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Chefs Gordon Ramsay and Heston Blumenthal are among the hospitality industry figures recognised in today's New Year's honours list.
(31 December 2005 0:01:00)
Sandwich chain Benjys plans to open a further 50 stores and 90 Benjys Delivered franchises in 2006.
(30 December 2005 13:40:00)
A 17th Century, grade II-listed hotel, in the village of Clare in Suffolk, has been placed on the market through agent Christie + Co.
(30 December 2005 12:58:00)
Prices at restaurants and other foodservice outlets have increased at more than twice the rate of food prices in general in the last five years, says a study by market analysts Horizons.
(30 December 2005 12:01:00)
International hotel group Mandarin Oriental is to sell the Mark hotel in New York for $150m (£87m) to developers Izak Senbahar and Simon Elias.
(30 December 2005 11:30:00)
Almost three-quarters of people across the UK back an all-out ban on smoking in places of work, including pubs and restaurants, says a new poll.
(30 December 2005 11:01:00)
The Hilton brand is to be reunited after a gap of 40 years after a deal was agreed last night for the £3.3b sale of UK-based Hilton International to US-based Hilton Hotels Corporation (HHC).
(30 December 2005 9:55:00)
The Norcroft Guest House in Penrith, Cumbria, has been sold by owners Tim and Elizabeth Blagborough to Paul Lamb, who moves to the centre of Penrith from Great Strickland.
(29 December 2005 16:11:00)
Allen & Overy’s associate Linda Okeke examines employees’ rights to time off for religious observance
(29 December 2005 15:26:00)
Marc Jones, partner at Turbervilles, looks at how employers should conduct the selection process when dealing with redundancies.
(29 December 2005 15:18:00)
London is short of hotels within easy reach of the planned 2012 Olympic Park in Stratford.
(29 December 2005 14:33:00)
A scheme to provide primary school children in Scotland with fresh fruit is proving successful, claim ministers.
(29 December 2005 13:41:00)
Hotels in Paris are among the best-performing in Europe, despite the recent riots across France, according to the latest figures from consultants TRI.
(29 December 2005 13:12:00)
Shopping centre café operator BB's Coffee & Muffins has announced plans to open a further 40 cafés in 2006, creating more than 350 full- and part-time jobs.
(29 December 2005 11:00:00)
Rank Group, owner of the Hard Rock brand, is expected to face a bidding frenzy after the long-awaited sale of its Deluxe film processing division.
(28 December 2005 14:10:00)
The corporate raider whose bid for Fairmont Hotels, owner of London's Savoy hotel, was rejected last week, says he may come back with a higher offer for the whole company.
(28 December 2005 13:50:00)
A Liberal Democrat MP is calling for a Jamie Oliver-style campaign to improve the "shocking" standard of food in care homes for the elderly.
(28 December 2005 13:21:00)
A round-up of news from the Christmas period affecting the hospitality industry, including: Scotsman group sale; Enterprise windfalls; Young's may quit brewing; Nairn buys pub...
(28 December 2005 11:57:00)
Why not enter our jolly Christmas quiz and have a chance of winning a night for two in a superior room at the Four Seasons Hamilton Place, courtesy of the hotel's general manager and 2005 Hotelier of the Year John Stauss.
(28 December 2005 9:00:00)
Veteran hotelier Terry Holmes is retiring at the end of the year, bringing to an end an amazing career in senior hotel management that spanned nearly four decades and several accolades.
(27 December 2005 9:00:00)
Strike, schools and scandal keep catering in the news.
(26 December 2005 9:00:00)
New laws put pressure on pubs and bars sector.
(25 December 2005 9:00:00)
Eating-out culture grows as groups consolidate The year in restaurants.
(24 December 2005 9:00:00)
New breed of boss at the helm of hotel companies
(23 December 2005 12:00:00)
Canada-based hotel group Fairmont, the owner of London's Savoy hotel, has rejected a $1.2b takeover bid from corporate raider Carl Icahn, calling the offer "inadequate".
(23 December 2005 11:53:00)
Chain hotels in London grew revenue per available room (revpar) by 6.4% during November, according to the latest figures from TRI Hospitality Consulting.
(23 December 2005 10:45:00)
Coffee chain Coffee Republic says it will continue to pin its hopes on franchising to save the struggling brand.
(22 December 2005 16:05:00)
Branded hotel operator CHE Hotel Group is to raise nearly £20m through a share placing to fund expansion of its Sleep Inn hotels in the UK.
(22 December 2005 14:03:00)
Industry expects £3.6b takeover to go ahead this month
(22 December 2005 11:38:00)
A restaurant scam that cons businesses into believing it is part of a "free" tourist directory has struck again.
(22 December 2005 11:34:00)
The traditional Cornishman Inn in Tintagel, Cornwall, has been placed on the market after 40 years in the same family.
(22 December 2005 11:16:00)
John, a successful chef who had descended into cocaine and crack addiction, managed to claw his way back from the brink of self-destruction. But he was to discover that giving up drugs was the relatively easy part of his battle to get his life back on track and return to work, as Dan Bignold reports
(22 December 2005 0:00:00)
Gordon Ramsay Holdings (GRH) has pulled the plug on Knightsbridge restaurant Pengelley’s.
(21 December 2005 16:34:00)
The historic ballroom at Mandarin Oriental Hotel Hyde Park in London is to be restored and reopened in the New Year.
(21 December 2005 16:25:00)
Scottish budget hotel company Euro Hostel is planning to open new premises in at least six UK cities.
(21 December 2005 16:16:00)
The makers of Melton Mowbray pork pies are one step closer to gaining protected name status for their products, following a High Court ruling today.
(21 December 2005 16:03:00)
Bob Cotton, chief executive of the British Hospitality Association, has become chairman of industry charity Hospitality Action.
(21 December 2005 10:29:00)
The three-star, 28-bedroom Ty Newydd Hotel at Hirwaun, Mid Glamorgan, has been sold on behalf of Drayton Manor Hotels through agent Colliers Robert Barry.
(20 December 2005 17:30:00)
The Jockey Inn at Baughton, between Upton-upon-Severn and Pershore in Worcestershire, has been sold to Colin and Carol Clarke.
(20 December 2005 17:08:00)
Bidders in the race to buy Compass Group's travel concession business SSP have been cut to a shortlist of six.
(20 December 2005 15:02:00)
In a bid to combat "roast rage" the English Beef and Lamb Executive (EBLEX) has launched a 24-hour helpline for home chefs.
(20 December 2005 12:58:00)
Goldman Sachs banker Paul Deighton has been named as chief executive of the London Olympic Games Organising Committee (LOCOG).
(20 December 2005 12:48:00)
Leisure village operator Center Parcs has signed an agreement to operate a new luxury waterfront apartment and leisure complex in Jersey.
(20 December 2005 12:41:00)
Members and guests at the Association of Licensed Multiple Retailers (ALMR) helped raise over £30,000 for charity at last week’s Christmas lunch.
(20 December 2005 10:23:00)
An influential committee of MPs has slammed the Government’s smoking plans as “unfair, unjust, inefficient and unworkable”, calling instead for a total ban.
(19 December 2005 16:11:00)
Rapidly-expanding restaurant-fishmongers chain FishWorks has exchanged contracts on its ninth site in north London.
(19 December 2005 15:09:00)
It was good news for UK hotels last month as occupancy and room yields grew steadily in London and across the country, according to hotel consultancy firm PKF.
(19 December 2005 14:46:00)
Upmarket caterer Searcy’s will take over the catering operation at Mansion House in the City of London on 1 January.
(19 December 2005 14:22:00)
Christmas really does send workers crackers, according to new research by contract caterer Avenance which found that the festive season cost the UK £8b in reduced output.
(19 December 2005 12:31:00)
Tattershall Castle Group owner Alchemy Partners has made a cash offer of more than £42m for Inventive Leisure.
(19 December 2005 12:13:00)
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