Following the success of last Winter’s Campaign to help boost visitor numbers by promoting Cumbria as an all-year-round destination, Cumbria Tourism – the county’s official destination organisation - is planning to launch its major winter marketing campaign for 2017/18. In just 5 months between November 2016 and March 2017 the previous campaign reached a combined audience of … [Read more...]
Amadeus wages war on sugar
Award-winning caterer Amadeus has pledged to reduce the amount of sugar used in its foodservice operation by 50% by 2020. This will equate to removing seven tonnes of sugar – or 30 million calories – from its food chain in the next three years. It will achieve this by a range of measures from revising its procurement policies to looking at its food and beverage offer … [Read more...]
Introducing TAKA: a Japanese restaurant and bar opening in September in Mayfair
Restauranteur, Andrey Datsenko and his sister Anastasia, are set to open TAKA – a new Japanese restaurant and cocktail bar in the heart of Shepherd Market in Mayfair, this September. Taking inspiration from their debut restaurant in Tokyo of the same name, TAKA will offer an authentic Japanese dining experience within a contemporary setting. Centered on offering high end … [Read more...]
Park Gstaad’s Axel Rüdlin named Chef of the Year 2017 by Swiss Magazine Bilanz
Axel Rüdlin, Executive Chef of five star hotel Park Gstaad has been named as Chef of the Year 2017 by Swiss financial magazine Bilanz. Rüdlin joined Park Gstaad in Switzerland in 2016, following posts in some of the best restaurants in Germany, Austria and St. Moritz. The judges were impressed with how he has successfully overseen the reconceptualisation of the hotel’s … [Read more...]
Grey Matters – Hotel unveils results of £1.2m development
An historic hotel at the heart of Newcastle’s most prestigious street has unveiled the results of a £1.2m development. Grade II-listed Grey Street hotel, on one of the most famous Regency streets in Britain, has come to the end of an 18-month phased refurbishment by its owner, North East hospitality heavyweight, Malhotra Group plc. And, it is now set to become one of the … [Read more...]