The casual dining sector has possibly been impacted from Covid-19 more than any other, and many brands that were synonymous with casual dining are no more. Casual Dining Group owns and operates Bella Italia, Belgo, Café Rouge, Huxleys, Oriel and Las Iguanas, and prior to the current crisis employed circa 6,000 people across its diverse restaurant portfolio. Nearly one third … [Read more...]
Eat Out to Help Out – goes LIVE
Restaurants and other establishments serving food for on premises consumption can now sign up to a new government initiative aimed at protecting jobs in the hospitality industry and encouraging people to safely return to dining out. The Eat Out to Help Out registration page went live this morning on GOV.UK, allowing businesses to join the scheme announced last week by … [Read more...]
Hospitality Action Invisible Chips
As restaurants, pubs, cafes and hotels reopen post lockdown, Hospitality Action is launching a quirky and innovative fundraising campaign to harness the UK’s goodwill and affection for the hospitality industry. 0% fat, 100% charity. Fred think's - Hospitality Action Invisible Chips - are "better than Gordon's" Invisible Chips are an amusing and engaging way for … [Read more...]
No Shows survive Covid-19 while restaurants may not, unless things change
Booking anything and expecting the provider to reserve a place, expecting them to spend time preparing for your booking, and then not showing up shows a lack of honesty that cannot and should not be tolerated any longer. This applies to the booking of anything including restaurant seats and tables. In the past three to four months the restaurant industry has been decimated, … [Read more...]
World Travel & Tourism Council calls for global face mask adoption
The World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) has called upon all travellers to don protective face masks to show they ‘wear to care’ in the new normal of travelling. The advice from WTTC in favour of mandatory mask wearing comes from evidence that countries which are recovering faster and avoid second Covid-19 spikes are those where the use of face masks have been … [Read more...]