Meantime Brewing Company has announced the launch of their ‘Virtual Reality Brewery Tour Experience’ at this year’s Taste of London. The pioneering craft brewer are the first in the UK to offer a fully immersive 360 degree Virtual Reality brewery tour, specially designed to facilitate a multi-sensory training programme for pub and bar operators nationwide. Opportunities … [Read more...]
Nam Long opens The Opium Den
A restaurant unlike any other, Nam Long Le Shaker has, for nearly three decades, been at the forefront of London’s night scene, making headlines all over the world with its Flaming Ferraris and celebrity diners. This summer, the Chelsea legacy will, for the first time, open its downstairs to the public, as the restaurant welcomes a new chapter of Nam Long history and … [Read more...]
Yorkshire inn transformed into a five-star winner
Enterprise Inns’ 270-year-old New Inn, in North Yorkshire, has just been awarded five AA stars in a remarkable £500,000 turnaround. Situated in the Yorkshire Dales National Park, the 20-room building was in need of significant investment when it was taken over by Lesley Benson and her family, in 2013. With help from husband Ron and 26-year-old daughter Laura, she began a … [Read more...]
STA and Buell Consulting announce helpline for Scottish tourism businesses
The Scottish Tourism Alliance’s ‘Raising Our Game’ Midsummer conference at the Westerwood Hotel in Cumbernauld last week provided the venue for the launch of a new free business support helpline for tourism businesses in Scotland. The new helpline, which is delivered in partnership with The Buell Group, will offer the most comprehensive advisory and service resource for the … [Read more...]
And the survey said…Social Media training required
It’s clear from H&C News’ research earlier this year (email us for a copy), and from our RoundTable meetings with a wide range of hospitality managers using social media, that there are many practical difficulties in making social media work effectively for hospitality organisations. And that few are currently measuring the benefits that it brings. The common theme from … [Read more...]