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Byron Lang has been head maitre d' at Gordon Ramsay Holdings' The Savoy Grill since it re-opened for business in 2010. He started his hospitality career at The Ivy before going on to work for Jeremy Corbin and Chris King at The Wolseley and St Alban.
Seven hotels from the Von Essen Hotels portfolio have been sold to Halcyon Hotels and Resorts at a guide price of £40.5m in what is the largest package sale since the company fell into administration.
With an estimated 20 million TV viewers for this weekend’s X-Factor final, London-based high-end food delivery service Deliverance has revealed that it is one of the biggest dates of the year for the food delivery market.
Hotels across the UK are ramping up their tariffs over the New Year’s weekend, with Edinburgh hotels charging almost three times more for a one-night stay in a standard double room.
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Restaurants, hotels and bars from across the UK, including Andaz Liverpool Street, Dukes London, Vista at The Trafalgar and Bentley’s Oyster& Grill, tell BigHospitality about special events and promotions they’re running to attract more customers.
With plans for a significant increase in business rates as of April 2012, business rates specialists CVS is seeing an increasing demand for its services.
Euro-Colombian start-up company Juna has launched a new range of fruit drinks with high vitamin, protein and fibre content aimed at the foodservice sector.
Marco Pierre White’s restaurant at The Swann Inn in Aughton, Lancashire, has been sold and will close for three months on 2 January, before re-opening as a Mitchells & Butlers pub.