Bill Toner, 52, the former chief executive of Aramark UK, has been appointed chief executive of Host Contract Management, replacing company founder Jerry Brand at the helm of the company.
Michele Caggianese, restaurant and bar manager of London’s Jumeirah Carlton Tower was last night crowned as the Academy of Food and Wine Service’s UK Restaurant Manager of the Year 2011.
HVS, the hospitality and real estate consultancy is to sponsor Europe’s first b2b conference for the boutique and lifestyle hotel sector, Boutique Hotel Summit 2011.
Lanson International is to sponsor the Academy of Food and Wine Service’s (AFWS) Restaurant Manager Hall of Fame, it’s official line-up of distinguished front-of-house luminaries that includes amongst others Peter Avis of Babylon at Roof Gardens, Elena Salvoni of Elena’s L’Etoile; Silvano Giraldin, former maitre d’ at Le Gavroche, now director of Roux Consulting; Jesus […]
The cost of eating out in Britain’s branded high street restaurants, pubs and hotels rose by 7.5% during 2010 pushing the average price of a dish across all courses up to £6.78.
Tim Smith, director of HVS London, the hotel consultancy, has issued the following statement regarding today’s news that von Essen Hotels has fallen into administration. If you would like further comment from Tim please either call me on 07973 789853 or Tim on the numbers below.
Sixteen sommeliers have made it through to the 2011 UK Sommelier of the Year final and have been named by the Academy of Food and Wine Service (AFWS) as:
Host, the national contract catering group based in Liss, Hampshire, has announced a formal working partnership with Gleneagles’ Andrew Fairlie (left) which will see the two Michelin-starred chef become trainer and mentor to Host’s growing team of head chefs.
Hotel transaction volumes more than doubled in 2010, confirming an upturn in the investment market, according to this year’s annual European Hotel Transactions Report published today by HVS London. Transaction activity across Europe reached a value of approximately €6.5 billion – up from €3.1 billion in 2009 – as the market began to show signs […]
UK-based casual dining and quick service restaurant operators keen to expand internationally would do well to look to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) where there is still growth in the market and significant amounts of new retail space coming on stream in the next couple of years. The dramatic expansion of giant malls in the […]