Airport dining has changed dramatically in the last ten years. While motor-way service style free-flow restaurants used to be the norm, heavy investment has seen the airside food offering start to outpace the high street.
Hospitality operators looking to improve their coffee offering are being invited to attend this year's 'inspirational and innvovative' Caffè Culture Show.
The Institute of Hospitality has called for an end to the ‘demonisation’ of zero-hour contracts in an open letter to the future government issued yesterday (5 May).
More than 240 restaurants have pledged to raise urgent funds for Action Against Hunger's (AAH) Nepal earthquake appeal following a rallying Tweet from restaurant The Sticky Walnut.
An uncertain general election result later this week could damage consumer confidence and result in losses for the hospitality industry, top CEO’s have warned.
Employment charity Springboard has released a range of average salaries for staff working front-of-house to help change perceptions that working in hospitality means working long hours with low pay.
Andrew Scott, owner of restaurant, coffee shop and catering business Scott Hospitality Services, is looking for investors to help roll out his Heaven Scent Coffee Shop concept.
Over half (54 per cent) of small UK foodservice entrepreneurs are planning to open more than five outlets in the next 12 months, according to Horizon’s latest Ones to Watch survey.
Mark Parker of Whitbread talks about why having a transparent and sustainable supply chain is 'vital' within the hotel, restaurant and pub business and suggests ways to ensure your business is complying.
Eating challenges are big business for many restaurants but do they make financial sense and what place do they have within an industry that’s increasingly trying to avoid excess and waste? Restaurant's Joe Lutrario finds out.
Consumers are increasingly being influenced by each other rather than travel companies, with more than half (59 per cent) citing online reviews as their 'main influence' when booking hotels and holidays, according to new research from Deloitte.
Malmaison Leeds was a big winner at the inaugural Conference and Hospitality Show Awards last night (30 April) after being voted best overall venue by booking agents.
Stevie Parle's ambitious new venture Craft London, is a restaurant, cocktail bar, coffee shop and producer hub in one. Restaurant's editor Stefan Chomka takes a closer look.
Hotel group Yotel has installed automated biometric systems to record the attendance of staff at three of its airport hotels which it says will enable its general managers to better plan cover and improve the payroll process.
A new 'nutritious' café concept inspired by its co-owner's childhood on an Australian farm and a love of travel is set to open in Notting Hill next month.
Ajit Madan, owner of Camellia's Tea House and the UK's first accredited tea sommelier is predicting the rise of the teahouse on the UK's high streets as renewed interest in the hot beverage grows among consumers.
The battle for non-traditional trading hours among fast food, café, pub and restaurant operators is set to intensify during the coming year as more and more brands look to stretch their offer.
InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) is working with travel technology company Amadeus on the development of a new cloud-based reservation system that it says will 'revolutionise the technological foundations of the global hospitality industry'.
Piquet, the new restaurant from former Plateau head chef Allan Pickett and Bodean's founder André Blais, will open its doors for business this summer, with a focus on the 'culinary cultures of England and France'.
Campaign group Sustain has named Bournemouth & Poole the UK's first Sustainable Fish City after the majority of restaurants and catering outlets in the two towns committed to only using responsibly-sourced fish.
The rise of street food and the ‘globalisation’ of the UK restaurant scene have led to the unbroken growth of chain operators over the last 17 years, according commercial property and real estate services advisors CBRE.
The chief executive of Whitbread has announced his plans to leave the company, as the operator set out its five year expansion plans for Premier Inn and Costa today (28 April).
Like beer, cider is getting crafty. BigHospitality looks at what craft cider is all about and the opportunities it presents for pubs, restaurants and hotels.
Operators from within the bar, nightclub and restaurant sectors have come together to form a new trade association which aims to be 'The Voice of the Night Time Industries'.
Hospitality employers are failing to meet the career expectations of staff and create a desirable workplace environment, according to research from recruitment specialists Korn Ferry.
UK hospitality businesses are predicted to see a boost in profits this summer due to an increasing number of Britons opting for ‘staycations’, according to new research from VoucherCodes.co.uk.
Labour and the Conservatives have been accused of neglecting the travel industry following a review of the party manifestos by the Cut Tourism VAT campaign.
Paul Bayliss, the general manager of the Macdonald Manchester Hotel & Spa and Macdonald Manchester Townhouse and Chair of the Manchester Hotelier’s Association (MHA), talks about how the luxury hotel market can survive faced with such strong growth...
Ping pong entertainment concept Bounce is opening a second site in London and its first in the US following the success of its flagship site in Holborn.
The UK B&B Association has branded Booking.com a ‘bully’ following a settlement with the Italian, French and Swedish authorities this week (21 April) which prevents hotels from offering a cheaper rate than the online travel agent through their own...
Operators are at risk of alienating diners by failing to offer an adequate range of gluten-free menu options, according to research commissioned by Aviko in the run up to Coeliac Awareness Week (11-17 May).
Craft brewer BrewDog has announced plans to build a craft beer themed hotel as well as expand its UK bar estate and extend its brewery capacity by raising £25m through its Equity for Punks crowdfunding campaign.
InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) has launched its 'Zhou Dao' programme across its global estate to ensure its hotels are ready to welcome a growing number of Chinese travellers.
