Yearly Archives: 2013

UK’s top sommeliers join Wine Guild of the United Kingdom

SIX of the UK’s top sommeliers were awarded membership of The Wine Guild of the United Kingdom at the organisation’s Winter Banquet, held last night [25 November] in London’s historical Vintners Hall. Finalists and previous winners of the Academy of Food & Wine Service’s Moët UK Sommelier of the Year were ceremonially intronised into the […]

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Hotels must adapt to needs of modern traveller, says HVS

Hotels are in danger of failing to adapt to a new breed of guest whose needs and demands are entirely different to those of previous generations. This is the conclusion of a new study in the changing nature of hotel guests undertaken by global hotel consultancy HVS London. The report, ‘A New Breed of Traveller’, […]

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UK hotels see boost in performance as profits rise 3%

HVS London, in association with Zolfo Cooper and AM:PM, has today published its quarterly Hotel Bulletin, outlining the performance of the UK’s hotel sector. Findings show that regional performance in Q3 has been particularly strong, with all but two cities reviewed showing RevPAR (rooms revenue per available room) gains, with an average of 8% increases. […]

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Inaugural winner of the Sake Sommelier of the Year announced

The first ever Sake Sommelier of the Year competition to be held outside Japan has been won by Rajan Rengasamy of wine supplier Spinneys, based in the UAE. Barry McCaughley of London’s Chotto Matte and Sam Tse of the Hong Kong Wine Academy were runners-up, following the semi final and final held at London’s Westbury […]

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Host Management’s Vera Mirescu wins Foodservice Catey

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Gap in the market provides opportunity for restaurant operators, says Horizons’ Ones To Watch

Restaurant operators looking to develop new eating out brands are beginning to colonize areas of the foodservice sector previously dominated by independents. Horizons’ latest Ones To Watch report, which tracks emergent new eating out brands, shows that Thai, Chinese, Mexican, Caribbean and Mediterranean restaurants are amongst the fastest-growing areas of the branded eating out sector, […]

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Janine Swales wins 2013 Restaurant Manager of the Year

Janine Swales of BaxterStorey has won the Academy of Food & Wine Services 2013 UK Restaurant Manager of the Year, following a closely fought final in London yesterday [7 October]. Stephen Morrison of La Vallée Blanche, Glasgow, was the runner-up. The judges were unanimous in their decision: “Janine is the consummate restaurant manager – she […]

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HVS supports Nairobi Hotel Investment Forum

The appalling siege in Nairobi’s Westgate shopping mall has raised obvious concerns over security and safety in a country poised for growth. This was the conclusion of HVS London director Tim Smith, attending the Africa Hotel Investment Forum 2013 in Nairobi this week, following the decision by organisers to go ahead with the conference. “The […]

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Host acquires Style Services Group

Host Management has announced it has acquired the trade and assets of the Hertfordshire-based Style Services Group, which holds catering and vending contracts in business and industry, the government sector, leisure and retail. Style Services was founded in 2007 by John Rathbone, Ruth Fenton and Jim Walker. The business employs 95 people and has a […]

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Academy reveals finalists for 2013 UK Restaurant Manager of the Year

This year eight restaurant managers have made it through to the Academy of Food & Wine Service’s UK Restaurant Manager of the Year competition following a testing semi-final held at the Moat House Acton Trussell in Staffordshire yesterday [16 September 2013]. John Croft, AFWS executive director, said that the quality of entrants and the diversity […]

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