Monthly Archives: November 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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