The Master Innholder Scholarships open for applications on 25 April 2016 for the 2017 intake of its next-level management training courses. The fully-funded scholarships are open to both general managers and heads of departments regardless of where they work within the UK hospitality industry. Candidates must demonstrate clear management potential and priority is given to … [Read more...]
AccorHotels to plant 10 million trees by 2021
AccorHotels, the world’s leading hotel operator, is aiming to finance the planting of 10 million trees by 2021 under its pioneering Plant for the Planet programme. As Earth Day 2016 (22 April) focuses on its plan to plant 7.8 billion trees by 2020, AccorHotels has reaffirmed its commitment to tree planting across the globe with this new, extended target. The Plant for the … [Read more...]
Holiday Inn London – Stratford city launches food for thought to nourish meetings
Holiday Inn London – Stratford City has launched the ‘Food for Thought’ menu – a new way of nourishing delegates at meetings. The new menu is independently accredited for its healthy approach by Food for the Brain, a non-profit, educational charity, created to promote the link between nutrition and mental wellbeing and performance. “We are proud to have adopted the ‘Food … [Read more...]
Monkbar First York Hotel To Gain Coveted Cask Marque
A York city centre hotel has been the first hotel/ restaurant in the city to be recognised with a prestigious award for the way it cares for its real ales. The Best Western Monkbar Hotel – which has recently undergone a major £3m transformation – has been presented with the Cask Marque – a proof of great quality cask ale. The accolade is given to establishments that … [Read more...]
40th Big Hospitality conversation attracts over 500 attendants
Over 500 London businesses and jobseekers came together at the Big Hospitality Conversation on Thursday, 14th April. Organised in collaboration with the North London Hoteliers Association, and sponsored by the Hotel Novotel in London Wembley, the event presented key employer and apprenticeship case studies from a host of hotels across North London. Organised by the British … [Read more...]