This winter, Beaver Lodge will arrive in Chelsea, a cabin bar and dance saloon based on the log cabins found in places such as Jackson Hole in America. This is the 7th project from Charlie Gilkes and Duncan Stirling, founders of The Inception Group, whose existing venues are loved for their innovative and entertaining themes. Beaver Lodge will giddy up guests, taking them … [Read more...]
Lifetime achievement at ASAP Awards for Chairman David Smith
David Smith, Chairman of the Association of Serviced Apartment Providers (ASAP) and Director of City Apartments Ltd, won the ‘Lifetime Achievement’ award at the ASAP Annual Conference and Awards dinner, sponsored by Sky, on 4 December. Smith, who has chaired ASAP since 2004, was recognised for his leading role in establishing and leading the Association to be the primary … [Read more...]
Cereal Killer Cafe offers 120 choices
The first UK cereal café has just opened in Shoreditch London. Cereal Killer Café offers 120 different cereals from around the world, 20 toppings and over 30 different milks with the menu also stretching to poptarts, toast and speciality cereal cakes. The idea was conceived by 2 identical twins from Belfast, Alan and Gary Keery, who came up with the idea when looking for … [Read more...]
School Chef of the Year 2015: live regional heats begin
The search is now well underway for the LACA School Chef of the Year 2015. Last year’s title was won by Bedfordshire school chef, Tanya Watkin. Over 60 registrations were received for this year’s event and the initial 2015 judging stage has now been completed. The contestants who have successfully qualified from this first stage now go through to the live regional heats to … [Read more...]
Peter Torbet, Director, Product Innovation from global hospitality technology leaders, Acentic, talks about 2015 for hotel tech trends
Hospitality technology came a long way in 2014, but the best is yet to come. Year on year, travelling millennials are demanding more streamlined services and when deciding what technology in which to invest, hoteliers need to be taking their cues from these customers. Guests want the smartphone in their hand to wield as much power as possible, and although a holiday once … [Read more...]