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Hotels hoping to capture both business and leisure travellers should focus on ‘affordable luxury’ to generate bookings and please guests, especially among Millennials, BDRC Continental has said.
Alexander Boyd is now executive head chef at the Caxton Grill St Ermin’s Hotel Westminster, the venue formerly overseen by Adam Handling before he left to set up his own venture, The Frog.
Stuart Bowery, general manager at Grosvenor House, has been named as the new chairman of the Master Innholders.
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Bartenders from London venues Quo Vadis, Hix, Polpo, The Clove Club and Bernardi’s are among those set to take part in the inaugural Soho Negroni Championship next month.
Hotels are almost certainly losing business to the sharing economy platforms such as Airbnb, a panel has suggested at this year’s BDRC Hotel Insights Forum 2016.
Piquet, the restaurant set up by chef Allan Pickett and Bodean’s founder Andre Blais, has gone in to administration one year after opening.
Grind & Co, the artisan small coffee chain backed by John Ayton MBE, has opened its own roastery, which will enable it to roll-out three or four sites next year, according to BigHospitality's sister site MCA.
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Alex Head formed London-based catering company Social Pantry six years ago. The business has expanded considerably since, adding Social Pantry Café in 2013 and a host of new clients, but even with growth, her strong principles remain an essential part of...