Costing £650,000, the new facilities are located at the four-star DoubleTree by Hilton, Bristol City Centre hotel on Redcliffe Way, increasing its conference and meeting capacity while adding on more bedrooms. Work to extend the facilities follows a rise in recent years of businesses looking to hold conferences, meetings and events in Bristol, away from the more traditional … [Read more...]
St. James’s hotel & club team up with Hayford and Rhodes to celebrate Chelsea Flower Show
Following on from the successful launch of It’s All In The Game afternoon tea, St. James’s Hotel & Club have partnered with renowned florists Hayford and Rhodes to offer a board-game inspired floral takeover, including a giant chess-piece installation at the front of the hotel and other game themed delights throughout the hotel and restaurant. Guests are welcomed to come … [Read more...]
WANTED – The very best Operations Managers of 2016
Nominations are now open for the 2016 ALMR Operations Managers Awards, the annual search to find the best in licensed hospitality. The ALMR Operations Managers Awards identifies the best Area Manager and Business Development Manager in managed and leased hospitality respectively. It is widely regarded as the finest, most rigorous test of a manager’s skill and determination, … [Read more...]
Nose to Tail eating in Restaurant Nathan Outlaw, Cornwall
“Do not be afraid of cooking, as your ingredients will know, and misbehave. Enjoy your cooking and the food will behave; moreover it will pass your pleasure onto those who eat it.” Fergus Henderson, ‘The Complete Nose To Tail. A Kind of British Cooking.’ (Bloomsbury Publishing, 2012). No more befitting words could characterise Fergus Henderson’s approach to his passion for … [Read more...]
Carlsberg Group Q1 2016 Trading statement
Solid start to the year Highlights Organic net revenue growth of 2%. Price/mix of +4%. Total volumes declined organically by 2% to 29.3m hl. We announced the Group’s new strategy, SAIL’22, in March and have taken the first steps in support of the strategic priorities and to embed the necessary changes throughout the organisation. The benefits of Funding the … [Read more...]