TripAdvisor, the world’s largest travel site, has announced the winners of its inaugural ‘Travellers' Choice Awards for Travel Favourites. Here’s your opportunity to judge for yourself and agree, differ, or even violently disagree! The Awards honour the essential things that travellers insist on having with them wherever they go, from luggage and cameras to e-readers and … [Read more...]
Spirit reports good progress in fourth quarter
Spirit Pub Company issued its trading update for the final quarter (to 18th August) of the current financial year, reporting that the Managed pubs division delivered another quarter of solid growth, notwithstanding volatile trading conditions and the adverse impact of both the wet summer and the Olympics. Highlights Strong final quarter for Managed estate, with … [Read more...]
Harden’s London Restaurants 2013: winners, losers, trends
Heston Blumenthal’s Dinner topped the 22nd annual Harden’s survey of regular restaurant-goers in nominations for their best meal of the year. The survey is based on some 75,000 reports from over 7,500 regularly restaurant-going 'reporters'. The molecular gastronomist ousts his near-neighbour, Marcus Wareing at the Berkeley, which has topped ‘best meal of the year’ … [Read more...]
lunch! sells out
lunch! – the UK’s only dedicated trade event for the out of home food and drink industry – reports that it has sold out of all available exhibition space at its new three-floor venue, the Business Design Centre, in Islington, London. The award-winning show will be celebrating its 5th anniversary edition on 20-21 September with more exhibitors now confirmed than ever before, … [Read more...]
Chooks: the new chicken concept
A brand new chicken concept called Chooks – the Aussie slang word for chicken - will open at the end of September on The Broadway in Muswell Hill. This is the third venture for Gideon Joffe who also owns Chez Bob in Belsize Park and MonkeyNuts in Crouch End. A casual chicken restaurant, the 80 cover, 2,000 square feet restaurant is a quick service concept presented in a … [Read more...]