Hotels in the UK are driving forward growth in performance for 2014’s first quarter compared with last year. New statistics from STR Global has found the UK has the fullest hotels in Europe with an occupancy of 73.9% in March ...

St Austell Brewery has opened its first Brewer & Bean coffee retail outlet at the Great Western Hotel in Newquay. The South West brewery launched the Fairtrade Brewer & Bean brand earlier this year, in response to the continued growing ...

The local heat for annual Hospitality competition A Passion to Inspire was held at West Suffolk College in April. [Wednesday 23 April 2014] The competition provides an opportunity for aspiring young Chefs and Front of House staff to showcase their ...

Hospitality Action is calling on the entire industry to join together and come out in force in aid of its annual fundraising event Hospitality Action Week, taking place this year on May 12th-18th. The money raised over the seven days ...

Food Solutions a specialist organisation which aims to enable small food businesses to comply with food regulations easily and economically has issued a release in response to the recent MEP vote regarding proposed inspection charges for the food industry. There ...

The Craft Guild of Chefs is sponsoring three classes at this year’s Salon Culinaire at Hotelympia, which is considered to be the highlight of the trade show for visiting chefs. It is sponsoring Main Plates in the junior and senior ...

World’s Largest Accommodation And Traveller Survey With More Than 61,000 Global Respondents TripAdvisor®, the world’s largest travel site, announced the results of the third instalment of TripBarometer, the world’s largest accommodation and traveller survey¹. This biannual study, conducted on behalf ...

With the UK’s biggest hospitality trade show here, Hotelympia is unveiling its top five things to see and do throughout the four day extravaganza. When the doors open on Monday 28th April, visitors will be welcomed through a brand new, ...

JD Wetherspoon is aiming to train all 32,000 of its front-line staff in customer service using the WorldHost training programmes, which were used to train more than 100,000 staff and volunteers for the London 2012 Olympic Games and Paralympics. The ...

Somerset-based Quantock Brewery added to its trophy cabinet by taking the Overall Champion prize at the Society of Independent Brewers’ south west regional beer competition last week. The accolade, for its Wills Neck 4.2% ABV golden ale, follows victories for ...