HVS, the leading global hospitality consulting and services company, has released an updated version of its influential book Hotel Market Analysis and Valuation, written by HVS chairman and founder Steve Rushmore MAI, FRICS, along with John O’Neill MAI, PhD and Stephen Rushmore Jr, MAI.
Host Contract Management has today [24 July] announced the acquisition of upmarket contract caterer Couture, for an undisclosed sum. The deal is the first acquisition for Host, which was founded in 2004 and operates 86 contracts in the B&I, healthcare and independent schools sectors. The privately owned Couture has eight retail contracts including prestigious heritage […]
Consumer confidence may still be low but eating out is proving a luxury that few people are willing to forgo. According to Horizons’ latest QuickBite survey, conducted amongst 2,105 consumers in June 2012 by YouGov, British adults are choosing to go out more often than they have done in two years, the highest frequency since […]
The Academy of Food and Wine Service (AFWS), the UK’s professional body for front-of-house staff, is inviting restaurant managers to enter its 2012 UK Restaurant Manager of the Year competition.
Eric Zwiebel MS, sommelier at Summer Lodge, Evershot, Dorset, has been chosen to represent the UK at the prestigious ASI World Sommelier contest being held in Japan in 2013. Eric contested his place at the world event against two former UK Sommeliers of the Year – Matthieu Longuere MS of La Trompette, London, and Nicolas […]
The UK’s hotel sector is set to experience further consolidation in the three- and four-star sector as lenders look to move into the next stage of action regarding over-geared groups. “Several hotel groups have now got a for-sale notice on them, and more are likely to in the near future. The banks are now confident […]
The turnover of CEOs amongst the world’s 50 largest hotel companies doubled in 2011, compared with 2009, with 12% of companies now being led by a new chief executive. However, the choice of CEOs is becoming more conservative in the sector, with internal promotions more common, or appointments from within the hotel industry. These were […]
Sommelier Jan Konetzki, 31, of Restaurant Gordon Ramsay, was announced last night as the 2012 Moët UK Sommelier of the Year. The prestigious competition, organised by the Academy of Food & Wine Service, was held yesterday at the London International Wine Fair at ExCel. Born in Hamburg, Germany, Jan came to London five years ago […]
The names of the 12 sommeliers who have made it through to the final of this year’s Moët UK Sommelier of the Year competition, organised by the Academy of Food & Wine Service (AFWS), have been announced as:
Britain’s high street restaurants are working hard to give diners a choice of innovative new dishes with bold flavour combinations, as well as offering an increasing amount of information on their menus about the ingredients they are using. These are the key trends evident in the UK’s high street restaurants revealed by the latest Menurama […]