Locatel has launched a new multimedia ‘infotainment’ system that hoteliers can connect to in-room TVs to provide guests with news feeds, TV, radio and on-demand films.
Lincolnshire-based gourmet crisps manufacturer Pipers Crisps has revamped its brand and redesigned its packaging to emphasise the product’s quality and its provenance.
Foodservice supplier Compass Group has launched Rapport – a new specialist provider of front and back of house guest services – to run in tandem with the group’s corporate dining arm Restaurant Associates.
Pie manufacturer Peter’s Food Service has launched a new range of pies that are 30 per cent larger and feature enhanced recipes, but are the same price as the product they replace.
Chinese food and ingredient provider Amoy, which falls under the Heinz Foodservice brand, is expanding its range of sauce pots with the launch of the first branded sweet chilli portion available on the market.
Nestlé Professional Chef has unveiled the newest edition to its Jus en flocons (Flakes) range – Chef Flakes Brun Lié, a thinkened brown stock which can be used as a base for all brown sauces.
Moy Park Foodservice is helping pubs overcome the traditional post-Christmas decrease in trading by providing outlets with high-impact posters and menu flyers to promote an attractive Mega Menu Sale.
Espresso machine manufacturer Rancilio has launched Xcelsius, a temperature-profiling system which allows baristas to micro-manage the brew temperature to within a tolerance of 0.1 degrees Celsius.
Hospitality businesses are being urged to make use of a free online toolkit from VisitBritain that allows users to participate in, and benefit from the ‘GREAT Britain – You’re Invited’ 2012 campaign.
Wiltshire brewer Wadworth has created a 2.8% ABV beer for the January 'squeeze', designed for when consumers traditionally cut back on the calories they consume and their spending.
Air purification developer Plasma Clean has joined forces with Meiko to help reduce food waste odours by providing its Xtract 2100 ioniser as standard odour control in Meiko's food waste management systems.
An iPhone and Android app designed to increase hospitality trade for Belfast pubs in the run-up to Christmas and the New Year is being backed by the Northern Ireland Tourist Board and the professional body, Pubs in Ulster.
A new stamp-based virtual loyalty scheme for use on smartphones has been developed with the aim of helping independent restaurateurs and retailers see customers return to their businesses more often.
Euro-Colombian start-up company Juna has launched a new range of fruit drinks with high vitamin, protein and fibre content aimed at the foodservice sector.
Corporate catering company Bubble Food has launched a new festive menu featuring an innovative ‘molecular’ selection of food and drink, available to hospitality businesses planning a Christmas party.
As Molson Coors launches a sampling campaign for Animée, its new low-calorie beer range designed for women, master beer sommelier Mark Stroobandt believes many brewers and pub operators are ‘getting it wrong’ when it comes to attracting the female beer-drinking...
Caprice Holdings chairman Richard Caring has revealed plans to bring Thomas Keller's Bouchon restaurant concept to the UK as well as considerably increase the number of Soho House branches in operation across the world.
London-based tea blender and coffee roaster Drury has added a special spiced Christmas blend to its pyramid-shaped teabag range to enable hotels, restaurants and pubs to enhance their beverage menus for the festive season.
Table decorations supplier Table Art has created a new range of winter-inspired illuminated art pieces for hotel tables at Christmas and New Year’s Eve events.
Catering equipment manufacturer Sammic has launched a new three-model range of highly durable, heavy-duty vegetable preparation machines available to hotels, restaurants, fast food outlets, pubs and clubs.
Bed, bath and table linen supplier Richard Haworth has launched Optima, a new bed linen that uses never-before-used technology to benefit hotels and their guests.
Product design company simplehuman has created a new range of high-capacity open bins designed for busy commercial spaces such as hotels, pubs and restaurant kitchens.
Hospitality software specialist Fourth Hospitality has launched a new web-based recipe tool which allows head chefs and general managers to quickly check recipe information in or out of the kitchen.
Suffolk-based cider producer Aspall is relaunching its Mulled Cyder in time for Christmas with new branded hot drinks third-of-a-pint bar glasses also available to serve it in.
Restaurant reservations and online marketing services company Livebookings has partnered with restaurant guide Square Meal enabling the guide's users to book more of the restaurants it features online.
Global Hotel Exchange (GHX), a new marketing and reservation service devised by Thomas Magnuson is set to be unveiled at the Annual Hotel Conference in Manchester tomorrow.
Celebratory sparkling candle supplier Danmade is targeting the restaurant sector in the run up to the festive season with a heavy-weight sales and marketing campaign.
There's more to making food look good than squeezy bottles, tweezers and fistfuls of borage, as the November issue of Restaurant magazine shows in its guide to plating-up.
Cenabo, an online meal pre-ordering software that helps restaurants, caterers and hotels collect food and drink requirements from guests in real time, has been recently launched and is available to restaurants in the build-up to the busy Christmas period.
Classic Cuisine, the frozen ready meal manufacturer, is offering a new bespoke range of frozen pies available to bars, restaurants, pubs and catering establishments.
A new recommendation and discount website is being brought to the market as the ‘antidote’ to hotel and restaurant review websites such as TripAdvisor and Yelp.
Catering equipment and disposables supplier Alliance Online has launched a mobile version of its website to enable customers to browse, order and buy products through their smartphones.
VisitEngland and the British Beer and Pub Association (BBPA) have partnered to create a new Access Statement online tool, aimed at helping UK pubs cater for visitors with access needs.
To mark National Curry Week and Diwali, which both fall in October, Knorr Patak’s has rejuvenated its range of authentic pastes to help caterers maximise the profit potential of curry dishes.
A new basic online training tool for first-level workers handling food has been launched and is available free on the British Hospitality Association website.
