshead Farm in Cornwall, a working farm and dining room created by Pitt Cue's Tom Adams and April Bloomfield of New York's The Spotted Pig, is set to open for business next month.
New World Trading Company (NWTC), the pub and restaurant group created by the owners of Living Ventures Group, has been sold to private equity firm Graphite Capital for £50m.
Michelin-starred chefs Alain Ducasse and Tom Kerridge are to collaborate in the first ever joint one-off lunch at Kerridge’s flagship Marlow pub, The Hand & Flowers, on 3 July.
Starbucks has taken on more than 1,000 apprentices across the UK since launching its programme in 2012, according to partner Remit Training, and has pledged another 1,000 by 2020.
Watch Sam Mitchell, head bartender at the newly-renovated and relaunched Marriott London County Hall hotel, demo The Jubilee ‒ a summery, gin-based drink ‒ just in time for World Gin Day on 11 June
Rob and Lucy Brewer from the Rashleigh Arms in Charlestown, Cornwall, have been named as the British Institute of Innkeeping’s (BII) 2016 Licensee of the Year.
The introduction of the National Living Wage is having less of an impact on the recruitment plans of the majority of small businesses in the hospitality industry with 29 per cent actually increasing salaries to help retain staff.
Piccolino and Bar & Grill owner Individual Restaurant Company has kept a low profile in recent years. But with the remodelling of its estate and a tie-up with an Italian TV chef, it is no longer keeping its qualities to itself.
Charlie Gilkes and Duncan Stirling, founders of the London-based restaurant, bar and nightclub operator, the Inception Group, are teaming up with their wives - marketeer Anneke Gilkes and nutritional therapist Zoe Stirling – to launch Squirrel, a new...
Palé Hall, the North Wales hotel owners Angela and Alan Harper will open in collaboration with chef Michael Caines this year, has appointed its first general manager and head chef.
Amaris Hospitality is investing an extra £24m in the business to pay for extensions to three hotels within its portfolio - Jurys Inn Oxford, Hilton Garden Inn Dublin and Jurys Inn Belfast.
Music has the ability to create an atmosphere that can contribute to a fun and enjoyable experience in your restaurant, hotel or pub, but before you hit the play button, follow this checklist from Sarah Mitchell at PPL to ensure you're going about...
Online restaurant reservation platform Bookatable has launched National Business Lunch Week this June to help address what it calls the “death” of lunchtime business dining. The new week will also aim to show restaurants that quick, efficient lunchtime...
More details have been revealed about Michelin-starred chef Shaun Rankin’s new restaurant at five-star, 129-bedroom boutique hotel Flemings Mayfair, as part of the hotel’s £14m refurbishment.
Philip Turner worked in banking before taking the leap into hospitality to open The Packhorse Inn near Newmarket in 2012. His company Chestnut Group, which refuses to define itself as a pub, restaurant or hotel, will grow to at least four sites by the...
British artisan café and restaurant group Albion is to open its second and largest site, in London’s Clerkenwell this month, including an oyster bar, pie room, charcuterie corner and cocktail space.
