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Frenchman Frederic Brugues started his career as commis sommelier for Marco Pierre White in 1996. As wine director for London restaurant Sketch he has steadily built up the wine cellar to over 750 bins. He consults on individual tastes and requirements...
Training provider The Luxury Academy has launched a new course for hotel staff that is designed to enhance service and elevate standards within luxury hotels.
Ibis, the economy hotel brand from France-based global operator Accor, has been named as the leading hotel brand in Europe with 1,277 hotels now operating under the Ibis name.
Following a planned refurb, Gordon Ramsay's three Michelin-starred Chelsea eatery Restaurant Gordon Ramsay is to be relaunched in partnership with head chef Clare Smyth who will become standing chef-patron of the business.
Late Night London, the subsidiary of Novus Leisure which owns 45 restaurants, bars and nightclubs across the capital, has just completed the refurbishment of three of its venues and is set to re-launch another next month.
The UK’s largest hotel and restaurant operator, Whitbread, has found horsemeat in its lasagne and beef burger products that were reportedly sold in Premier Inn, Brewers Fayre, Beefeater Grill and Table Table outlets.
De Vere has signed three deals to launch its first Scottish hotels under the Village Urban Resorts brand with chief executive Robert Cook hoping the properties in Edinburgh, Glasgow and Aberdeen will be open by autumn 2014.
The Community Pubs Minister Brandon Lewis has been unveiled as the keynote speaker for the 25th annual BII Lunch to be held at Grosvenor House hotel in May.