London's Cafe Royal to re-open as luxury hotel this summer
Former bar and conference venue Cafe Royal is set to re-open its doors as a 159-bedroom luxury hotel in June following three years of restoration and building work.
Archives for February 24, 2012
Career Profile: Laurie Gear
Largely self-taught chef Laurie Gear started his career washing dishes in a local Dorset hotel. After he met his wife while learning his trade in the kitchen of the Combe House hotel in Gittisham, Gear worked with her to achieve their dream in 2002 of...
Jamie Oliver acquires Covent Garden Market Building site
Jamie Oliver has acquired a site in the Covent Garden Market Building that was occupied by a pop-up restaurant from British chain Canteen. It is understood the celebrity chef is likely to open a Union Jacks on site, or alternatively a Jamie's Italian...
BigHospitality at Hotelympia 2012
Hotelympia kicks off on Sunday at the ExCel centre for five days (26 February-1 March) of awards, product launches, chef demonstrations and more. As a media partner, BigHospitality will be there reporting on all the news as well as providing exclusive...
Hobart develops power-saving ware-washing range
Hobart has developed a new generation of power-saving ware-washers called Premax which aims to deliver 'real improvements' for operators.
Reviews site Qype removes thousands of misleading posts
The consumer reviews website Qype has removed over two thousand ‘fake’ posts in the last month, just weeks after an Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) ban on TripAdvisor from suggesting its reviews were ‘honest, real or trusted’.