From the canals of Venice to the beautiful island of Capri, the team have travelled from restaurant to restaurant to discover the remarkable and diverse landscape of the modern Italian food scene. The app comes from Great British Chefs, who have launched numerous award-winning apps. The free iPhone/iPad app (‘Great Italian Chefs – Recipes’) will contain over 110 recipes from … [Read more...]
The avenue B&B in Durham named as Punch’s north east publican of the year
Alan Bryan and Nicola Kay, publicans of The Avenue Inn, a B&B in High Shincliffe, Durham, have been recognised as Punch’s overall Publican of the Year for the North East and Cumbria region. Alan and Nicola have been running The Avenue Inn since August 2014, and have recently completed an investment into their letting rooms to ensure they provide high quality … [Read more...]
Jane Pendlebury is the new HOSPA Chief Executive
The Board of Directors at HOSPA – the Hospitality Professionals Association – is delighted to announce that, with immediate effect, Jane Pendlebury has been appointed the new HOSPA Chief Executive. Jane, who has played a key role in HOSPA’s success over the past two years as leader of HOSPA’s Membership and Events Office, succeeds Carl Weldon as the Association’s Chief … [Read more...]
February 2016 shows a drop in occupancy for Scottish hotels
The monthly LJ Forecaster Scottish Intercity Report, from tourism market research specialists LJ Research, tracking city centre hotel performance in Glasgow, Edinburgh and Aberdeen, showed that hotels in Scotland’s two largest cities minimised the impact of occupancy reductions by growing room rates whilst both occupancy and rates fell by around 20% in Aberdeen. Glasgow … [Read more...]
Greene King leisure spend tracker report
Londoners spend cautiously on leisure during 2016, but young people remain positive on their household’s finances This month’s Greene King Leisure Spend Tracker shows that people living in London and the South East have been more cautious in their spending on leisure than the rest of Great Britain so far this year. Those living in London and the South East have … [Read more...]