Premium pub collective Upham Pub Group, is celebrating after earning ‘Outstanding Service’ accolades from GoHotels.com for two of its pubs; The Running Horse, Winchester and The Peat Spade Inn, Stockbridge. The GoHotels.com awards are presented to selected establishments that consistently achieve high customer review ratings in; cleanliness, facilities, location, rooms and … [Read more...]
Titanic Hotel Belfast set for maiden voyage
Belfast’s newest luxury hotel, Titanic Hotel Belfast, opened its doors to the public on Sunday 10th September 2017. After almost two years of restoration, construction and preservation of the former Harland & Wolff Drawing Offices and Headquarters, the £28m, 119-room hotel is ready to show the world the amazing history behind Queen’s Island and the shipbuilding industry … [Read more...]
5 minutes with… Paul Bayliss MBE
Paul Bayliss MBE returned to Cheshire's Carden Park Golf, Hotel and Spa Resort in January of this year to take over from Hamish Ferguson, who had been general manager for 20 years. Bayliss was in the British Army for more than 23 years, starting in the Army School of Catering before working his way up to train others. He retired on commission in 2006, landing a job as GM of … [Read more...]
Tim Allen named as Executive Director of F&B at Select Property Group
Celebrated chef Tim Allen has been announced as Executive Director of Food and Beverage at Select Property Group. The announcement comes as the company elevates its focus on the food and beverage industry, with the Group opening its first joint venture restaurant with Tim in central Manchester in the Spring of next year. Former executive chef of the Michelin-starred Wild … [Read more...]
BBPA issues warning over beer tax in Budget
The British Beer & Pub Association has issued a warning that today's rocketing inflation rate should not be used to ratchet up beer taxes in the autumn Budget, as currently planned. If the Chancellor sticks to an inflation-based increase already pencilled in, the benefits of the Government’s three, one penny cuts in beer duty could be undone, in a single year. The … [Read more...]