Northern Restaurant & Bar 2015, the largest hospitality trade show outside London, returns to Manchester Central on 17 & 18 March with another inspiring line up of chefs. 2015 will see the show’s first ever international chef appearance courtesy of Nancho Manzano, who has three Michelin stars across Casa Marcial in the Asturian mountains and La Salgar in Gijón, and … [Read more...]
Hilton in the Community Foundation (HCF) Ball
Villeroy & Boch was thrilled to be involved in this year’s annual Hilton in the Community Foundation (HCF) Ball, donating £20,000 worth of china for the event. Taking place at the Hilton Hotel Park Lane on Saturday 22nd November, over 700 guests attended the charity ball. The guests sat down to an incredible feast prepared by Anthony Marshall, Executive Chef and … [Read more...]
Top 4 uses of the internet by businesses
* research by the Office for National Statistics shows that businesses source information through the internet more than every other media channel. So how are they achieving this on the internet precisely? Sending/receiving email Researching products and services Reading news Using social media We don’t think we need to do any research to help anyone better … [Read more...]
New Year’s Honours 2015
This year’s New Year honours for hospitality, catering and also tourism are led by Simon Vincent, of Hilton Hotels, and Wendy Bartlett of foodservice caterer Bartlett Mitchell. Simon Vincent is the President EMEA of Hilton Worldwide as well as co-chair of the (new) UK Tourism Council. He receives an OBE for services to the hospitality industry. Wendy Bartlett (pictured … [Read more...]
Travelodge donates 1.5 million bars of soap to charity
Travelodge, the UK’s largest independent hotel brand has announced it has donated over 1.5 million bars of soap to charity. The mountain of soap which weighed more than 17 tons is surplus stock, following Travelodge introducing new liquid soap dispensers into all of its 36,986 UK rooms. Travelodge has partnered up with the charity In Kind Direct, which was founded in 1996 by … [Read more...]