Intercontinental Hotels Group (IHG) is to partner for the next two years with Norland College – a name recognised all over the world as the mark of the highest quality nannies, Norland Nannies. The partnership will see Norland College provide all IHG hotels and resorts around the world with expert guidance on babysitting and staff recruitment to ensure families have the best … [Read more...]
Sunday Times Virgin Fast Track 100: hospitality entries
The Sunday Times Virgin Fast Track 100 league table ranks Britain's 100 private companies with the fastest-growing sales over their latest three years and is compiled by Fast Track and published in The Sunday Times each December, with an awards event at Richard Branson's Oxfordshire family home and follow-up regional dinners. A typical Fast Track 100 company: is owned … [Read more...]
Wetherspoon parts company with Heineken
J D Wetherspoon has announced (9 December) that it is no longer trading with major supplier, Heineken, at any of its 926 pubs in the UK and Republic of Ireland. Heineken refused to supply Heineken lager (Ireland's biggest-selling draught beer) and Murphy's stout to Wetherspoon’s new pub in Dun Laoghaire in the Republic of Ireland and also demanded personal guarantees from … [Read more...]
Take a look at Starbucks Reserve Roastery and Tasting Room
As H&CNews readers will know, Starbucks has opened its first Reserve Roastery and Tasting Room in the Capitol Hill neighborhood of Seattle, nine blocks away from its original store in Pike Place Market. The interactive Roastery and Tasting Room is dedicated to roasting, coffee education and increasing availability of the company’s small-lot Reserve coffees. Every Reserve … [Read more...]
Stella Artois ‘Gives Beautifully’ this Christmas
Stella Artois has unveiled details of this year’s festive campaign for the UK. Having originally been created as a Christmas gift to the people of Leuven, Belgium, Stella Artois celebrates its origins each year. New Christmas advertising campaign The ”L’Anniversaire” TV ad brings to life the spirit of Stella Artois’ origins, with the tagline “originally crafted as a … [Read more...]