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Hilton executives David Michels and Anthony Harris enjoyed rises of 29% and 87% respectively in their total remuneration last year.
(28 March 2002 17:30:15)
The foot-and-mouth outbreak, along with serious floods, has hit the bed-and-breakfast sector hard, according to the latest Which? guide.
(28 March 2002 17:20:33)
The English Tourism Council (ETC) estimates that 2.6 million trips will be taken over the Easter period, resulting in a spend of around £400m.
(28 March 2002 15:49:06)
In a restaurant, getting the order from the customer to the chef needs to be quick and accurate. While the pad and pen will never go out of fashion, increasing numbers of restaurants are turning to more technological methods to speed up the process. Hand-held terminals are one way of doing this.
(28 March 2002 15:43:46)
Wolverhampton & Dudley Breweries (W&D), which successfully fought off a hostile takeover bid last year, has reported increases in like-for-like sales across its managed and tenanted pubs.
(28 March 2002 14:10:32)
Interim pre-tax profits at Signature Restaurants (formerly the Belgo Group) fell from £2.2m to £1.5m in the 26 weeks to 30 December 2001 as foot-and-mouth and 11 September reduced overseas visitors to central London where most of its restaurants are sited.
(28 March 2002 12:13:18)
Hartford Group has recorded further pre-tax losses as it continues to move its focus from restaurants to bars.
(28 March 2002 11:36:04)
Seven breeds of pig were sampled by our Taste & Tell panel of experts for the quality and texture of their meat. Bob Gledhill reports.
(28 March 2002 10:33:01)
Property firm Marylebone Warwick Balfour (MWB) is to sell all its assets, including the Malmaison hotel chain and the Howard hotel in London, by the end of 2005.
(28 March 2002 10:30:20)
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(28 March 2002 10:12:23)
The organisers of the British Meat Awards have announced the winners of the Heathcare Chef of the Year and Contract Catering Chef of the Year categories following their recent cook-offs at British Meat's head offices in Milton Keynes earlier this month.
(28 March 2002 10:07:12)
St David's Knight - Paul Knight has left his job as executive chef at London's Berkeley hotel to take up a similar position at St David's Hotel and Spa in Cardiff.
(28 March 2002 10:04:46)
The personal digital assistant that stores phone numbers and appointments is being used as a new version of the waiter's pad in restaurants. Andrew Davies reports.
(28 March 2002 9:55:28)
Nearly half the terrorist attacks on tourists in the past decade have taken place in hotels, the International Hotel Investment Forum in Berlin was told last week.
(27 March 2002 16:08:36)
Chez Gérard loss - Restaurant group Chez Gérard will sell eight restaurants and lay off 150 people in an attempt to rectify an 81% fall in pre-tax profits.
(27 March 2002 16:03:08)
Most operators in hospitality engage themselves, through necessity, in the day-to-day running of their businesses.
(27 March 2002 15:59:39)
Big hotel chains are likely to lead the growth in the timeshare market as the industry shakes off its poor image, leisure consultant Peter Yesawich said at the Berlin conference last week.
(27 March 2002 15:52:51)
Top hoteliers are predicting a gradual recovery for UK hotels this year.
(27 March 2002 15:51:22)
Independent boutique hotelier Gordon Campbell Gray has clashed with Juergen Bartels, whose Le Méridien chain is introducing design-led "art + tech" bedrooms.
(27 March 2002 15:48:11)
The slump in hotel property prices has caused Nomura to cut back plans to raise £1.25bn from its Le Méridien hotels in Continental Europe and the USA in a sale-and-leaseback deal.
(27 March 2002 15:45:21)
Pizza and pasta restaurant group Ask Central increased profits and turnover by 30% last year.
(27 March 2002 15:40:49)
Brakspear, the brewer and pub operator based in Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, has reported an increase in both turnover and pre-tax profit for the year ended 31 December 2001.
(27 March 2002 15:38:56)
The food and beverages manager at the Island Sailing Club at Cowes on the Isle of Wight has been killed in a skiing accident.
(27 March 2002 15:33:37)
US hotel chain Adam's Mark is in hot water again over a controversial race-discrimination case in which one of its hotels was accused of discriminating against black guests and charging them higher rates.
(27 March 2002 15:30:47)
Armed robberies on restaurants in London increased by 500% in the second half of last year, police warned this week.
(27 March 2002 15:26:38)
Great North Eastern Railway has enlisted the help of three leading London chefs to spice up its new rail menu.
(27 March 2002 15:22:37)
Blessed are the cheesemakers... and Tokaji producers - The Royal Tokaji Company (020 7495 3010) thinks it is on to a good thing.
(27 March 2002 15:19:53)
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(27 March 2002 15:12:20)
Fast food giant McDonald’s was today cleared by a High Court judge of responsibility for dozens of scalding injuries allegedly suffered by its customers, many of them young children.
(27 March 2002 15:11:25)
Nearly 500 Cheshire schoolchildren spent a day learning about a career in the kitchen as part of the Wannabe Chefs 2002 career initiative run by four catering colleges last month. Bob Gledhill reports.
(27 March 2002 15:04:10)
Asia's first bout of BSE and a price-cutting war have forced the McDonald's chain to close 130 restaurants in Japan this year.
(27 March 2002 15:01:15)
VisitScotland, the former Scottish Tourist Board, is launching its biggest-ever campaign to attract fellow Britons to Scotland.
(27 March 2002 14:57:23)
Chef Alain Ducasse is opening a Spoon restaurant in the French resort of St Tropez next month.
(27 March 2002 14:55:34)
Sixty guests enjoyed the first of this year's Chef Eats Out events, at Michel Roux's three-Michelin-starred Waterside Inn. Joanna Wood shared the experience.
(27 March 2002 14:50:24)
Hundreds of chefs held a symbolic "funeral" procession in the French city of Avignon last week to protest against taxes that they said were killing the nation's cuisine.
(27 March 2002 14:37:15)
There has been little opportunity for a quiet retirement for Franco Taruschio since selling the Walnut Tree Inn in Abergavenny just over a year ago.
(27 March 2002 14:34:43)
ANDY TURNER has been appointed head chef at the Brazz restaurant opening in Bristol in April.
(27 March 2002 14:32:01)
Zebrano adds eats - Zebrano brasserie opened above the basement bar of the same name in London last week.
(27 March 2002 14:26:41)
Table Talk is edited by Ben WalkerE-mail: benjamin.walker@rbi.co.uk.
(27 March 2002 14:22:03)
Right now, were I a carriage driver, my team of slightly frothing, wild-eyed horses would be careening around the course with me at the helm, eyes gleaming, grin manic and hellbent on trying to pass the finishing post first.
(27 March 2002 14:17:54)
UK hotels' performance in both London and the regions faltered slightly in February, according to preliminary figures from consultants PKF.
(27 March 2002 14:00:22)
American-born Phillip Craig Thomason, 31, is a food designer on the cruise boat Island Escape. He is responsible for opening three new restaurants on board - a job which involves everything from designing the menus to refitting galleys.
(27 March 2002 13:01:21)
It has been two-and-a-half years in the making, but Pierre Gagnaire and Mourad Mazouz's new project, Sketch, should be worth the wait. Fiona Sims talks to operations director Michael Helling about the restaurant that is more than a restaurant.
(27 March 2002 12:56:23)
Temporary staff can be a constant boon - when treated well, says Robert Walton.
(27 March 2002 12:50:12)
Like their clothes shop namesakes, boutique hotels are carving out a niche for individualism and style. But what exactly are they? And what is the secret of their success? Andrew Sangster investigates.
(27 March 2002 12:43:06)
The boys at Hush have come up with an interesting way to sell more expensive wine. Fiona Sims reports.
(27 March 2002 12:37:53)
Roger Gorman is leaving his job as head chef at Stephen Bull's Lough Pool Inn to open his own restaurant.
(27 March 2002 12:31:48)
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