Three young hospitality professionals have launched an online service for the hotels of Manchester to use to recommend quality restaurants to guests visiting the city. Sean Walsh 24 with the help of Jack Appleton 25 & Tom Ansbro 23, all from Manchester, created the site HotShepherd.com after working for top hotel brands such as The Landis Ritz Taipei, Hilton Worldwide and … [Read more...]
Whitbread: strong first quarter, total sales up 12.7%
Whitbread PLC, the UK’s largest hotel and restaurant group, has reported strong trading performance for the 13 weeks to 29 May 2014, across hotels, restaurants and coffee. Andy Harrison, Chief Executive comments: Total sales up 12.7%, like for likes up 6.9% “Whitbread has started the year well, with total sales growth for the first quarter of 12.7% and strong like for … [Read more...]
2014 World Barista Champion, Brewers Cup, and Coffee Roasting
World Coffee Events (WCE) has announced the 2014 World Barista Champion, 2014 World Brewers Cup Champion and 2014 World Coffee Roasting Champion at World of Coffee (WoC) in Rimini, Italy. The 2014 World Barista Champion is Hidenori Izaki from Japan, the 2014 World Brewers Cup Champion is Stefanos Domatiotis from Greece, and the 2014 World Coffee Roasting Champion is Yu-Chuan … [Read more...]
Pizza Hut’s improved performance accelerates growth
Following PizzaHut’s recent financial results, Jens Hofma, Managing Director, Pizza Hut Restaurants has commented on Pizza Hut’s business performance for last year – and the implementation of its targeted strategy for growth: EBITDA up to £11.3 million “The Pizza Hut Restaurants business shows an improved performance for a second consecutive year, recording an operating … [Read more...]
England kicks off with a takeaway
Online food ordering site hungryhouse was a winner last Saturday as football fans gorged themselves on takeaways and ordered alcohol deliveries ahead of the England match. The platform saw its orders increase 84% compared to an average Saturday in June. Orders peaked at 9:17pm - plenty of time for the food to arrive ahead of kick off - with hungryhouse restaurant partners … [Read more...]