Peruvian chef Virgilio Martinez and his partners, Gabriel and Jose Luis Gonzalez, have opened their second site on Garrick Street, Covent Garden. The new 70 cover restaurant, LIMA Floral, introduces new ingredients and dishes never seen in the capital before. This month is significant for the team, marking the second anniversary of Lima in addition to the new … [Read more...]
Invest your pension pot in a profitable hospitality business
Pensions are headline news again and there is freedom on the horizon for the entrepreneurial 55 plus looking to a different sort of retirement. It isn’t long until April 2015 comes round and those 55 and over can get hold of their pension pot and use it as they want, rather than having to stay in work and carry on until a traditional retirement at 65, 67 or even more. Canny … [Read more...]
Young’s expands hotel portfolio to nineteen
Young’s has acquired two new properties: the Fox & Anchor in Smithfield Market and The Lamb in Hindon, Wiltshire. This forms part of Young’s ongoing strategy to grow its hotel portfolio. The Fox & Anchor, a traditional iconic London pub, offers six boutique bedrooms and fits perfectly into the Young’s estate, whilst The Lamb is an ideal country retreat, already a … [Read more...]
Small Luxury Hotels of the World on track for record year
Small Luxury Hotels of the World (SLH) is celebrating as it reaches the end of Q2 with a 13% rise in revenue and a 6% increase in room nights compared to the same time last year. It has also seen a 6% year on year rise in revenue from its ‘basket of hotels’, which refers to the 216 hotels that have been part of the brand for over seven years. Positive outlook Paul Kerr, … [Read more...]
VenueVerdict Gold Standard Accreditations for Q2 2014
BDRC Continental has announced that following the assessment at the end of Q2 2014, 27 venues have achieved their Gold Standard Accreditation. The VenueVerdict Gold Standard Accreditation is given to those properties recording a twelve-month Net Promoter Score of +70 or higher from 40 or more Business Event Host responses in the twelve month period July 2013 to June 2014. … [Read more...]