Whitbread PLC, the UK’s largest hotel and restaurant group, has reported a good start to its financial year as shown in its trading performance for the 13 weeks to 30 May 2013. Andy Harrison, Chief Executive of Whitbread comments: “Whitbread had a good start to the new financial year with first quarter Group sales up 13.8% and like for like sales up 3.1%, in line with our … [Read more...]
First ever analysis of luxury hotel brands unveiled
The luxury hotel market has witnessed major – even massive – activity in the past decade and more, and that activity continues unabated today. Time, then for some analysis of what exactly is going on in this sector, and why. The results of the first ever World Luxury Index™ Hotels were unveiled at Luxury Hospitality 2013, the world’s first luxury think tank for hospitality … [Read more...]
Site Bites
H & C News is introducing ‘News Bites’ as a regular, concise and quick way for readers to catch up with the many stories covering Cafes, Catering, Hotels, Pubs, Restaurants and more...that don’t make the headlines, but which are nonetheless important. We hope that it will be useful to you – and look forward to learning in the weeks ahead how we can improve … [Read more...]
Blackpool top place to visit for a ‘dirty weekend´!
According to new research from online hotel reservation service hotel.info – the result of analysing the hotel ratings of over two million guests worldwide to provide a league table of the cleanest and dirtiest hotel destinations - if it’s a dirty weekend you’re after, then look no further than the Las Vegas of the north and the bright lights of Blackpool. Brits don’t … [Read more...]
The premium coffee market: quality delivers for Nespresso
Coffee, as H & C News readers well know, cannot be neglected by any hospitality business today: it’s important not only because more and more customers expect good quality, but also because it attracts significant revenue in its own right. H & C News was therefore pleased to have the opportunity to meet Ian McDonald of Nespresso UK to find out more about how … [Read more...]