Autograph Collection, Marriott’s full service hotel brand, is in negotiations with the owners of five hotels in the UK with a view to adding them to its growing portfolio.
Restaurant and bar staff have to care about themselves and the customer in order to give good customer service, says Martin Wolstencroft, founder of Arc Inspirations.
Kent-based chef and restaurateur Matt Sworder will open a second The Corner House restaurant in Canterbury next year after acquiring the freehold of the city's The Flying House pub.
International hotel chain Radisson Blu Hotels and Resorts has announced its support for a police initiative to raise awareness of child sexual exploitation (CSE) in hotels, taxis and other businesses.
The Gold Service Scholarship has awarded some of the best young front of house staff in the country with a trip to the French wine destination Bordeaux. BigHospitality joined the group to get a taste of the region.
Hilton Worldwide will extend its Hilton@PLAY concert initiative to London next week with plans for singer Jess Glynne to perform a one-off gig at the soon-to-open Hilton London Bankside hotel.
Sylvia Kontek and Vittorio Monge, the founders of Chelsea-based European restaurant Margaux, will open the doors to their second restaurant - Bandol - this week.
Smash-hit east London residency Som Saa closes this month, but Thai food specialist Andy Oliver and his partners have already reached their crowdfunding target for their first permanent restaurant, also to be called Som Saa.
Searcys has announced that Urban Coterie, a new restaurant concept in collaboration with Anthony Demetre, will open in east London’s M by Montcalm Hotel on 5 November.
Star Pubs & Bars has announced a £3.7m investment into its properties in the Newcastle area by the end of 2015 and confirmed that the North East would be at the centre of its 2016 investment plans.
Coaching Inns Group, formerly known as Bulldog Hotel Group, has acquired two inns in North Yorkshire - The Golden Fleece in Thirsk and The Feathers in Helmsley - from Homfray Hotels.
A group of six privately owned luxury hotels across the north of England and Southern Scotland have been rebranded as The Robert Parker Collection (RP Collection).
The ONE Group, the New York-based hospitality group led by Englishman Jonathan Segal, has secured the first site in the UK for its casual dining concept STK Rebel in Edinburgh.
The Intercontinental London – The O2 has unveiled five destination restaurants and bars opening at the luxury hotel when it launches at Greenwich Peninsula this winter.
Clare Smyth is leaving her role as chef patron at Restaurant Gordon Ramsay to open her own standalone London restaurant with the backing of the celebrity chef.
FOLD a new Vietnamese restaurant and bar which will specialise in serving foldable food and rice paper dishes is set to open on London's Brick Lane later this month.
Best Western Great Britain has revealed it is in talks with five star hotels in the UK with a view to adding luxury properties to its BW Premier Collection portfolio for the first time.
D&D London's Thameside restaurant Le Pont de La Tour re-opened its doors this week after a two month refurbishment and BigHospitality was one of the first to see it.
The husband and wife team behind fast growing London fried chicken restaurant BIRD have said they would ‘love’ to continue expanding the brand in 2016.
"Classics never die,” National Chef of the Year and Le Pont de la Tour’s new head chef, Frederick Forster, tells BigHospitality as he demonstrates how to make his Lobster Thermidor recipe.
Budget hotel chain Travelodge is looking to grow its presence in Greater Manchester after exchanging contracts on two new hotels in the region and announcing plans to look for a further seven
Compass Group UK & Ireland's sports, leisure and hospitality arm Levy Restaurants UK has won a catering contract worth £7.3m to design and manage food and beverage spaces at three Imperial War Museum (IWM) sites.
Chefs Chris and Jeff Galvin, Richard Corrigan, José Pizarro and Hameed Farook have helped raise £45k for Action Against Hunger by cooking at and hosting the charity's annual Global Gastronomy dinner.
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Caprice Holdings has announced that its Asian fish and seafood restaurant, Sexy Fish, will open its doors to diners on 19 October in London’s Berkeley Square.
Chef Matt Tebbutt is to oversee Hilton Bournemouth's restaurant Schpoons & Forx and its bar LEVEL8IGHT, The Sky Bar as part of a partnership deal between his company Matt Tebbutt Restaurants Limited and the 172-bedroom hotel.
