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Vietnamese restaurant group Pho to step up its expansion rate over the coming years after TriSpan deal

Vietnamese whirl: the rise of Pho

By Stefan Chomka

TriSpan’s recent investment in Pho will see the Vietnamese restaurant group step up its expansion rate over the coming years

Friday Five: the week’s top news

Friday Five: the week’s top news

By Joe Lutrario

This week’s main hospitality news stories include Christmas party bookings taking a hit over new variant fears and the sale of Shoreditch hotel The Boundary.

Harcourt Inns acquires The Boundary hotel in Shoreditch

Harcourt Inns acquires The Boundary

By Joe Lutrario

Harcourt Inns founder James McCulloch has acquired Shoreditch-based boutique hotel The Boundary from The Conran estate.

Casual dining brands are ditching parts of their names in a bid to breathe new life into their concepts.

The Lowdown: name dropping

By Stefan Chomka

Casual dining brands are ditching parts of their names in a bid to breathe new life into their concepts.

Pret A Manger sign two new UK franchise partners

Pret signs two new UK franchise partners

By James McAllister

Pret A Manger has signed up two new UK franchise partners as it pushes ahead with plan to double the size of its estate within five years.

Christmas bookings Omicron variant

Cancel culture: Omicron jitters hit Xmas bookings

By Joe Lutrario

Christmas party bookings are taking a hit as fears grow over the latest Covid-19 variant, with operators reporting cancellations of existing bookings as well as a drop off in demand for new bookings.

What are the biggest restaurant openings in the UK in December

Restaurant radar: December 2021

By Restaurant

A new kaiseki restaurant for the capital, a chateaubriand focused steak restaurant in Glasgow, and a raucous Bavarian beer house in Birmingham are among this month's biggest restaurant openings.

Omicron Coronavirus variant restrictions hospitality night-time economy

NTIA: ‘The late-night sector is still extremely fragile’

By James McAllister

The Night Time Industries Association (NTIA) has welcomed the Government’s decision to not reimpose restrictions on hospitality and night-time economy settings in the wake of the new Omicron Coronavirus variant.

The week's most-read stories in hospitality

Friday Five: the week's most-read stories

By Restaurant

Matt Worswick's sudden departure from Savoy Grill, a second pub from JKS and Dominic Jacobs and new ventures for Kerth Gumbs and Nuno Mendes were among the most-read hospitality stories this week.

Oklava chef Selin Kiazim's second cookbook Three takes a deep dive into the building blocks of successful dishes

Book review: Three

By Restaurant

Oklava chef Selin Kiazim's second cookbook takes a deep dive into the building blocks of successful dishes.

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