Preferred Hotels & Resorts, the world’s largest independent hotel brand, has announced an array of winners from around the world of hospitality at its annual Preferred Awards of Excellence and GIFTTS Pineapple Award initiatives. Headlining the awards for the UK being named as Hotelier of the Year is Sally Beck, General Manager of the Royal Lancaster London. Beck leads … [Read more...]
Bartlett Mitchell maintain action on sustainability and environmental protection
Bartlett Mitchell has reduced its emissions by 22.3 tCO2 in its second year of carbon footprint reporting with The Planet Mark - demonstrating its commitment to sustainability and environmental protection. The Planet Mark is a sustainability certification which recognises outstanding achievements, encourages action, and builds an empowered community of like-minded … [Read more...]
Prime Minister addresses the country headlining curfew on hospitality
The agenda had already been set on Monday by the government’s health and science leaders when Professor Chris Whitty and Sir Patrick Vallance addressed the nation with a diagnosis of where we are with Covid-19. Last night Boris Johnson spoke to the nation with his prescriptive measures to combat the spread of Covid-19. The main headlines for the hospitality industry in … [Read more...]
Tripadvisor data shows living close to HMP Brixton has distinct culinary advantages
The Clink Restaurant at HMP Brixton has been regularly judged by feedback from diners to make it the number 1 restaurant in London on Tripadvisor. Which given there are circa 20,000 London restaurants is quite some accolade. Like all restaurants in 2020 Covid-19 has taken its toll and as a consequence The Clink Restaurant at HMP Brixton is closed. The good news, at least for … [Read more...]
Sweden, a Covid enigma enjoying mythical acclaim, is it justified?
Sweden is being hailed by many as a success story in combating Covid-19, a claim that I felt was worth investigating. Much of the hailing that I have heard is from radio discussion programming including the BBC and LBC, both being regular travel companions. People calling into programmes frequently cite Sweden’s Covid-19 strategy as an example of what the UK should have … [Read more...]