A 15% year-on-year increase in sales at Welcome Break’s new look format at Birchanger Green has cemented the motorway service provider’s plan to roll out this next generation service station to its other sites across the country. The refurbishment at Birchanger Green cost £1.2million, and saw the creation of an open, more welcoming environment, with the use of large glass … [Read more...]
Marriott launches Global Creative and Content Marketing Studio
Marriott International is to form a new global content studio, comprising content development, production and distribution teams, and dedicated to publishing, distributing and sharing digital and filmed content across film, television, online, digital and print distribution platforms. To further the company’s focus on next-generation travellers and drive new business, the … [Read more...]
Punch Taverns and Oakman Inns invest in Ampthill Pub
The White Hartin Ampthill, Bedford, is to re-open early next year following a joint investment from Oakman Inns and Restaurants Limited and property owners Punch Taverns. The pub, an 18th Century Grade Two Listed Coaching Inn situated on Dunstable Street, is at the centre of the £1.3million joint investment that will see the site completely refurbished. Oakman Inns and … [Read more...]
Butchery, Chocolate and Urban Forage at South Thames College
Having just celebrated its first birthday, the ‘Taste’ restaurant at South Thames College played host to The Chefs’ Forum’s third event in London since its launch at Westminster Kingsway College with Pierre Koffmann last May. On Monday 29 September, The College’s Chef Ambassador Bruno Loubet worked with Head Chef at Coworth Park Ross Marshall to produce impressive savoury … [Read more...]
Hilton’s Tower Bridge Bar TwoRuba transformed
Leading bar and restaurant design studio AfroditiKrassa has introduced a space-defining ‘metal mesh architectural drapery’, as part of its urban opulence interior design concept for Hilton Tower Bridge’s new 300 square metres destination bar, TwoRuba, which opened in September 2014. Hilton brand transformation The Hilton brand, nearly a century old, is going through … [Read more...]