Hilton London Olympia has opened Society - a completely redesigned bar and restaurant featuring Victorian-inspired interior, new menus and a new logo identity.
Jason Atherton’s Pollen Street Social has joined an elite list of restaurants including The Ledbury, The Fat Duck and Gordon Ramsay after being scooping the BMW Square Meal Restaurant of The Year 2011 Award.
The owners of a Chinese restaurant in Greenwich have been issued with a £54k fine and banned from running restaurants in the future following a second prosecution for major hygiene breaches.
Malmaison owner MWB has announced plans to open its first new hotel since refinancing last year to reduce its debts and just one week after Gary Davis joined as chief executive of Malmaison and Hotel du Vin.
Tragus, the casual dining group with the likes of Café Rouge, Bella Italia and Strada in its portfolio, has announced that its brasserie restaurant brand Oriel is to open airside in Heathrow’s Terminal 3 later this month.
Adam Perry Lang, the US chef, who opened Barbecoa, the barbecue concept, with Jamie Oliver at London’s One New Change in October 2010, has taken a step back from the venture.
Wahaca, River Cottage and Devon restaurant ODE are among the restaurants who have been awarded by the Sustainable Restaurant Association (SRA) for their strong efforts in running sustainable businesses.
The British Beer and Pub Association (BBPA) and publicans have welcomed the latest passage of the Live Music Bill through parliament in it's progress to possibly becoming law and making it easier for venues to put on live music.
Meliá Hotels International has announced they are to begin work this year on a £25m hotel as part of a Manchester development project, their first UK site outside London.
Restaurateurs have been warned to check their kitchens and buildings meet fire safety regulations or face a substantial fine after the owners of a Chester restaurant were forced to pay over £24k for breaching rules.
Some hoteliers are struggling to find wireless internet suppliers able to provide reliable coverage for the whole of their hotel with the cost of comprehensive Wi-Fi proving too much, BigHospitality has found.
The Danish-owned Japanese restaurant concept Sticks'n'Sushi is on track to open its first UK site in Wimbledon in March as the first part of expansion plans for the company.
International hotel operator Accor opened a record 39,000 hotel rooms across its global estate last year, driven in part by franchise deals that saw 24 UK hotels converted to its Mercure brand.
London-based bar operator Grand Union has set its sights on rapid expansion this year, with plans for at least three new venues and the appointment of a completely new management team.
Hospitality and travel company Carlson is to join with hotel group Rezidor to become the Carlson Rezidor Hotel Group, with a desire to generate more profit, offer more opportunities for staff and provide greater consistency to guests given as reasons...
Pizza Express is targeting the corporate sector by introducing a business incentive scheme which allows companies to buy restaurant vouchers as rewards for their employees.
The River Restaurant - a new 90-cover site at Dart Marina Hotel in Dartmouth, is set to open in late Spring as part of a £1million redesign project of the property.
Less than 12 months after opening their 'gin palace' bar, The Restaurant winners JJ Goodman and James Hopkins have opened a second site under The London Cocktail Club brand with partners David Moore, Sarah Willingham and Raymond Blanc who has...
Galvin Restaurants and Richard Corrigan will open new restaurants at Harrods this year as the Kensington department store looks to firmly establish itself as a top food destination in the capital.
Britain’s pubs and restaurants saw a major sales boost over the Christmas and New Year period, with like-for-like sales for December up 9.9 per cent from 2010.
Small Luxury Hotels of the World (SLH) reported today that they achieved positive growth throughout their 21st year in business with the brand that comprises more than 500 hotels worldwide putting the success down to the continued strength of luxury and...
Silla Bjerrum, the founder of seafood restaurant chain Feng Sushi, is targeting the slimmers market by launching a 'delivered to your door' diet plan for customers aiming to lose weight this January.
The five-star Tylney Hall hotel in Hampshire has been fined more than £40,000 after poisoning guests with chicken liver parfait on the menu at a Christmas party.
Le Cordon Bleu cookery school has announced the opening of its new International Flagship Institute in London’s Bloomsbury Square today (13 January), with Café Le Cordon Bleu set to open on the site at the end of the month.
InterContinental Hotels & Resorts won the prestigious World's Leading Hotel Brand award for the third year in a row at the 2011 World Travel Awards which also saw big wins for Premier Inn and Dukes London who scooped the World's Ultimate...
Bath Ales has opened it's eighth venue in the South West, a craft beer bar in Bristol, as part of an expansion of the independent brewery which will also see it increase production volume.
Premier Inn, the UK’s largest budget hotel chain, has submitted plans to build a new 120-bedroom hotel and restaurant at Worcestershire County Cricket Club’s New Road ground.
Mela Restaurant Group owner Kuldeep Singh has unveiled his vision for the five-strong restaurant company he bought in September, which includes expansion into Leicester, Birmingham and Manchester and educating diners about ‘proper Indian food’.
With a year packed full of national and restaurant-related events, BigHospitality’s sister publication Restaurant magazine has published its own series of sage predictions for 2012. The crystal ball goes into overdrive: High-quality German sausage, grimy...
London’s boutique hotels are being called upon to participate in the Boutique Hotel Summit 2012, Europe’s only b2b boutique and lifestyle hotel conference.
Marriott Hotel County Hall on London’s Southbank is set to unveil a new steak restaurant and bar in March, offering guests a ‘quintessentially English experience.’
Premier Inn, the UK’s largest budget hotel chain, has today launched a free Wi-fi service across all of its properties, offering customers up to half an hour of unlimited connectivity.
Geronimo Inns, the London-based, food-led pub operator, is set to unveil The Oyster Shed in the City of London as the latest addition to its growing portfolio.
A review of discounting activity in the casual-dining sector by Restaurant magazine has shown that many restaurant chains who pledged to shake off their old deep discounting habits for the New Year have already fallen off the wagon.
Blue Training UK has acquired the Bower Hotel in Chadderton, Greater Manchester, and will take over the day to day running of the hotel as well as launching a new catering and hospitality academy for young people in the area on the same site.
Edinburgh's Cafe Fish owner Richard Muir and former Paramount Restaurant Group chairman William Rollason have bought their second Livebait site out of administration under their new company SBG Restaurants.
Ynshir Hall, a Welsh manor house once owned by Queen Victoria, is the 19th Von Essen hotel to be bought out of administration and is now back in the welcoming hands of its general manager.
Gordon Cartwright, managing director of Visionary Dining, advises hoteliers on what to consider if they want to open a restaurant within their property and looks at the best option for one reader trying to decide between running it in-house or contracting...
Ryan Vennings and Mick Smith of Porthminster Beach Café have teamed up with Debbie Wakefield and Emma Stratton of Red Hotels to open a new seafood restaurant at Bedruthan Steps Hotel in North Cornwall.
Less than a year after launching the New Moon Pub Company Paul Newman, former marketing director of Living Ventures, and chef David Mooney are planning to add two new pubs to their portfolio.
