London hotels have ‘shrugged off recession’
London hotels have ‘convincingly shrugged off the recession’, having recorded the 19th consecutive month of year-on-year profitability growth, while provincial hotels also return to growth.
Archives for August 4, 2011
Career Profile: Neil Millington
The Royal Horseguard hotel’s new bar manager Neil Millington didn’t start out in the hospitality industry following three years at college, neither did he undertake an apprenticeship. At the age of 29 he was approached to leave his job as a cigar...
Pea shoots replace flowers at Lancaster London and Christmas tea at Grand Imperial
Restaurants, hotels and pubs, including Lancaster London and Grand Imperial restaurant, tell us about the extra activities and promotions they’re planning to keep their business thriving.
Vegetarian restaurant chain Otarian leaves UK shores
Otarian, the US-based fast-casual vegetarian restaurant chain, has pulled out of the UK just a year after launching its first restaurant on Shaftesbury Avenue.
Mighty Oak’s Oscar Wilde named Champion Beer of Britain 2011
Mighty Oak Brewery’s dark, mild Oscar Wilde beer has been named the Champion Beer of Britain 2011 by CAMRA at its annual Great British Beer Festival.
Stock lower strength beers to boost trade, pubs urged
Lower strength beers, which will benefit from a 50 per cent decrease in excise duty from October 2011, could help boost trade for pubs, claims CAMRA.