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Fenland celery, a variety of winter celery only grown in the Fens of East Cambridgeshire, is being made available to chefs operating in and around London this winter as it returns to the New Covent Garden market.
The owners of Netherlands-based hotel group Marbella Club has purchased the historic Tophams Hotel in Belgravia through their newly launched UK acquisition vehicle, Imperial Hotels London.
The Park Inn Heathrow hotel has become the Park Inn Hotel & Conference Centre in recognition of its new conference and meeting facilities which have been included as part of a multi-million pound investment across its estate.
Global hotel operator Accor and UK-based drinks firm Diageo have been named on the list of the 25 best multinational workplaces in the World by The Great Place to Work Institute.
A majority of senior hospitality leaders believe it is now 'impossible' to secure financing for regional hotel projects, while 41 per cent are predicting hotels outside London could take up to five years to recover to pre-recessionary performance levels.
Nando's was named Best Overall Restaurant Chain at last night's R200 Awards where Geronimo Inns, Banana Tree and Byron were also rewarded for their work within the eating-out sector.
Stonegate Pub Company has opened bar and restaurant Missoula and nightclub Luna following the major refurbishment of a High Street building in the West Midlands town of Solihull.
Pierre Koffmann is to offer the winner of this year's Le Cordon Bleu Scholarship a nine month apprenticeship at his restaurant Koffmann's at the Berkeley Hotel in Knightsbridge.