Restaurants are losing out on income and customers by a combination of poor service and not cleaning and polishing their glasses, cutlery and crockery properly, a new study has found**. Over half of the 2,000 consumers surveyed by Miele Professional (52%) stated that dirty glassware was their ‘top restaurant turn off’, and a further third (32%) said that if they were to … [Read more...]
BrewDog’s worldwide expansion continues in Sweden
Scotland’s largest independent brewery, Brewdog has opened BrewDog Gothenburg, its second craft beer bar in Sweden and 17th worldwide. Situated at Kungsgatan 10, 411 19 Gothenburg, the new bar is BrewDog’s fourth bar launch of 2014, following openings in São Paulo, Tokyo and Sheffield. The brewery opened its first Swedish bar in Stockholm last May. BrewDog Gothenburg has … [Read more...]
Carlsberg UK launches ‘Crafted’ Portfolio of craft and speciality beers
Responding to year on year growth in craft beer sales, Carlsberg UK has launched a portfolio of craft and speciality beers under the ‘Crafted’ name to help Free Trade customers expand their beer offer. Portfolio of 28 beers The portfolio of 28 beers has been sourced across Carlsberg UK’s third party partners and the Carlsberg Group global portfolio. It includes beers from … [Read more...]
Accor purchases 97 hotels in Europe
Accor has announced that its HotelInvest business has agreed to purchase two real estate portfolios. Representing 86 and 11 hotels respectively (12,838 rooms) for a total consideration of about €900 Million. “These transactions send a strong signal of our capability to rapidly implement the strategy of restructuring the HotelInvest portfolio,” said Sébastien Bazin, Chairman … [Read more...]
InterContinental in play?
No sooner has the unsolicited approach for AstraZeneca by Pfizer quietened down than...IHG is rumoured to be the next major target for a foreign takeover! Although IHG appears a giant in the international hotel industry, there’s always someone bigger or with access to the necessary finance. Shares in IHG have jumped about 6% on rumours that a £6 billion bid may have been … [Read more...]