Six of the UK’s top restaurant managers, plus last year’s runner-up, will go through to the finals of the 2011 UK Restaurant Manager of the Year competition, following a semi-final held at the Westbury Hotel, London, earlier this week [28 February].
Europe’s hotel sector saw a year of recovery in 2010 with average hotel values per room (in euros) increasing by 1.5% to €215,200 following two consecutive years of double-digit percentage falls, according to the latest edition of HVS London’s annual Hotel Valuation Index (HVI). The review of European hotel value trends, released today ahead of […]
The Academy of Food and Wine Service (AFWS), the UK’s professional body for front-of-house service, will continue to build on the impetus created by the BBC2 TV programme Michel Roux’s Service by creating a single professional qualification roadmap for front of house that begins at entry level and can be followed through to a foundation […]
As part of its growing global network which now includes offices in over 30 countries, hotel consultancy HVS has announced the opening of a London-based Asset Management and Strategic Advisory service.
Host, the national contract catering group based in Liss, Hampshire, has boosted its coverage of the independent schools sector with a five-year contract to run the catering at Abbey College, Worcester.
Julie Chaffey has been announced as the new Marketing Manager for Host Contract Management, the Hampshire-based contract caterer established by Jerry Brand in 2004.
London is looking forward to two of its best trading years ever in 2011 and 2012 as the world’s attention focuses on the capital at the end of April for the royal wedding, and next summer for the London Olympic Games. “These two opportunities represent a marketing dream,” said hotel consultant Russell Kett, managing director […]
The Academy of Food and Wine Service (AFWS), the UK’s professional body for front-of-house, will be providing a host of service-related career information, advice sheets and training packs on its newly launched website to coincide with the screening of a new series on front-of-house, Michel Roux’s Service. The series, hosted by Le Gavroche’s Michel Roux […]
The Academy of Food and Wine Service (AFWS), the UK’s professional body for front-of-house staff, is inviting the nation’s top restaurant managers to enter its 2011 UK Restaurant Manager of the Year competition. The competition, supported by Hospitality Benchmark through the National Skills Academy for Hospitality, the Savoy Educational Trust and sponsored by OpenTable.com, seeks […]
Charging the full price for a meal out will become more difficult for restaurant and pub operators as diners become increasingly accustomed to discounts through of the widespread availability of money-off vouchers. This was one of the key messages to an audience of leading foodservice operators and suppliers at a Breakfast Briefing held in London […]