The 5th Annual European Hospitality Awards hosted at the Hurlingham Club, London once again attracted a whole host of recognisable faces from the hospitality community. In a fiercely competitive industry, landing one of these awards not only distinguishes an individual hotel as one of the very best the industry has to offer, but demonstrates a distinct recognition amongst … [Read more...]
Global Restaurant Investment Forum unveils high calibre programme
Bench Events, the organiser of The Global Restaurant Investment Forum (GRIF), the exclusive conference focused on restaurant investment that takes place on 16-18 February 2015 in Dubai, UAE, has unveiled a thought-provoking programme and high calibre speaker line-up. The business conference of the Dubai Food Festival 2015 GRIF will once again be the business conference of … [Read more...]
October hotel performance flat for London
STR Global’s preliminary October data for London indicates flat hotel performance year over year. Based on daily data from October, London reported: * increases in supply (+3.2 percent) and demand (+3.0 percent); * a 0.1-percent decrease in occupancy to 88.0 percent; * a 0.1-percent increase in average daily rate to GBP152.69; and * no change in revenue per available … [Read more...]
Punch Taverns gets back to positive business
Preliminary Results for Punch Taverns for the 53 weeks to 23 August 2014 show performance in line with guidance, a positive start to the year, and the completion of the capital re-structuring. Stephen Billingham,Executive Chairman of Punch Taverns plc, commented: “We have returned the core estate to like-for-like growth and delivered underlying profits for the year in line … [Read more...]
New research shows increasing appetite for sustainable seafood
New independent research into seafood buying behaviour around the world shows that consumers are increasingly looking for fish products from a sustainable source, and that ecolabels give credibility to these claims. The research, conducted on behalf of the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC), is believed to be the world’s largest international survey of sustainable seafood … [Read more...]