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This year will be another challenging one for the UK hotels sector and while London will again experience strong demand, the capital’s hotels are unlikely to achieve the premium rates they did during the Olympics and Paralympics. Russell Kett, chairman of hotel consultancy HVS London, says that despite this, 2013 could see an improvement for […]

Trading in the UK’s hospitality sector was so tough during 2012, that operators have become resigned to the fact that current levels of business are the new norm and survival depends very much on maintaining consumer footfall with offers and innovative menus. Foodservice consultancy Horizons, in its Annual Review of 2012, said that despite experiencing […]

The Academy of Food & Wine Service (AFWS) has this week launched the Moët UK Sommelier of the Year 2013, one of the most sought-after titles in the UK’s front-of-house beverage service profession. Entries are encouraged from sommeliers and wine waiters from across the hospitality sector including high street restaurants, pubs, hotels, as well as […]

Germany is receiving continuous interest from the international and national hotel investment and lending community, according to an exclusive survey of the major German financial institutions undertaken by global consultancy HVS London. The survey quizzed banks on their lending parameters in the hotel sector for new loans and refinancing, loan characteristics and the future outlook […]

Stephen Raducki, 28, head sommelier at the Hotel du Vin Winchester, has been awarded the Moët UK Young Sommelier of the Year Award 2012, presented by the Academy of Food & Wine Service (AFWS). Stephen was presented with the award, along with a magnum of Moët & Chandon Impérial, at the Hotel du Vin Winchester […]

Economy hotels in the German cities of Berlin, Frankfurt and Hamburg are showing a stronger recovery than their luxury counterparts with higher occupancies at a lower rate. A new report from global hotel consultancy HVS London compared the performance of Germany’s economy and luxury hotels in four key cities, looking at the average occupancy rate […]

Food cooked to order the way the customer wants it is emerging as one of the key trends in Horizons’ latest Menurama survey, which tracks new foods and dishes from the menus of high street pubs, restaurants, quick service outlets and hotels. While steaks, burgers and sandwiches have generally been served prepared to order, other […]

Peter McAlister, restaurant manager at the Culloden Estate & Spa in Belfast, has won the prestigious 2012 UK Restaurant Manager of the Year competition following the final yesterday at the Westbury Mayfair hotel, London. The runner-up, announced at an Awards Dinner sponsored by Champagne Lanson and Boutinot Wines, was Paul Taylor, general manager of TGI […]