The heavy rain and high winds which have swept the UK over the last month have had a devastating impact on Christmas trade for a number of hotels with one badly flooded hotel forced into voluntary liquidation.
Marcus Wareing is to shut his two Michelin-starred restaurant Marcus Wareing at The Berkeley for more than two months to allow for renovation work which will enable him to re-launch it with a new focus and new name in March.
With the start of the new year Steve Clarke of the Brilliant Laundry Group gives his advice on how best hoteliers, restaurateurs and publicans can manage their laundry service.
Seafood supplier Young’s has partnered with renowned fish & chip shop operators Mark and Pete Petrou to launch its first restaurant in Cambridge at the end of the month.
David Moore, the man behind Michelin-starred London restaurants L’Autre Pied and Pied à Terre, is teaming up with Sean Martin – who revived the Northumberland Arms in Fitzrovia and the Barley Mow in Marylebone - to open a new US smokehouse-style concept,...
Managed pub and bar operator TCG has reported a sales boost for the ‘movable feast’ that was Christmas 2013, with an average 7 per cent uplift in turnover across its estate thanks to ‘a definite upturn in consumer confidence’.
The owner of the Assembly Rooms in Newcastle is planning to turn the building into a multi-purpose entertainment venue which will 'get people socialising'.
Whitworth Hall Hotel in Spennymoor, County Durham, has been rescued from administration by the owner of a local engineering firm, safeguarding the future of the hotel and its 40 employees.
Bill’s and Byron have both been confirmed as tenants for the 10 Hammersmith Grove development in west London, which is owned by Development Securities Plc and Scottish Widows Investment Partnership Property Trust.
It was the year that the horsemeat scandal rocked the food chain, Noma was knocked off of top spot and the beer duty escalator was finally scrapped. But what did you make of it all? Here’s a look back at some of the biggest issues of 2013.
Red’s True BBQ, the highly-rated fledgling Leeds-based operator, plans to open three sites in total next year, as part of its five-year plan to grow to at least 15 restaurants across the UK.
A third of British holidaymakers say they are less energy conscious when staying in hotels with more than half believing it is the responsibility of the hotel to ensure the business is energy efficient.
Manchester House, the partnership between chef Aiden Byrne and restaurant and pub company Living Ventures, opened its doors for trade in September with the firm aim of putting Manchester on the culinary map and bagging the city a Michelin star.
A seasoned restaurant worker and former manager of Red Hot World Buffet in Manchester has embarked on his first solo venture with a new restaurant in Oldham offering his own take on global cuisine.
The ‘British cooking revolution’ is to be celebrated next year with the launch of the Chef Stagiaire Award to discover the best young British chefs making a name for themselves in the industry.
Michael Achenbaum, the founder of the New York-based Gansevoort Hotel Group, is planning to build a 120-bedroom hotel on Curtain Road in Shoreditch, London next year.
The owner of a new Greek restaurant and deli in London believes there is a gap in the market for a group of restaurants offering an ‘integrated Greek experience’ as he looks to expand his business under a franchise.
The Spanish restaurant revolution in London is set to take another turn next year as Camino, the four-strong tapas restaurant and bar group, is embarking on an ambition expansion programme to reach 10 sites over the next three years.
D&D London has become the latest hospitality operator to capitalise on the increased demand for more casual, American-inspired cuisine with the announcement that it is to re-launch its modern British restaurant, Avenue.
Hotel and resort operator De Vere has unveiled ‘The Country Club’ - a new leisure membership-based brand that will be introduced at six of its marquee properties across the UK.
Vietnamese restaurant chain Pho has secured another two sites in London - in Chiswick and Battersea - as part of its plans to open five restaurants over the next year.
The former Scotland Yard Police headquarters and Ministry of Defence building in Whitehall is to be transformed into a £100m ‘super-luxury’ five-star hotel.
Drake & Morgan, the highly-regarded, bar-restaurant operator, has confirmed that its seventh site, The Fable, will open next February at Sixty London in Holborn, and said that it has 'many more exciting openings in the pipeline'.
Shortly after announcing that its business will be divided in two in a bid to maximise operational performance, global hotel operator Accor has announced the signing of a new hotel in Wembley for one of its midscale brands, Novotel.
The Salt Yard Group’s co-founder Simon Mullins and chef director Ben Tish have partnered with three brothers to open a new Parisian restaurant in Soho next week, capping off a year packed full of French bistro openings in the capital.
The number of people booking rooms directly with a hotel's own website has fallen four per cent in the last year despite efforts by hoteliers to improve websites and grab a share back from online travel agents (OTAs).
Indian restaurant group the Tamarind Collection is to convert Zaika in Kensington High Street, which it acquired earlier this year, into ‘a new direction lifestyle concept’.
Polenta, a naturally gluten-free grain most commonly associated with the peasant cuisine of northern Italy, is the basis for a new, health-focussed restaurant opening in Soho next week.
The Hospitality Guild’s new hub and training venue aims to help the sector address its skills gap and nurture the talent of the future. BigHospitality headed to the official launch to take a closer look.
TV chef Simon Rimmer has teamed up with the founders of Inventive Leisure to launch a new pub-restaurant business ahead of the opening of his new restaurant at the Doubletree by Hilton hotel in Liverpool.
Food inflation is predicted to rise by 3.8 per cent next year according to Prestige Purchasing with prices for beef, cheddar and wine in particular set to remain high.
Breakfast 'continues to be a bright spot' for restaurants and pubs and could give the operators who add it to their offering quickly a real opportunity to boost trade suggests a report by The NPD Group.
Whitbread has announced plans to build the second of its new compact hotel brand Hub by Premier Inn alongside a Premier Inn as part of a £150m development to transform the Caltongate area of Edinburgh.
The Association of Serviced Apartment Providers (ASAP) is to launch a quality assurance programme for serviced apartment companies in the UK to help provide a benchmark for the growing sector.
Bespoke catering and events company Absolute Taste has launched The Terrace, a new 220-cover restaurant and bar situated within the Fenwick department store in Royal Tunbridge Wells.
Renowned cocoa grower and chocolatier Hotel Chocolat is venturing into the North West for the launch of a cocoa café and chocolate shop in the Liverpool One shopping centre.
Cluck, the new fast-casual dining concept from Simon Beattie, the former head of food and beverage strategy at Travelodge, plans to open up to five sites over the next three years after securing its first site in Sheffield.
As independent businesses across the UK countdown to Small Business Saturday on 7 December, successful hospitality entrepreneur Sarah Willingham has given her top tips for smaller operators to stay profitable during the festive period and beyond.
Hilton Worldwide has announced plans to open a 206-bedroom hotel under its flagship brand Hilton Hotels & Resorts alongside the First Direct Arena in Leeds.
The high street is still the preferred place for consumers to eat out and visit coffee shops, new research has shown, despite the growth in restaurant activity in out-of-town locations.
Restaurant and café brands have scored highly in a list of the top 50 high street brands for customer satisfaction with Wagamama taking the number one spot overall.
The Beannchor Group, which opened live music venue The Dirty Onion and chicken restaurant Yard Bird in Belfast last week, said the business was already proving a success, with director Conall Wolsey stating it had been 'the most financially successful...
Hawksmoor founders Will Beckett and Huw Gott's unconventional approach has resulted in one of the industry's big success stories - but things weren't always so rosy.
