Hilton Worldwide is set to open two new hotels in London this summer under its upscale DoubleTree brand – both of which are in the final stages of a £20m refurbishment programme.
Review website TripAdvisor has unveiled two new developments which essentially make it easier and quicker for UK hoteliers to collect customer feedback and manage their online reputation.
The team behind Chabrot Bistrot d'Amis restaurant in Knightsbridge has this week launched a second restaurant - Chabrot Bistrot des Halles in Smithfield - with hopes to open up to three more over the next three years.
John Vincent, co-founder of Leon, has teamed up with ex-Burger King and Olive Garden executive Brad Blum to launch a new investment vehicle called Five to Seven.
City-centre budget hotel operator Sleeperz Hotels is launching Cityroomz - a new sister brand which will offer rooms at even lower prices - with the first property opening in Edinburgh later this month.
Hotels in the UK offering bedrooms to business guests during the day could benefit from a new revenue stream, according to bookings website between9and5.com, which has seen a 400 per cent rise in the number of bookings made by the corporate market in...
The new operations manager of The Cinnamon Group has admitted that the business has seen little growth over the past year, but insists there is still room to expand across the UK with the lunchtime trade cited as a ‘key opportunity’.
City Pub Company, the operator founded by the team behind the Capital Pub Company, has revealed it has acquired three sites and made two appointments to its senior management team in order to support further growth.
Private equity investor Calculus Capital has invested the majority share of £1.4m into Benito’s Hat, with the fast-casual Mexican chain planning to grow from four to 10 sites by the end of next year.
American-themed restaurant chain Ed's Easy Diner has announced it is on track to meet its target of opening 10 new sites this year as the company reveals strong growth in total sales and profits.
John Williams, executive chef at The Ritz, has launched a new tableside service menu for the legendary hotel’s main restaurant and has said the venue’s F&B offer is better now than it has ever been.
Food prices have overtaken rent and business rates in the list of major overheads facing UK restaurants and are now second only to staff wages, according to a new industry-wide report by reservations company Livebookings.
Des McDonald, former chief executive of Caprice Holdings, is coming back to the London restaurant scene with his first solo venture The Fish & Chip Shop opening in Islington next month.
Brandon Stephens, founder of fast-casual burrito restaurant group Tortilla, has told BigHospitality that expansion plans for the 11-strong chain remain 'roughly on track' as the company looks to develop a larger evening trade with a higher-quality...
St Ermin's hotel in Westminster has become the third UK hotel to join Marriott International's Autograph Collection of venues ending a relationship the property had with global operator Accor.
Peruvian chefs Gastón Acurio and Virgilio Martínez, whose Lima-based restaurants both featured on this year’s World’s 50 Best list, have joined forces to launch a new restaurant in London later this year.
Brownsword Hotels has revealed a new brand name – The Gidleigh Collection - for its set of six country house hotels and Nick Halliday, the company’s chief executive, has said the majority of the property’s restaurants should be aiming to achieve Michelin-star...
Belvedere Vodka has launched a fully illuminated 175cl bottle which uses an encased LED to help drive interest and sales of the product in on-trade locations.
Shifts in landlord behaviour are making it harder for smaller players to get on the property ladder in the capital, writes Restaurant magazine's Joe Lutrario.
The Cut Tourism VAT Campaign is ‘disappointed’ that Culture Secretary Maria Miller and VisitBritain have both failed to realise the importance of reducing VAT for the sector after the national tourist board published its new tourism strategy earlier this...
Following the annual Breakfast Briefing by foodservice consultancy Horizons yesterday morning (1 May), BigHospitality has picked out five of the big trends and forecasts for the eating-out sector to help your business plough on through the recession.
As three Michelin-starred El Celler de Can Roca stole the world's best restaurant title from René Redzepi's Noma, BigHospitality was at The World's 50 Best Restaurants to chat to some of the chefs including Heston Blumenthal, Thomas Keller,...
Agnar Sverrisson and Xavier Rousset, the founders of Texture, have announced plans to open a third 28-50 Wine Workshop & Kitchen in London later this year.
Heston Blumenthal, who this week saw his flagship three Michelin-starred restaurant The Fat Duck drop 20 places in The World’s 50 Best Restaurants, has told BigHospitality he thinks the venue is better now than when it topped the list.
The UK’s largest hotel and restaurants company Whitbread has outlined ambitious expansion plans and growth milestones for 2018 after delivering double-digit growth in sales, profit and dividend for the financial year to 28 February.
The Sustainable Restaurant Association (SRA) has announced the launch of a global rating scheme for restaurants following the unveiling of The World's 50 Best Restaurants Awards 2013.
The British Institute of Innkeeping (BII) and the Department for Business, Innovation & Skills (BIS) have issued a joint statement clarifying 'a misinterpretation of BII data' after a Government paper claimed the BII had received more complaints...
Announcing its financial results, Richoux Group has confirmed it has completed the restructure of its property portfolio and revealed it is now planning to open five new restaurants this year.
Last year’s winner of the prestigious Roux Scholarship, Adam Smith, has been appointed as head chef of the Burlington restaurant at The Devonshire Arms Country House Hotel in North Yorkshire.
The shortlist for the 2013 Footprint Awards has been revealed with Café Spice Namaste, Spirit Pub Company and Brakes named among the most sustainable hospitality businesses.
London hotels should prepare themselves for a less busy than expected summer period despite the long-predicted boost from last year's Olympic Games, according to a new report.
Coffee Real, the independent speciality coffee roastery based in West Sussex, has launched a new espresso blend for its foodservice customers which is helping to raise funds for the Born Free Foundation.
Chefs and restaurateurs Jamie Oliver and Gordon Ramsay have appeared in a list of people deemed to be the most rewarding bosses in a poll by hotel group Jurys Inn and CrossCountry Trains.
Renaissance Pubs, the South London pub company set up by friends Tom Peake, Mark Reynolds and Nick Fox will be 10 years old next month. BigHospitality met its founders to find out the secret to its success, how they plan to celebrate and what the next...
While El Celler de Can Roca stole the headlines in the World’s 50 Best Restaurants 2013, there were a number of interesting changes in the 51-100 part of the list including the addition of two new UK restaurants.
The World’s 50 Best Restaurants 2013 have been revealed and Spain’s El Celler de Can Roca has taken the top spot from Noma, meanwhile Heston Blumenthal’s Fat Duck has dropped 20 places in the list.
Velo, a new cycling café concept, is set to launch its first site in Brighton ahead of a planned nationwide roll-out which will see it open in at least ten locations within the next five years.
The World’s 50 Best Restaurants, sponsored by S.Pellegrino & Acqua Panna, is taking place on Monday (29 April) and speculation is beginning to mount – will Danish restaurant Noma be able to match El Bulli’s record of four years at number one?
Should restaurants be making more of an effort to make menus healthier and more nutritious? In the fourth and final part of our Dietary Requirements feature we look at what the industry is already doing and what it could do to help reduce the nation’s...
Michelin-starred chef John Wood has been appointed as food and beverage consultant at Dormy House ahead of the Cotswolds-based hotel’s re-opening in September, following a £10m refurbishment.
In the same month as our Dietary Requirements special feature, the 2013 FreeFrom Food Awards were held in London last week, celebrating excellence in allergy and intolerance-friendly food and drink from manufacturers and foodservice businesses across...
Fat Cat Café Bars, which operates 10 bars and gastropubs, has been placed into administration and a property agent has already been instructed to find buyers for six of the chain's sites.
Pullman, the upscale hotel brand from global giant Accor, has been awarded preferred status for a £26m, 200-bedroom hotel to form part of Liverpool's new exhibition centre.
Six luxury hotels in London and two hotel spas have received a five-star rating from the US-based Forbes Travel Guide putting London on a par with New York and Hong Kong in terms of levels of service offered to travellers.
In the third part of our Dietary Requirements special feature, BigHospitality takes a trip to Terre à Terre vegetarian restaurant in Brighton, to find out exactly what it’s like running a venue that is not just continuing to push the boundaries in meat-free...
