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The UK hotel industry is still not seeing a recovery, says consultant TRI Hospitality.
(31 May 2002 17:37:58)
Two ex-Aroma employees have bought Whitbread’s Pelican and BrightReasons restaurant groups for £25m in a management buy-in.
(31 May 2002 16:57:54)
Restaurant group Gaucho Grill will be removed from the Alternative Investment Market within a few weeks after being bought by a company founded by members of Gaucho’s management team.
(31 May 2002 15:12:47)
Cliveden, the stately-home hotel in Taplow, Berkshire, is close to finalising a deal for its re-financing.
(31 May 2002 15:08:53)
Hundreds of people were evacuated from a four-star hotel at London's Heathrow Airport early this morning after a mini-bar caught fire and started leaking ammonia.
(31 May 2002 11:28:02)
Pub operator SFI group is continuing to transform its Bar Med outlets from continental-style café-bars to Ibiza-style late-night venues.
(31 May 2002 10:35:21)
Barbecues, brass bands, fifties-themed dances and Coronation menus are all playing their part in hotel celebrations this weekend as hotel groups predict strong bookings from the British public, encouraged by special offers to take city breaks.
(31 May 2002 9:43:38)
A round-up of the latest news from the contract catering sector…
(30 May 2002 17:59:02)
Shares in hotel companies have bounced back to pre-September 11 levels, according to the latest Hotel Topics report from consultants Jones Lang LaSalle.
(30 May 2002 17:13:53)
Why does a chef with 14 years' experience find it hard to secure a full-time job?
(30 May 2002 16:23:55)
Who will be investing in the global hotel market this year? What funds will be available? And what sort of deals will be on offer? These will be among the questions addressed at Hotel Funding Now, a one-day briefing about the state of the major funding market for hotel development and acquisitions.
(30 May 2002 15:43:01)
The Spirit Group, a subsidiary of the recently floated Punch Taverns, has come under attack from a pub managers’ union which claims the company has failed to recognise the working time regulations.
(30 May 2002 15:25:25)
Trading remains tough at airline catering group Alpha Airports in the wake of 11 September.
(30 May 2002 14:55:06)
What attributes do you need to be a successful events manager?
(30 May 2002 14:17:44)
Henry Harris, former executive chef at London restaurant Hush, will be returning to the kitchen next month when he and former Fish! operations director Eric Garnier open a new restaurant in South Kensington.
(30 May 2002 12:35:41)
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(30 May 2002 12:32:23)
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(30 May 2002 12:24:15)
Seven of Britain's leading chefs have helped to generate £50,000 at a fund-raising dinner held at London's Four Seasons hotel in aid of the Jewish Child's Day charity.
(30 May 2002 12:19:02)
Over the next four weeks, something very un-British will happen to the collective psyche of the UK.
(30 May 2002 12:14:30)
Picture yourself on the telephone to Claridge's.
(30 May 2002 12:11:29)
Hilton fined - The Hilton hotel in Bath was last week ordered to pay £10,000 for breaching food hygiene regulations.
(30 May 2002 12:08:35)
Marriott denial - US-based hotel group Marriott International has denied claims that it pocketed millions of dollars in bribes from suppliers.
(30 May 2002 12:03:06)
Occupancy in London hotels fell to 71% last month, down by just 1% compared with April 2001.
(30 May 2002 11:56:44)
The number of pubs sold by Wolverhampton & Dudley Breweries (W&DB) caused turnover to drop in the first part of 2002, the group said this week.
(30 May 2002 11:53:58)
Six Continents bowed to pressure from major investors last week when it announced that it would buy back up to £1b-worth of shares by the end of the year if it had not found a sensible investment for its large cash pile.
(30 May 2002 11:47:30)
From The Caterer and Hotel Keeper, 9 February, 1952: The death of His Majesty King George VI is nowhere mourned more profoundly than in the British hotel and catering industry.
(30 May 2002 11:44:23)
The Irish tourist board, Bord Failte, has sounded a warning over the rising costs facing Ireland's tourists, in comparison to prices elsewhere in Europe.
(30 May 2002 11:25:12)
The Queen's Golden Jubilee marks a great historic occasion - and a perfect marketing opportunity. Jessica Gunn reports on a London restaurant that says celebrating the Jubilee is a patriotic duty.
(30 May 2002 11:23:26)
The UK's incoming tourist trade is recovering, but it will be at least another year before the number of foreign visitors returns to pre-foot-and-mouth levels, the British Incoming Tour Operators Association (BITOA) has predicted.
(30 May 2002 11:11:19)
Britain's ethnic restaurants are being allowed to recruit more staff from abroad than ever before, according to the latest figures. But the number of unfilled jobs in the hospitality industry as a whole continues to increase, as Ben Walker reports.
(30 May 2002 11:09:59)
Liverpool's success in European football could spell bad news for four-star hotels in the city centre, a study has found.
(30 May 2002 11:06:00)
Once all the Jubilee flag waving has stopped there will be five new cities in the UK. Already popular as tourist destinations, these former towns received their new status in honour of the Queen's Jubilee and can now look forward to even more visitors. David Goymour reports.
(30 May 2002 11:04:23)
ALISTAIR TELFER has been elected president of the HCIMA for a second successive year.
(30 May 2002 10:59:36)
In June 1952, Egon Ronay, at 26, was the youngest restaurant manager in London.
(30 May 2002 10:55:38)
The latest Chef Eats Out event took a party of industry insiders to Wales's famed Walnut Tree Inn for lunch with chef-proprietor Stephen Terry. Amanda Afiya reports.
(30 May 2002 10:52:53)
Police - we've got a bone to pick with you - In 1993 DNA testing wasn't advanced enough to glean any evidence from a half-eaten piece of chicken found at the site of a restaurant massacre in Palatine, Illinois, USA.
(30 May 2002 10:45:08)
As the Queen celebrates her Golden Jubilee, chefs who have cooked for her over the years recall their royal appointments. Janet Harmer reports.
(30 May 2002 10:34:34)
Royal chef Lionel Mann is enjoying a double celebration this year as the Golden Jubilee brings a breath of fresh air into the kitchens at Buckingham Palace. Carmen Konopka reports.
(30 May 2002 10:26:02)
Adam Peirson of Claridge's, London, Barry Johnson of Le Manoir aux Quat'Saisons, Great Milton, Oxfordshire, and Alessandro D'Angelo of Chewton Glen, New Milton, Hampshire, have each won a five-day trip to the USA following their successes in the Academy of Culinary Arts Annual Awards of Excellence.
(30 May 2002 10:16:13)
Of all the changes that have taken place in the UK over the past 50 years, our eating habits have arguably shifted the most. Michael Raffael chronicles how far we've come.
(30 May 2002 10:13:47)
It's getting seriously hot in Dubai. Now I am starting to see why all the Arab nationals head to Europe for the months of June and July.
(30 May 2002 9:23:27)
Jubilee cocktails - Harvey Nichols celebrates "10 years of trendsetting", and the Jubilee, with a new line-up of cocktails inspired by the five decades of the Queen's reign.
(30 May 2002 9:21:06)
The Carved Angel was at the forefront of British cuisine when the Queen's Silver Jubilee was celebrated in 1976 - and it's still going strong. Louise Bozec went to meet its new chef.
(30 May 2002 9:15:16)
The Jubilee celebrations have put the spotlight on London as a destination for overseas tourists but, as Sara Guild finds out, late booking means many hoteliers in the capital are keeping their fingers crossed.
(30 May 2002 9:09:55)
Six Continents Hotels has announced a management reorganisation of its European division.
(30 May 2002 9:04:26)
Food at roadside cafés has failed to impress the nation’s truck drivers, according to a survey from the Freight Transport Association (FTA).
(29 May 2002 18:05:24)
Reductions in staff turnover and absence and an increase in the amount customers spend are among the aims of a new initiative unveiled this week by three industry bodies.
(29 May 2002 18:00:48)
Turnover at hotel group Thistle has continued to fall in the first five months of 2002.
(29 May 2002 17:21:49)
British beer has had a bit of a leg-up, thanks to Gordon Brown. But not all brewers are cheering. Fiona Sims finds out why.
(29 May 2002 17:15:11)
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