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Marriott International is shaking up its food and beverage strategy by offering local entrepreneurs the chance to create pop-up bars and restaurants in its city centre hotels.
The Chinese-led consortium bidding to takeover Starwood Hotels & Resorts has formally withdrawn its offer, paving the way for Starwood’s merger with Marriott to go ahead.
The deadline to enter Le Cordon Bleu UK Scholarship Award 2016 – with a prize including an internship at the three-Michelin-starred Restaurant Gordon Ramsay ‒ is fast approaching.
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Online restaurant reservations provider OpenTable has unveiled new 'lickable' technology which allows diners to taste dishes from their favourite restaurants.
London-based Italian wine bar group Enoteca Da Luca is to open its fifth location, in the city’s Old Street, this month (April).
Northern cities are tipped to dominate future hotel development in the UK, according to a new study.