HMSHost International has announced the extension of their partnership with McArthurGlen, Europe’s leading owner, developer and manager of designer outlets. This extension of the relationship will see HMSHost open two new restaurants at the McArthurGlen Designer Outlet Ashford later this year. Walter Seib, CEO of HMSHost International: “We are delighted to announce the … [Read more...]
OYO emerge as the world’s third largest hotel chain
OYO Hotels & Homes have emerged as the world’s third largest hotel chain when measured by room count, as of June 2019. OYO is also now the fastest-growing chain of hotels overtaking several ‘traditional’ established hotel brands. From a standing start in 6 years, OYO has expanded its presence to over 800 cities, with nearly 23,000 OYO-branded hotels and 850,000 … [Read more...]
ACE Robyns Award 2019 winner announced
The Association of Catering Excellence announced the winner of the 2019 ACE Robyns Award at its annual summer party held at Kings Place, London last night. Rebecca Armstrong, Operations Manager for The Genuine Dining Company was declared the overall winner in front of over 200 hospitality guests. She has responsibility for 8 sites around London, training and developing … [Read more...]
Compass, quietly, acquires Dine Contract Catering
On 16th May 2019 Compass Group, UK and Ireland Limited filed with Companies House that they had acquired 75% or more of the shares of Dine Contract Catering. On the same day and since that day, Companies House have been further notified of a number of other changes to Dine Contract Catering being made to restructure the business in line with its new ownership and … [Read more...]
Wetherspoon today announce its pre-close trading statement for the financial year
J D Wetherspoon have today announced its pre-close trading statement for the financial year ending 28 July 2019. The preliminary results are due to be announced on 13 September 2019. Current trading For the 10 weeks to 7 July 2019 like-for-like sales increased by 6.9% and total sales increased by 6.6%. Year-to-date like-for-like sales have increased by 6.7% and total … [Read more...]