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Going out for meals and drinks has been revealed by VisitEngland to be the second most popular reason for day trips in the UK with 250 million trips in 2011 helping to boost the worth of the day visit economy to £54bn.
Meantime Brewing Company is aiming to create London’s most advanced and largest craft brewery by quadrupling the size of its facilities in Greenwich.
Hotel room rates in the UK fell by an average of 1 per cent to £82 in 2011 as hoteliers strove to fill rooms by discounting and refused to pass on the 2.5 per cent VAT increase to guests.
Chef Philip Howard and restaurateur Rebecca Mascarenhas have announced they are to work together on a second restaurant project this year.
Trade remains tough for many chain restaurants and pubs across the UK according to the latest figures from the Coffer Peach Business Tracker.
Hotel bookings in Glasgow have increased by 200 per cent in the past four years, second only to London in the most popular list of shopping destination cities.
Dion Jones from Carden Park Country Hotel near Chester has won the junior section of the International Escoffier Challenge Grand Final after becoming only the first Welsh chef to represent Great Britain in the competition.