Idle Rocks owners buy St Mawes Hotel
The owners of the Idle Rocks hotel in St Mawes, Cornwall have acquired the St Mawes Hotel in the same town to help 'add scale' to their business.
Archives for January 27, 2014
New energy audit scheme for hospitality sector
A new energy audit programme from NatWest and RBS could help pubs, restaurants and hotels reduce their energy spend by thousands of pounds.
Leon starts regional expansion drive
Leon, the healthy fast food chain led by Henry Dimbleby and John Vincent, has embarked on its expansion drive outside London, with an opening of a site at the Eurotunnel terminal in Folkestone and restated that it could grow to over 100 units across the UK.
New hotel booking website 'gives OTAs the boot'
The co-founder of a new booking website that allows hotels to bid for guests believes the current Online Travel Agency (OTA) model is an ‘unsustainable, tangled web that only serves the intermediates’.
UK team wins European Pastry Cup 2014
The UK team has won the European Pastry Cup, earning itself a cash prize and securing a place in next year's Coupe du Monde de la Pâtisserie.
Spanish chef David Muñoz to open street food restaurant StreetXo in London
David Muñoz, the chef behind Madrid's three Michelin-starred restaurant DiverXo, has announced plans to open a branch of his street food-inspired restaurant StreetXo in London's Mayfair this summer.
You’re hired: Hospitality’s job creation drive continues into 2014
Last week’s revelations of unemployment dropping to a five-year low has been met by positive recruitment ambitions for the hospitality and leisure industries, with almost half of businesses pledging to take on new talent this year.