Pizza Hut has launched an apprenticeship scheme for front-of-house staff that will aim to turn them into 'experts in the art of customer service and hospitality'.
Hoax, a luxury hostel featuring a design-led restaurant and bar, will launch in Liverpool in August and the brand's backers are already planning to expand the concept to the capital and beyond.
Catering equipment supplier Magrini has extended its range of kitchen blenders for the café market with the launch of the Blendtec Chef blender, on show at the Caffé Culture Show today (stand G4).
The general manager of Chateau Impney Hotel & Exhibition Centre in Droitwich is hoping that a million pound refurbishment will help reposition the venue as a 'leading exhibition centre and hotel' in the UK.
The family team behind the Soar Mill Cove Hotel in Salcombe are in the final stages of a redevelopment programme to refurbish the Devon venue, a project they have said has already delivered a nine per cent boost in Easter income.
When the Little Chef at Gate Services in Kent closed last year, the restaurant’s manager Sheila Feaver took no time taking over the site, with her new restaurant – Shelia’s Kitchen – opening tomorrow (16 May).
The team behind VOC London have revealed they are transforming the Kings Cross venue to create a new 38-cover grill restaurant which will accompany the existing 17th century punch house-inspired bar.
Italian espresso machine manufacturer N&W Global is exhibiting at the Caffé Culture Show today and tomorrow (15-16 May), with its latest table-top coffee machine – Karisma – on show at stand C31.
They’re all on it. Big national chains, high-profile chefs and small emerging brands across the UK have realised the power of Twitter. But in the fast-moving world of social media, how can you use the networking site to convert followers to customers?
Northcote, Rockliffe Hall and The Drunken Duck Inn in Cumbria are among the finalists in the 2013 VisitEngland Excellence Awards, the national tourist board's annual awards designed to celebrate the best that the country has to offer.
Hotel consultancy practice TRI Hospitality Consulting has joined CBRE Hotels EMEA, a move designed to 'significantly extend' both companies' capabilities in professional services, investment advisory, feasibility studies and operational...
Just Falafel, the falafel restaurant chain founded in Abu Dhabi in 2007, intends to embark on a period of rapid expansion to reach 200 UK restaurants within the next five years.
Construction work is set to begin on a £100m North Yorkshire development to create the Flaxby Country Resort which will feature a 303-bedroom hotel and spa.
People 1st has welcomed an announcement from the Government that it is planning to introduce traineeships for 16 to 19-year-olds later this year and has said it should help the hospitality industry by helping to 'bridge skills gaps'.
The London 2012 Olympics may not have brought the rewards many hoteliers had expected, but almost a year on a number of sporting events and occasions - including Sir Alex Ferguson’s retirement - are having a big effect on hotel prices, bookings and occupancy...
Café and coffee shop design experts Café Design will be situated at stand A33 during the Caffé Culture show this week, showcasing ‘Remote Designer’ – a nationwide service which aims to cut design costs for the business.
London has been elevated to sixth place in the International Congress and Convention Association's list of the most popular cities for business tourism, an accolade the London Mayor has attributed in part to the capital's hotels.
After the phenomenal success of Holborn’s Kimchee restaurant, Wasabi owner Dong Hyun Kim is bringing Korean food to the masses with an A1 Kimchee To Go format.
Three former Arbutus Group employees have teamed up to launch Picture, modern European restaurant situated opposite the BBC’s Broadcasting House on Great Portland Street.
A restaurant championing British free-range chicken and eggs and overseen by former Restaurant Group and Ignite director Kevin Bacon is set to open in London this summer.
Jamie Oliver has launched Jamie Oliver's Diner, a new semi-permanent restaurant in partnership with chef Arthur Potts Dawson, in a venue on Shaftesbury Avenue.
Costa Coffee has announced the launch of Cost Ice – a strategic re-brand of its Ice Cold Costa range – in a bid to drive summer sales for its ‘Proud to Serve’ (PTS) business customers.
Vapiano, the fast-casual Italian restaurant chain which allows diners to interact with the chefs, has secured a former nightclub in Soho for its third London restaurant.
As supermarkets begin to take a bigger bite of the foodservice sector, many restaurant operators are left struggling to compete. Could an extra emphasis on lunchtime offerings and more seating options provide that crucial point of difference?
Managed pubco TCG has revealed it is spending £400k to refurbish two of its venues which will focus more heavily on the daytime trade when they re-open later this month.
Andrew Pern, chef-proprietor of the 90-cover Star Inn in North Yorkshire, is set to open a second venue – the Star Inn The City – in York’s Museum Gardens this autumn.
Hospitality workwear provider Bragard has launched a new range of uniforms for chefs and kitchen staff which feature a more modern design and more technically advanced materials.
David Connell is a prime example of good old-fashioned hard work paying off. Having worked at various restaurants and hotels in the UK and France, he joined luxury hotel group Exclusive Hotels over 10 years ago, recently taking up the position of general...
Following news that the council in Hartlepool has halted plans for an Early Morning Restriction Order for its licensed premises, BigHospitality has produced this lowdown of EMROs and the likelihood of other councils adopting the power.
John Torode and Gregg Wallace of MasterChef fame have been drafted in by the head of food and beverage at Heathrow to help improve the dining experience for passengers passing through the airport.
JD Wetherspoon chairman Tim Martin has asked rival pub company Greene King to ‘respect’ a decision by the Stirling Licensing Board to grant a licence for a new Wetherspoon pub in Stirling city centre, close to a number of Greene King pubs.
Managed pubs located within the M25 are failing to perform as strongly as those outside the capital when it comes to food sales, according to a new report released by on-trade consultancy firm CGA Strategy.
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.
Joan Roca, the co-founder and head chef of El Celler de Can Roca, has told BigHospitality he expects the impact of his restaurant being named number one on The World's 50 Best Restaurants list to be 'huge' - bigger than the effect of other...
A new cooker has gone on trial in commercial kitchens with its creators claiming it can save more energy and water than using a conventional hob, water bath or steamer.
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.
Jill McDonald, chief executive and president of the northern Europe division of McDonald's, has joined the board of InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) as the hotelier reveals its UK revenues have been hit by a rising supply of bedroom stock in London.
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’.
