Marco Pierre White has signed a major deal with a hotel development company which will see the ‘godfather of modern cooking’ roll out 50 branded restaurants across the UK and Northern Ireland over the next five years.
Layo and Zoe Paskin, the siblings behind London’s former The End and AKA nightclubs, are venturing back into hospitality together with the launch of a Jerusalem restaurant in Soho.
It's National Apprenticeship Week and hospitality businesses large and small have been pledging their support for the initiative which celebrates apprenticeships and the positive impact they have on the UK economy.
Real estate investment and hotel development firm Union Hanover Securities has secured a major equity injection which will allow it to grow its £350m portfolio to over £1bn over the next five years.
As the Michelin-starred East End destination restaurant Viajante prepares for its last service, details of the replacement F&B offerings at the five-star Town Hall Hotel in Bethnal Green have been revealed.
Khinkali dumpings, Khachapuri cheese bread and spiced broths will feature among the menu of Marani, a new family-run Georgian restaurant opening on Curzon Street next week.
Carluccio’s, the all-day Italian café chain led by Simon Kossoff, has become the largest restaurant operator in the UK to achieve the highest accolade possible for its commitment to sustainability.
The Restaurant Group (TRG), owner of the Frankie & Benny’s, Chiquito, Garfunkel’s and Coast to Coast restaurant brands, plans to open 36-43 new sites this year after delivering ‘another strong performance’ across its estate in 2013.
Itsu, the oriental chain set up by Pret a Manger founder Julian Metcalfe and led by Gerard Loughran, has plans to go nationwide after the success of its first store outside London.
Orient-Express Hotels is re-branding its portfolio of luxury hotels, including Raymond Blanc’s Michelin-starred Oxfordshire establishment Le Manoir aux Quat’Saisons.
For the final part of our technology special feature, BigHospitality checked in at one of the country’s most high-tech hotels to bring you an exclusive video report on the business benefits of customer-focused technology.
Barnyard, the second restaurant from Michelin-starred chef Ollie Dabbous and mixologist Oskar Kinberg, will open just a few minutes’ walk from their original site in Fitzrovia next month.
In the second of our three-part focus on technology in hospitality, we look at how mobile technology can be used to improve customer experience from the moment they walk in the door.
More overseas visitors are coming to the UK than ever before, and their rich new cultures are changing the shape of the UK events calendar. Here, Dave Hobday, managing director of WorldPay UK, argues that the hospitality industry must up its game, offering...
South African street food vendor Bunnychow is set for an aggressive rollout across London, with a target of opening 19 permanent sites over the next five years.
Carlson Rezidor is launching two new international hotel brands which it hopes will ‘elevate the guest experience with innovations in technology, guest service and beyond.’
London diners are searching out more expensive wine, but Leeds restaurants sell more champagne than those in the capital, according to research from restaurant group D&D.
Marriott Hotels has become the latest hotel group to put technology at the forefront of customer service, with the addition of mobile checkout to its smartphone app.
InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) has announced ‘strong growth’ in Europe over the past 12 months, driven in part by impressive performance from its UK hotels.
Brasserie Bar Co, the owner of the Brasserie Blanc chain and White Brasserie Company, has secured £13.5m of new funding to support the expansion of the group by at least 20 new sites over the next three years
James Lowe, one third of the former Young Turks chef collective, is preparing to launch his first restaurant - Lyle’s – on the ground floor of the Tea Building in Shoreditch.
GB Pizza Co, the ‘pop-up to permanent’ pizza restaurant in Margate, is making its first foray into London with a second site soon to open in Exmouth Market.
The regional hotel marketplace is gathering momentum as investor confidence returns on the back of strong trading performance, according to property experts.
Two Michelin-starred chef Antonio Mellino graduated from Naples Hotel School in 1974 and began his career in hospitality working as a waiter on cruise liners. After working in kitchens around the world, he opened his award-winning restaurant, Quattro...
Jamaica Patty Co, a new fast-casual concept offering traditional Jamaican patties, is set to launch in Covent Garden next month as ‘the first of many across Britain’.
Butlins owner Bourne Leisure is to build a 206-bedroom resort-style hotel at Butlins Minehead to help improve its existing accommodation provision and further the resort’s appeal to corporate guests.
Alan Yau's casual-dining Thai chain Busaba Eathai has confirmed plans to double its estate over the next three years, with two new London openings in 2014 and an extra focus being placed on further expansion outside of the capital.
Chef Victor Garvey and restaurateur Bal Thind have announced plans to open a contemporary Spanish tapas restaurant at St Katherine Dock in London next month.
As competition for good space intensifies, restaurateurs are having to become increasingly bricks and mortar-savvy. Have you got what it takes to bag that successful site?
Ahead of opening its ninth outlet in London, dim sum restaurant chain Ping Pong has unveiled plans to open another 20 to 25 sites in and outside of the capital over the next four years.
The floods failed to dampen sales across the nation's restaurant and pub groups last month according to the Coffer Peach Tracker which found they actually rose 7.2 per cent compared to the same period last year.
A sleepy village pub in Lancashire has today been crowned the best in Britain by the Campaign for Real Ale (Camra) in its 2014 National Pub of the Year competition.
US-based Japanese food producer Peace Dining Corporation will launch Japanese fast-casual restaurant brand Hai Street Kitchen & Co in London next month with plans to open up to 20 sites in the UK by the end of 2020.
