Pastry Team UK has renewed its intention to aim for a podium place at the 2017 Coupe du Monde de la Patisserie at the Lyon Sirha exhibition in January.
Hourly pay for UK hospitality workers is already significantly outstripping new legal minimum wage thresholds, research by Fourth Analytics has revealed.
Following a series of sell-out London residencies, chef Ben Marks (ex-Noma and The Square) and front-of-house Matt Emmerson (Polpo) are opening their first permanent restaurant Perilla in Newington Green next month - with the help of some very influential backers.
Independent coffee brand 200 Degrees has announced plans to open its fourth cafe, in Leeds, as it continues to expand across the midlands and north of England.
Consumer spending on eating and drinking out continues to hold up post-Brexit vote, with managed pub and restaurant groups reporting collective like-for-like sales up 1.8 per cent in September against the same month last year, according to latest Coffer...
Projects designed to boost tourism on the East Coast and help international visitors explore the English countryside by electric car are among the final recipients of the government's £40m Discover England Fund.
Another Place, the hotel collection set up by Watergate Bay Hotel managing director Will Ashworth last year, has outlined its growth strategy, aiming for six hotels in 10 years.
In the first of a series of videos on tips for success, we caught up with Theo Randall, former River Cafe star, champion of Italian produce, and chef at London's InterContinental Park Lane and new Theo's Simple Italian restaurant at the Hotel...
AccorHotels is planning further roll out of its Jamboree restaurant brand in the UK following the success of its first at its Novotel in London's Blackfriars.
Modern Peruvian restaurant Coya will open its second London site at the new Angel Court development in London, joining The Natural Kitchen and Notes, who will both open their eighth sites there.
The UK's regional hotel market is predicted to grow considerably over the next two years, according to research by JLL, as new developments in cities outside London attract a growing number of corporate and leisure guests.
Fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld has announced plans to expand his global business into hospitality with the creation of brand Karl Lagerfeld Hotels & Resorts.
Multi-functional lobbies, flexible workspaces and formerly ‘luxury’ technology coming as standard – these should be the design priorities for hotels today.
British consumers will aim to maintain their spending habits on holidays over the next 12 months, but staycations are expected to rise due to Brexit, a new survey from PwC has found.
American hotel company Hyatt has expanded its European team to enable it to grow the presence of its Hyatt Regency, Hyatt Centric and Hyatt Place brands in Europe.
Two-Michelin-starred chef Simon Rogan is to part ways with 312-bedroom The Midland Hotel three years into his five-year contract, effective at the end of October.
The North West-based hotel group – inspired by openings such as design-led The Pig, Firmdale Hotels, and The Hoxton ‒ first opened as the restaurant The Vicarage Freehouse in 2014, before progressing to add a 20-bedroom hotel to the site in 2015.
The ‘pace of change’ is moving at its fastest ever rate, according to Danny Pecorelli, managing director of Exclusive Hotels and Venues and, like it or not, the hotel sector is having to move with it.
London’s luxury hotels are falling behind the rest of Europe by failing to attract high-spending Chinese tourists, according to a report by the British Hospitality Association (BHA).
After two decades at the top of its game, Wagamama hit a period of stagnation. Now, under the guidance of CEO David Campbell, the company once again has serious growth in its sights, both here and overseas. Could the noodle chain really be the first UK...
As the industry gears up for two major hotel events in the next few weeks, experts have agreed that online travel agents (OTAs) may not be the ‘necessary evil’ they are made out to be, and may actually offer many features designed to help, rather than...
Azzurri Group, the operator of ASK Italian and Zizzi, is backing the launch of a new fast-casual pizza concept called Radio Alice, which will open its first site in Hoxton Square this December.
Restaurants are being reminded to dispose of fats carefully after a restaurant in Codsall, near Wolverhampton, was fined more than £5k for blocking nearby sewers with fat, oil and grease.
Britain has seen a record rise in tourism with international visitors spending an additional £800m across the country in the last year, according to VisitBritain.
Shiva Hotels is aiming to raise awareness of modern slavery within hospitality after piloting a new anti-trafficking scheme at its DoubleTree by Hilton in London, and a roundtable set for 2 November.