Travelodge has announced it has exchanged contracts for three new hotels in the heart of shopping centres. Locations include: Wood Green, Burgess Hill and Bromley. These three deals represent a combined investment value of £22m and will create 75 new jobs. The Mall, yards from Wood Green underground station, is owned by Capital & Regional. Subject to planning Travelodge … [Read more...]
UK Bocuse d’Or team announced for Budapest 2016
The UK Bocuse d’Or Team has announced the candidate and commis who will compete in the Bocuse d’Or Europe in Budapest on 11-12 May, 2016. The candidate will be Anthony Wright, a senior chef lecturer running the Atrium restaurant at University College Birmingham. Anthony, a classically trained chef, has extensive and varied experience working in some of the UK’s top … [Read more...]
AccorHotels to increase UK rooms by 30%
AccorHotels, the world’s leading hotel operator and market leader in Europe, has cemented its position as the UK’s leading growth hotel group by opening its 30,000th room in the UK and remains on track to meet its ambitious target to increase the number of rooms by over 30% by 2017. Working rapidly towards their ambitious growth targets, AccorHotels UK and Ireland has … [Read more...]
Booming UK coffee shop market heads for 30,000 outlets
Estimated at 20,728 outlets the total UK coffee shop market shows significant sales growth of 10% on last year and a total turnover in 2015 of £7.9 billion. According to the latest report from Allegra World Coffee Portal: Project Café2016 UK, the branded coffee chain segment recorded £3.3 billion turnover across 6,495 outlets, following impressive outlet growth of 12%, adding … [Read more...]
COP21 a ‘wake-up call’ for the catering industry
While discussions at COP21 and specific country contributions have primarily focussed on carbon-based energy and transportation, caterer Vacherin believes the entire food industry has a vital role to play in helping achieve meaningful carbon reduction targets. Such is its belief it is embedding this concept in its marketing initiatives next year. Every caterer & … [Read more...]