The UK’s largest trade show dedicated to the vending and water industries, AVEX, takes place this year at the NEC in Birmingham from 11 to 13 June. This year’s show will be run in conjunction with the European Drinking Water Cooler Association (EDWCA), and for the first time ever will run for three days and will also play host to the inaugural FM Vending Show, which has been … [Read more...]
Admin hell: 80% of hospitality managers spend too much time on administration
A new, independent survey released today by F&B technology expert Caternet, has uncovered a huge drain in productivity for the industry with only 4% of decision-making hospitality managers spending less than an hour per week on admin duties – leaving a colossal 96% who are spending far too much time shuffling paper instead of performing their primary job role. More … [Read more...]
Pioneering biometric technology for payment and Facebook posting
The Ushuaïa Ibiza Beach Hotel has become the first hotel in the world where guests and visitors can check-in to their Facebook wall, share photos and update their status just with the touch of their fingerprints, thanks to new PayTouch technology. PayTouch returns this season to Ushuaïa Ibiza Beach Hotel with new developments. Thanks to the identification and fingerprint … [Read more...]
Wake up and smell the Costa coffee with Jurys Inn!
To celebrate the arrival of the all day Costa coffee bars now available at all their UK hotels, Jurys Inn is giving ten coffee lovers from across the UK the chance to win a free coffee for every day of the year – and creating some useful publicity and interest at the same time. To enter All entrants have to do, from 4 June, is tweet a picture to @jurysinnshotels using the … [Read more...]
Hands invests further £22.5 million in Hand Picked Hotels
The Daily Telegraph reports that Guy Hands has injected £22.5m into Hand Picked Hotels, his wife’s boutique hotel chain, as the couple work to reduce the company’s borrowings. Hands bought new shares during its last financial year to November 2012. The funds raised by the share purchase were used against bank debt, and are understood to be part of the process of deleveraging … [Read more...]