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:
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 […]
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.
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 […]