MCC has revealed that guests attending summer fixtures at Lord’s Cricket Ground toasted England’s 2017 success with over half a million drinks during a sell-out hospitality season. With a number of England wins throughout the 2017 cricket season at Lord’s, hospitality guests and match spectators raised their glasses with: 58,000 glasses of Champagne 71,000 pints of … [Read more...]
Caldesi Campagna unveils new look Bray restaurant with HSBC support
Celebrity chef Giancarlo Caldesi and cookery writer Katie Caldesi have reopened their popular Caldesi Campagna restaurant in Bray with a brand new look and extension, following an £80,000 business loan from HSBC. Originally opened in 2007, the well-loved rural restaurant is owned and run by the husband and wife team that are better known for their appearances on TV cookery … [Read more...]
Liverpool superfan working at City Hotel
A kitchen porter who moved to Liverpool to watch his beloved football team play is celebrating 22 years working at a city hotel. Liverpool-mad Erwan Hamon first fell in love with the city in 1989 when he came to watch Liverpool play at Anfield. By 1995 he completed his transfer from Brittany in France and started working as a room attendant at the Campanile Hotel … [Read more...]
The Savoy awarded customers’ choice award at the AA Hospitality Awards 2017-18
The Savoy was announced winner of the first Customers’ Choice Award at the AA Hospitality Awards 2017-18, held on Monday 25 September. The event, which recognises and rewards service excellence in the best establishments around the UK, marked the 20th in the AA’s history and saw winners across 20 categories. World-renowned chefs, prominent hoteliers and restaurateurs, … [Read more...]
Report shows Tourism VAT Rate cut would create thousands of Jobs in Northern Ireland
An independent report launched this week shows that more than 2,000 jobs would be created in Northern Ireland’s hospitality sector if the VAT rate was cut from 20 percent to 5 percent on accommodation and visitor attractions. The launch of the report was attended by prominent NI politicians including Nigel Dodds MP, who addressed an enthused audience at the Europa Hotel in … [Read more...]