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Convivial Hotels, a newly-formed company, has purchased its first two hotels, acquiring the Rossett Hall Hotel near Wrexham and the Charnwood Hotel in Nottinghamshire out of administration.
Greene King has posted a record set of results for the Christmas and New Year period, helping the group’s overall like-for-like sales increase by 3.7 per cent for the 36 weeks to 6 January 2013.
The British Hospitality Association (BHA) has revealed the second Hospitality & Tourism Summit will be held on Tuesday 11 June 2013 and will focus on promoting careers in the industry.
Alan Bird, the former executive chef at The Ivy, is to open his own restaurant at Smithfield in London this year.
Pesto, the Italian restaurant and pub-restaurant chain founded by La Tasca creator Neil Gatt, has announced two key appointments to its board in order to support expansion plans which see the company doubling its portfolio in 2013.
In the first part of our week of product news stories featuring products set to launch next week at The Hospitality Show in Birmingham, we introduce readers to the Clifton Foodfuge, a centrifuge for chefs, which will launch later this month and will be...