Booking.com, the world’s number one accommodation site, continues to see strong growth in mobile bookings. The total transaction value of mobile accommodation bookings more than doubled from over $3 billion in 2012 to over $8 billion in 2013, reinforcing the need to be ‘mobile friendly’. Continuing rapid growth Looking back at the 2011 figure where Booking.com saw $1 … [Read more...]
Roux Brew – Michel Roux Jr launches beer competition for London’s brewers
Michel Roux Jr, Albert Roux and Head Sommelier at Le Gavroche David Galetti will next week be taking the first steps towards discovering a fine British craft beer good enough to carry the Roux name. Roux Brew – special summertime ‘house beer’ 16 top London breweries will be entering a competition to to create ‘Roux Brew’, a special ‘house’ beer to be paired with seasonal … [Read more...]
Nevilles supports Hotelympia Skillery 2014
Nevilles, a leading supplier of tableware and light catering equipment to the UK and Eire foodservice industry, is supplying their catering equipment brand, Genware, at the Craft Guild of Chefs live Skillery at this year’s Hotelympia in London’s ExCel from 28 April to 1 May. Genware will be taking centre stage at Hotelympia 2014 by supporting four high profile chefs at the … [Read more...]
Boost customer experience with smoked bacon
Following the latest market trend showing that consumption of the smoked variety is rising, Brakes is urging operators to reassess their bacon offering and ensure smoked bacon is firmly on their menus to deliver a better consumer experience. Quality is important to consumers Every year the UK foodservice industry consumes 1.7 billion pounds (volume) of bacon, highlighting … [Read more...]
Lotus Bakeries launch Biscoff brand
Coffee outlets are aware of the impact on customer loyalty and sales when they offer complementary sweet biscuits with their coffee. Lotus Bakeries’ launch of a new iconic and bold pack design for their individually wrapped ‘Original Caramelised Biscuit’, along with the introduction of the ‘Biscoff’ brand name for the first time in the UK, will reinforce brand recognition and … [Read more...]