hospitality
Stories tagged “hospitality”
United adds 30 Chef's Table dishes to Polaris menus
The airline says 11 chefs designed the second seasonal rotation, served from 1 November on selected international business-class departures.
Crazy Bear hotels close for good as Brakspear buys freeholds
BDO sold the freeholds of Stadhampton and Beaconsfield to pub group Brakspear three days after Crazy Bear's second administration in under two years, ending about 130 jobs.
Coppa Collective revenue rises 8% to £56.4m in FY26
The group behind Coppa Club and the Italian brand Noci returns to like-for-like sales growth and credits tighter cost control after buying four pubs from Grosvenor.
Weight-loss jabs push Heineken to rethink pub menus
A Heineken presentation seen by Reuters tells UK hospitality customers to promote half-pints and low-alcohol drinks as GLP-1 use grows.
Rocket Room opens its first standalone bar at Highcross Leicester
The axe-throwing and shuffleboard brand leaves its food-hall base behind for a 4,000 sq ft Midlands site, with a full kitchen menu for the first time.
Aiello's voice AI takes over hotel restaurant bookings
The Taipei company's AI Call Agent now plugs into TableCheck, letting hotel guests book, change or cancel a restaurant table by phone in 50-plus languages, any hour.
Chubby Group raises $50m to absorb GEN Korean BBQ
A Prysm Capital-led Series A at a $500m valuation is bankrolling the Los Angeles operator's takeover of 47 GEN Korean BBQ restaurants.
Barcelona loading bays for bars and hotels start six-month trial
Three reserved bays, eight distributors and seven vehicles per site: the city is testing whether a truck that parks once and delivers on foot cuts traffic. The council has not published the hours.
Australia bans card surcharges on restaurant menus
From 1 October, cafes, pubs and restaurants can no longer add a card surcharge, and owners are recalculating what a coffee or a steak should cost.
Dutch hospitality bankruptcies ease from last year's peak
CBS data show hospitality bankruptcies fell fastest of any sector in the Netherlands this summer, even as restaurant sales outrun hotels hit by a new VAT rate.
Card payment mandate: Germany targets cash-only restaurants
Finance minister Lars Klingbeil wants every shop, café and restaurant to offer at least one digital way to pay from 2027. Dehoga says the fees are the real question.
Beefeater closure: Whitbread shuts its last 106 restaurants
The carvery chain's final site traded on September 10, the last of three closure dates that also emptied Table Table, Cookhouse + Pub and Brewers Fayre this month.
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