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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 […]

Sophie Roberts-Brown, executive director of the Academy of Food & Wine Service (AFWS), has been appointed as operations director of the Hospitality Guild. The Guild unites 23 of the leading hospitality associations to provide ‘one voice’ dedicated to the development of the highest professional standards in hospitality. The AFWS is a founder partner of the […]

Restaurant and pub operators will look to extend their opening hours to appeal to consumers at any time of the day from breakfast through to late-night dinner. This was the key prediction made by Horizons’ managing director Peter Backman at a British Frozen Food Federation (BFFF) marketing seminar held in Reading earlier today. Entitled ‘Looking […]

Consumers used to downloading a money-off voucher before they visit their favourite high street restaurant may soon have to start paying the full price again as operators seek to wean customers off discount deals. Horizons’ Voucher Tracker, which monitors the volume and type of on-line money-off deals issued by restaurants, has noted the first signs […]

Brasserie Blanc and TGI Friday’s emerged as the winners of two new Academy of Food & Wine Service (AFWS) awards designed to highlight and reward establishments achieving excellence in service. At the Academy’s Annual Awards for Excellence, held yesterday in London’s Vintners’ Hall, Paul Taylor, general manager of TGI Friday’s, Luton, was given the first […]

The Academy of Food & Wine Service is now taking bookings for its UK Restaurant Manager of the Year 2012 Gala Dinner, being held at The Westbury, London, on 22 October. Members of the industry are invited to attend the dinner, where the winner of this year’s UK Restaurant Manager of the Year competition, sponsored […]

London tops this year’s European hotel investment league, as single asset transactions along with the sale of hotel development sites in the UK’s capital have boosted what is otherwise a depressed hotel investment market.

Following an extremely tough semi-final testing a range of practical and management skills, four restaurant managers are through to the final of the 2012 UK Restaurant Manager of the Year competition. They are: Tobias Barfoot, restaurant manager, The Ambrette Restaurant, Margate Clement Joseph, restaurant manager, RAC, London Peter McAlister, Culloden Estate and Spa, Belfast Paul […]