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...]
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QSR Catering Equipment – 50% Off Sale Now On
Delivery, click and collect and takeaway are now firmly on the menu for most hospitality businesses, from established quick service restaurants to Michelin starred destination restaurants, and everything in between. This transition has proved to be a lifeline in keeping cash flowing, teams active, and possibly most importantly restaurants front of mind with … [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...]
VAT cut, 50% off restaurant meals, and furlough retention plan announced by Rishi Sunak today
Earlier this afternoon Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak said he believed the hospitality sector has been particularly badly impacted from Covid-19 and announced three major financial initiatives for hospitality. In Parliament he said he was cutting VAT on food, accommodation and attractions saying: "VAT will be reduced, from next Wednesday until January 12 2021, … [Read more...]
Chinese security take over Hong Kong hotel and transform into intelligence headquarters
China has today ‘taken over’ a hotel and immediately transformed it into its intelligence unit force's headquarters to operate Hong Kong’s new security laws. The new security base in the hotel is located nearby Hong Kong’s Victoria Park, where ominously pro-democracy protests took place for years, as well as the annual vigil that commemorates Beijing's Tiananmen Square … [Read more...]