Spanish restaurant chain La Tasca is to refurbish its ‘tired’ estate and brand identity to allow it to be more competitive in the casual dining market.
Best Western has restructured its business into three tiers - Best Western, Best Western Plus and Best Western Premier - to better differentiate between facilities and standards offered by each of its 276 member hotels.
Hospitality operators should make a proper Christmas plan, mix innovative ideas with tradition and market their offering as early as possible to make this festive season profitable, according to Kerry Foods.
The British Beer and Pub Association (BBPA) has revealed it is ‘deeply disappointed’ with a recent report from the Business, Innovation and Skills Committee.
Occupancy at London’s hotels dropped by 3 per cent in August with the riots blamed for guests staying away or cutting breaks short according to hotel consultancy PKF.
Novus Leisure has kicked off a re-brand of the city bar chain Balls Brothers it bought out of administration earlier this year with a £300k refurbishment of the Lime Street branch.
Malmaison and Hotel du Vin chief executive Robert Cook has been elected the first president of the Hospitality Professionals Association for Finance, Revenue Management and IT (HOSPA), the organisation which replaces the British Association of Hospitality...
Former Brasserie Roux executive chef Vincent Menager will open a restaurant at St James Hotel next month that will aim to merge French and British cuisines.
The Academy of Food and Wine Service (AFWS) has re-launched its chef and front-of-house team menu competition as the AFWS Food & Beverage (FaB) Challenge 2011.
The team behind the new Ducksoup restaurant in Soho have revealed that the menu will be inspired by some of their favourite food experiences from around the world.
Restaurant Associates has joined the growing list of signatories for the Sustainable Fish City pledge, which aims to make London the first ever city committed to sustainable fish.
Britain’s front of house staff lack the professionalism and respect found in the kitchen because ‘there are little to no service training schools’, Tim Zagat, co-founder of the eponymous restaurant guide has said.
A massive 84 per cent of hospitality business owners and managers have said they are not planning to make changes to staffing levels during the Olympics next year despite 15 per cent of workers saying they’d pull a sickie to watch the Games.
Next week BigHospitality is heading to Devon to investigate the region’s bountiful, seasonal produce with a stellar line-up of chefs and restaurateurs – and you could join us.
Twenty-five London chefs, including Richard Corrigan, Michel Roux Jr and Francesco Mazzei, have come out in support of Slow Food UK by attending the launch of its Chef Alliance in London.
International hotel chain Days Inn is set to refurbish its entire Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) estate after a specialist hotel contractor recently completed a multi-million pound fit-out of Days Inn Liverpool.
Austrian-born Stefan Neumann from The Fat Duck restaurant in Bray has won the 2011 Sud de France sommelier competition, held at the Maison de la Region Languedoc-Roussillon in Cavendish Square, London.
Diners are eating out more often each week and having better experience, despite the price of an average meal in London rising by 6.3 per cent in the past year.
International hotel operator Accor is to consolidate its three economy brands – Ibis, Etap and All Seasons - under one name to help it better meet ‘changing consumer expectations.’
Westfield Stratford City, the £1.45bn retail and leisure development located next to the Olympic Park in east London, opens its doors to customers today with almost 70 food and drink sites ready for operation.
Pubs, restaurants and hotels may no longer have to apply for a licence if they want to host live bands or other entertainment if proposals to scrap parts of the Licensing Act are accepted.
Interchange and Consort Hotels, the parent brand of Best Western Great Britain, Beacon Purchasing and Innfutures, has announced the appointment of Richard Lewis as chief executive.
Including calorie information on menus at 181 Harvester restaurants has resulted in diners making small changes to their choices, the operator has revealed.
Roddy Macleod, partner and head of the commercial insurance team at Weightmans outlines where you stand if a customer tries to sue for an accident that happened on your premises, but you don't think your busness is responsible.
JD Wetherspoon has seen total annual sales break the £1bn barrier for the first time, although the managed pub operator blames higher interest charges for a reduced profit before tax and exceptional items of 5.9 per cent.
The Feathers Inn in Hedley-on-the-Hill, Northumberland, has been named the Great British Pub of the Year 2011 after winning the awards’ Best Gastropub category.
