Jurys Inn’s first London hotel in Islington is set to become the flagship property for the mid-scale hotel chain, with a year-long, £12.1m extension project beginning this month.
Andreas Antona, chef-patron of Simpsons in Edgbaston, Birmingham has been awarded an honorary doctorate by University College Birmingham (UCB) in recognition of his dedication and contribution to education within the hospitality industry.
Julian Metcalfe's Asian-inspired restaurant brand Itsu will open its first site outside London - in Oxford - this week as it looks to grow the business further in the UK and abroad.
World-renowned chefs, prominent hoteliers, hospitality gurus and key industry media descended on London last night for the annual AA Hospitality Awards. While Tom Kerridge took home the big award of the night,22 UK establishments were rewarded for excellence...
As the Annual Hotel Conference (AHC) celebrates its 10th year, BigHospitality asks co-founder Jonathan Langston what he thinks have been the biggest changes within the hotel sector in the last decade and what we can expect from this year's event.
The Clink Charity, which currently operates training restaurants at Cymru and High Down prisons, has announced plans to open its third site, at HMP Brixton.
German chef Oliver Lange has partnered with hospitality operator Kofler & Kompanie (K&K) London for the upcoming opening of The Magazine restaurant and bar, housed within the new Serpentine Sackler Gallery in Kensington Gardens.
In the same month as the release of its Good Beer Guide, the Campaign for Real Ale (Camra) has launched its first ever national pub guide, dedicated to helping UK consumers find the best pubs to suit their needs.
EPIC, a collection of serviced apartments in Liverpool, is the latest brand to tap in on the ever-growing aparthotel market with the launch of Epic Apart Hotel in the city centre.
David Moore, the man behind Michelin-starred London restaurants L’Autre Pied and Pied à Terre, is to open a pop-up restaurant on the former site of Simon Rogan’s Roganic in Marylebone.
Gerry Calabrese may be the son of world-famous bartender Salvatore Calabrese, but he has firmly made his own mark on London's bar and club scene, opening The Hoxton Pony in Shoreditch in 2008, before heading outside of his East End heartland to launch...
Berkshire-based serviced apartment company House of Fisher is ramping up its expansion plans with new openings in Reading, Bracknell and Newbury planned following the launch of its latest site in Basingstoke this month.
The founders of Geronimo Inns, Rupert and Jo Clevely have set up a new venture called Greenwell & Tipple, which will launch its first site ‘The Cyclist – Refreshment Rooms’ at the soon to renovated Brighton train station.
After 10 years of service as head chef of London’s oldest French restaurant Mon Plaisir, Franck Raymond has departed to launch his own bistro and bar in the burgeoning dining district of Battersea.
Qualified solicitors Mustaque Rahman and Istiaq Hasan are taking Tex Mex and Thai restaurant brand Tiger Bills to the North East next month with the opening of a new site in Whitley Bay, North Tyneside.
Chefs Cyrus Todiwala of Cafe Spice Namaste, Vivek Singh of the Cinnamon Club and Muayad Ali of La Sophia are among those supporting a festival dedicated to halal food this month in the hope of proving that halal is about 'more than a kebab roll'.
The majority of parents of children of pre-school age say high street restaurants, pubs and cafes are failing to cater for their needs with almost two thirds saying they refuse to eat out with their families at venues that don't offer children's...
Event caterer Heritage Portfolio, the company behind the Edinburgh Fringe Festival's Pommery Champagne Café Bar at The Signet Library, has opened a permanent café on the same site.
Josh Bingham, a chef at Raymond Blanc's Le Manoir aux Quat'Saisons, has been named this year's Highest Achiever by the Craft Guild of Chefs in its 2013 Graduate Awards.
Champagne + Fromage, the grower Champagne and cheese specialist which opened its first shop and restaurant in Covent Garden two years ago, is to open a site in Brixton Village this autumn.
Arbutus, Wild Honey and Les Deux Salons chef-patron Anthony Demetre has partnered with Restaurant Associates to open AD12 atT42, a 12-week pop-up restaurant at Tower 42 in the City of London.
Ollie Dabbous, whose eponymous restaurant won its first Michelin star eight months after opening last year, is believed to have picked the name Barnyard for his mooted second site, which is thought will be located at London's cultural and arts centre...
Amber Taverns, the Lancashire-based community pub operator, is set to acquire around 30 more sites over the next three years after agreeing a major funding deal with Lloyds Bank.
Cote Restaurants, the 45-strong French bistro chain founded by Andy Bassadone and Chris Benians, has been acquired by private equity firm CBPE Capital in a deal reportedly worth £100m.
Japanese restaurant K10 is to trial a ramen concept at its Appold Street branch with a view to opening permanent units under a separate brand next year.
Brothers Ed and Ben Robson are set to open their first hospitality business in London this autumn, a Viennese inspired restaurant called Boopshi's that will specialise in schnitzels and spritz cocktails.
The past 12 months have seen a ‘boom’ in the growth of the brewing industry, with the opening of 187 new breweries taking the number of regularly brewed British beers to over 5200.
Former Trafalgar Hotel general manager Jurgen Ammerstorfer has been appointed hotel manager of Shangri-La at the Shard, the luxury hotel which is set to occupy the 34th to 52nd floors of Western Europe's tallest building The Shard.
Restaurant, cafe and contract catering group Benugo has won a £20m contract to run restaurants, cafes and refreshment kiosks at Regent's Park in London.
The restaurant resurgence of Covent Garden will take another turn next month with the addition of Chuck’s Clubhouse – a New York-style pizza restaurant from the team behind GO Food.
The hot summer weather continued to boost trade at the UK's restaurants and pubs according to the Coffer Peach Business Tracker, which shows a like-for-like growth of 1.9 per cent in August compared to the same month the previous year.
Bryn Williams is planning to return to his native North Wales as the celebrity chef confirmed he would be opening a bistro at a multi-million-pound development in Colwyn Bay.
Following the successful launch of The George on Havestock Hill in London earlier in the year. Spirit Pub Company is opening a second venue under its ‘Premium Pub’ concept next week having extensively and refurbished of one of its sites in Richmond.
Occupancy, Revenue Per Available Room (revPAR) and Average Daily Rate (ADR) are all predicted to grow across the hotel sector next year, but guests will still expect value and look for a bargain by booking late, says PwC.
Tortilla, the Quilvest-backed fast casual Mexican chain, has secured another seven sites both inside and outside London, which it hopes to bring online over the next 12 months, including four that will open before the end of the year.
Black Lion House, a 75,000 sq.ft office block in London’s East End, is to be converted into a 220-bedroom boutique hotel and rooftop restaurant in a £16m development from Union Hanover Securities and Southern Grove.
London now matches Hong Kong in offering the same number of top hotels after Forbes Travel Guide revealed it was adding The Connaught to its list of five-star hotels in the capital in its mid-year update.
The hot summer turned into a 'long dry drought' for the on-trade according to the Wine & Spirit Trade Association's (WSTA) latest Market Report, which shows that alcohol sales at restaurants and pubs have fallen six per cent in the...
Andrew Dargue and Donna Conroy, the duo behind London vegetarian restaurants Vanilla Black and Orchard, are launching a smaller, takeaway-focussed offshoot of the latter casual dining concept.
Independent brasserie group Lussmanns Fish & Grill Restaurants has just opened a third venue in Hertfordshire after a 10-year search for the right location.
The team behind Blue Rainbow Aparthotels, a collection of serviced apartments in Manchester and Edinburgh, are investing heavily in Tea 42 Restaurants – a new, ‘alternative’ café and tearoom experience which it hopes to grow to more than 20 sites in two...
Plans for a new 60-bedroom urban boutique hotel in Plymouth took a big step forward this week with the signing of the lease by the team behind Cornwall’s renowned Watergate Bay Hotel.
