Last Saturday when tweeting with Chef Damian Wawrzyniak, founder of the Fine Art of Dining, TV presenter, Master Craftsman at The Craft Guild of Chefs, previously found in the kitchens of two Michelin Star restaurant Noma in Copenhagen and currently Head of the Hospitality and Culinary Arts Academy which will open in London's Park Royal 2016...we got onto the subject of … [Read more...]
Las Iguanas achieves Champion Status
Las Iguanas has now gone beyond Gold IIP Status and have been rewarded as an Investors in People Champion, the highest level of accreditation by the IIP. This follows on from their recent successes at The Employee Engagement Awards and IIP Awards for Reward and Recognition and also their listing in the Sunday Times 100 Best Companies. Role model As an Investors in People … [Read more...]
New 115-bed hotel planned for the Eden Project
The Eden Project has unveiled plans for a £6 million hotel to provide 115-bedroom accommodation on its site at Bodelva near St Austell in Cornwall. Plans have been submitted to Cornwall Council for the new building which has been designed to blend into the countryside and have high standards of accessibility, energy-efficiency and sustainability. If the application is … [Read more...]
UK hospitality businesses make service changes as the result of reviews
Nearly three quarters (73%) of UK businesses have taken steps to improve service as the result of an online review, according to a survey of over 100,000 respondents by TripAdvisor, the world’s largest travel site. The findings come as TripAdvisor unveiled a new Guide to Writing Helpful Reviews, with useful review-writing tips for consumers based on a survey of over 100,000 … [Read more...]
Delivering the promise at every Hotel, Piccadilly
H&C News wrote recently about the launch of every Hotels (see link below), the new brand from glh, the largest owner-operator hotel company in London with over 4,000 hotel rooms, and a total of 8,279 bedrooms and 337 meeting rooms across 36 hotels in the UK. every Hotels is described as the result of a two year research, insight and customer feedback programme, and … [Read more...]