Caterer & Hotelkeeper articles from August 2002

Caterer & Hotelkeeper archives from August 2002

Events.
August 1, 2002... August 4 August The elms london professions five-a-side challenge cup Wembley, north London. Tel: 01494 601010 September 1-2 September Speciality &Fine Food Fair North Royal Armouries Hall, Leeds. Tel:...

Caterer personals.
August 1, 2002... H I would like to contact anyone who attended ONDHCIO at Thomas Danby, Leeds, 1977-80. Please reply to Richard Wallis - e-mail RichFrinton@aol.com. H I am trying to locate Robert Ellwood, who worked at the Newbus Arms hotel in Neasham,...

Licence to kill hope of reform.
August 1, 2002... We mustn't waste this once-in-a-lifetime chance to update our confusing, archaic licensing laws, argues Stephen Moss Having spent several hours studying the Government's draft instructions on the future Alcohol & Entertainment Bill, we find...

Hom truths.(Brief Article)(Interview)
August 1, 2002... Claret is the wine of choice for the world's most famous Chinese chef. Fiona Sims went to talk to him Tell me about your cellar One of the reasons I fell in love with my house in South-west France was because of its 13th century wine...

Hitting the sauce.(cooking sauce usage by caterers)
August 1, 2002... Faster, easier, more consistent - these are some of the claims made for cooking sauces against those made from scratch. Are they good enough?Bob Gledhill investigates THE catering industry's enthusiasm for cooking sauces shows no sign of...

A new ice age.(Pacojet ice cream equipment review)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2002... This is the jet age - the Pacojet age - when sorbets and ice-creams have become easier and quicker to prepare, thanks to new technology. Michael Raffael looks at a machine that rewrites the rulebook IN THE past, the most critical ingredient...

Drinks news.(Brief Article)
August 1, 2002... Wilde about cocktails "I make it a point never to pay at the Savoy," announces Jack Worthing to his friend, Algy Moncrieff, in Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest. And the Savoy couldn't be happier. The London hotel is overjoyed...

Table talk.(restaurant and food service industry)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2002... So what happens if you order plates of meat? RESTAURANTS which buy their fish and meat from Cutty Catering Specialists may be scratching their heads over the name of the company, formed by the management team to buy it from the...

Another Toque d'Or triumph for Neath Port Talbot team.(Brief Article)
August 1, 2002... There was a second Nestle Toque d'Or victory in a row for Neath Port Talbot College when the team from South Wales scooped the 2002 trophy at an awards ceremony held at London's Dorchester hotel last month. Matthew John and Kevin Wingrave,...

County Hall settles language dispute.(Communi-Cater and Marriott Hotels court case details)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2002... The Marriott Hotel County Hall in London and Communi-Cater, a language training company, have settled a dispute over an unpaid bill before it reached the small claims court. Sarah Cooper, director of Communi-Cater, said the hotel refused to...

Heathcote retargets North instead of city.(Brief Article)
August 1, 2002... Chef-restaurateur Paul Heathcote has given up his plans to open a restaurant in London and has decided instead to focus on expanding his business in the North of England. He has put in offers on two sites that he would like to convert into...

Faces & places.(hotel industry news briefs)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2002... Faces & places is edited by Louise Bozec E-mail: louise.bozec@rbi.co.uk HOLIDAY INN PROVIDES SPACE FOR TOP RACERS The Holiday Inn London Kensington Forum welcomed some of the world's biggest names in athletics when they stayed at...

WINthe trip of a lifetime; by inventing a recipe to match Caminante wine.
August 1, 2002... One lucky reader will win a trip for two to Chile, including four nights' accommodation at the Four Points hotel, Santiago, or equivalent four-star accommodation, in our Gracia, de Chile competition. The Corpora Vineyards & Winery is a...

Domino's stacks up profits.(Domino's Pizza Inc financial data)(Statistical Data Included)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2002... Television advertising and a shift in consumer tastes have helped increase turnover and profit at Domino's Pizza. In the six months to 30 June, turnover at the company grew by 26.3% to [pound]26.2m, compared with [pound]20.8m in the first...

Gaydon set to head London La Chaumiere.(Brief Article)
August 1, 2002... French chef YVAN GAYDON is to head a London version of La Chaumiere, the French restaurant at Eze, on France's Cote d'Azur, where he won two Michelin stars during his three-year tenure as head chef. Architect and designer Zoran Marchetich,...

Davies chairs REC arm.(Elice Davies joins Recruitment and Employment Confederation hospitality division)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2002... ELICE DAVIES has been elected chairman of the relaunched hospitality specialist division of the Recruitment & Employment Confederation (REC). This division of the REC has languished without a chairman and with just seven members for the...

Holiday Inn marks own golden jubilee.(Brief Article)(Illustration)
August 1, 2002... Holiday Inn, the largest hotel chain in the world, celebrates its 50th anniversary today. Founder Kemmons Wilson opened the first Holiday Inn in Memphis, Tennessee, USA, on 1 August 1952. Wilson, born on 5 January 1913 in Osceola, Arkansas,...

As they like it.(Eliance UK transforms the Royal Shakespeare Theatre's food services)(Brief Article)(Illustration)(Interview)
August 1, 2002... In just under a year, Eliance UK has transformed the Royal Shakespeare Theatre's cafe and bar, while creating a fine-dining restaurant with ambitions to be Stratford's number one destination eaterie. But, as Jessica Gunn found out, catering...

All's Well.(Well House Hotel, Liskeard, Cornwall)(Brief Article)(Company Profile)
August 1, 2002... In the third of our Adopted Business revisits, Helen Adkins visits Nick Wainford at the Well House hotel in Cornwall to discover how business has been faring over the past few years "WE'RE the Adopted Business you expected to fail, but...

in brief.(hotels bought and sold)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2002... Khanna purchase The 72-bedroom Best Western Westminster hotel in Nottingham has been sold to Anil Khanna of Khanna Enterprises for close to the [pound]2.8m sought by agent Christie & Co. It is the first UK hotel for the family-owned firm....

On the move.(appointments)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2002... Hilton's luxury brand, Conrad Hotels, has announced three senior promotions that take effect on 15 August. MICHAEL GOVERNEY, general manager of the Conrad Dublin, becomes regional vice-president of development for Ireland, responsible for the...

Pubmaster grows Scottish estate.(acquires 22 pubs)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2002... Pubmaster grew its Scottish estate last week, buying 22 pubs - 18 from Law Property Leisure and four privately-owned pubs - for a total of [pound]7m. The 18 pubs were tenanted businesses, while the four owner-managed pubs will be converted...

Dodds' gift.(Illustration)(Interview)
August 1, 2002... Attitude, ability, commitment, drive - these are just some of the factors other top chefs mention among the list of reasons why Warrick Dodds is a rising star. Diane Lane reports AS THE unanimous choice of the judges for the title of 1999...

Burger King sold to venture capitalists.(Diageo PLC sells to Texas Pacific, Bain Capital and Goldman Sachs Capital Partners)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2002... Burger King parent Diageo is selling the fast-food chain to venture capitalists Texas Pacific, Bain Capital and Goldman Sachs Capital Partners for $2.26b ([pound]1.4b). The group first announced it was selling Burger King in June 2000 in...

Welcome Break opens UK's biggest M-way hotel.(Brief Article)(Illustration)
August 1, 2002... Welcome Break opened the largest hotel on the UK's motorway network today (1 August). The 202-bedroom Days Inn hotel took one year to build and cost [pound]10m. The hotel is at the service station operator's London Gateway site on the M1...

BTA chairman sought.(Brief Article)
August 1, 2002... The Department for Culture, Media and Sport has started the search for a new chairman for the British Tourist Authority to replace David Quarmby, whose term expires at the end of May next year. The position will be for three years, starting...

Wetherspoon on new benchmark.(Brief Article)
August 1, 2002... Pub operator JD Wetherspoon opened its 600th pub at the weekend, in Islington, north London. The company spent more than [pound]1m developing Lloyds No 1, The Glass Works. Wetherspoon chairman Tim Martin said: "This is yet another...

Worldwide; briefing.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
August 1, 2002... Starwood slump Turnover at US-based hotel group Starwood fell by 9.3% to $1.9b ([pound]1.2b) in the six months to 30 June, compared with $2.1b ([pound]1.3b) for the same period last year. Net profit was $108m ([pound]68.2m), compared with...

Canadian hotels lift Fairmont earnings.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
August 1, 2002... North American hotel group Fairmont saw its turnover and earnings drop in the first half of 2002, but its Canadian hotels did better than those in the USA. The company owns or manages 78 top-end hotels in Canada, the USA, Mexico and...

in brief.(includes multiple articles)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2002... one devonshire sale Glasgow's prestigious One Devonshire Gardens hotel has been bought by new Scottish company Citrus Hotels for an undisclosed sum from receiver KPMG. The sale includes the 30-suite timeshare property Edinburgh Residence....

Contract; catering.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
August 1, 2002... Sodexho's operation Sodexho has won a contract to provide catering, hospitality and vending services at medical equipment supplier Bespak. The three-year contract has an annual turnover of more than [pound]500,000. Sodexho will cater for...

stockwatch.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
August 1, 2002... Continuing gloom about the prospects for the global economy hit the hotel and leisure sector hard last week. The FTSE Leisure and Hotels share index dropped by 4.32%, against a fall of 2.40% for all shares. Only five companies boosted their...

A responsible attitude is better than calorie cops.(Brief Article)
August 1, 2002... A MARTIAN landing in any city in the USA would be forgiven for thinking he had happened on a planet whose inhabitants ate only burgers, fries and fizzy drinks. With endless fast-food outlets on every street corner, the US love affair with vast...

More workers eat in staff canteen.(Brief Article)
August 1, 2002... British workers are twice as likely to use their staff canteen today than they were two years ago, according to a report published this week. The ninth edition of the Eurest Lunchtime Report 2002, finds that lunchtime spending at work has...

New Yorker sues fast-food firms.(Brief Article)
August 1, 2002... A New York man is suing four fast-food chains, claiming that their food made him fat and gave him serious health problems. Caesar Barber named McDonald's, Wendy's, Burger King and Kentucky Fried Chicken in the lawsuit, saying that they...

Hospitality staff find love at work.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
August 1, 2002... Hotel and restaurant staff have a great opportunity to find love at work as the trade has one of the highest numbers of single people, according to new research. A survey of 9,000 employees by online job-search specialist Fish4jobs found...

Petrus poised to win five rosettes after AA review.(Brief Article)
August 1, 2002... The AA Restaurant Guide has admitted that it may have been wrong not to make its highest award to the London restaurant Petrus in the forthcoming edition of its guide. It is understood that it has now reversed its decision and that Petrus will...

La Gousse is cooked by long closure.(Brief Article)
August 1, 2002... Oxford fine-dining restaurant La Gousse d'Ail has failed to reopen after closing early for its summer holiday and a refurbishment of its boilers. Joint owner Jonathan Wright denied rumours that the restaurant was in financial difficulties...

Rocky road winds on for AA Guide.(Brief Article)
August 1, 2002... This hasn't been the best of summers for the AA Restaurant Guide. Its editor has resigned and the AA's managing director has been accused of attempting to overrule its professional inspectors. What next? David Harris reports WHEN the AA...

Britons greenest of them all.(Brief Article)
August 1, 2002... British holiday-makers are most likely to favour hotels with responsible environmental policies, while those from the USA are less demanding, according to a report on the subject by the International Hotels Environment Initiative (IHEI). A...

Top-end focus puts SFI into black again.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
August 1, 2002... SFI's focus on the top end of the [pound]2.75b high-street bar market has allowed it to report its eleventh consecutive year of growth. In the year ended 31 May, the group boosted pre-tax profit by 22% to [pound]20m, on turnover 25% ahead...

Coffee Republic to sell off bars after [pounds sterling]7.5m losses.(Brief Article)
August 1, 2002... Coffee Republic has called a halt to its expansion programme following losses of [pound]7.5m to the year ending 31 March, compared with losses of [pound]2.7m the previous year. Coffee Republic now plans to sell 18 underperforming bars and...

Too many chiefs and only one Indian.(Brief Article)
August 1, 2002... FACING your employers from time to time is one of the inevitable consequences of doing paid work. In most organisations, the employees outnumber the bosses by a considerable margin. Pride of Britain is different. As the hired hand, I am...

Morecambe's Midland for sale as plans are scrapped.
August 1, 2002... A [pound]10m project to restore Morecambe's Midland hotel has been scrapped due to escalating costs, and the hotel is for sale again. The owner, a Lincolnshire-based firm called Leisure Group UK, gained planning permission for the project...

What's new.(advertisement)
August 1, 2002... Bob Gledhill rounds up the latest food and equipment products for caterers Polar stands up to cool treatment Equipment supplier Aberna has increased the range of its Polar brand of refrigeration equipment with the introduction of a...

Letters.
August 1, 2002... Please send letters to: The Editor, Caterer & Hotelkeeper, Quadrant House, The Quadrant, Sutton, Surrey SM2 5AS. They may be faxed on 020 8652 8973 or e-mailed to forbes.mutch@rbi.co.uk. The opinions expressed on this page are not necessarily...

Events.(food and hospitality industry related events in England)
August 8, 2002... September 1-2 September Speciality &Fine Food Fair North Royal Armouries Hall, Leeds. Tel: 0870 429 5336 1-30 September TASTE 2002, Poole's Festival of Food Representing 22 of the town's restaurants. Tel:...

Fit for a Queen.(training for Cunard Seabourn Ltd cruise line personnel)(Company Business and Marketing)(Brief Article)
August 8, 2002... In our new occasional series featuring vocational training schemes, Bill Hendrie takes a look at cruise company Cunard's College at Sea WORKING on board liners for luxury cruise line company Cunard has not always been plain sailing, as...

Experience counts.(marketing rail travel and accommodations on the Orient-Express)(Company Business and Marketing)(Brief Article)(Company Profile)(Statistical Data Included)
August 8, 2002... Orient-Express president Simon Sherwood explains why he dislikes branding. Jenny Webster reports IMAGINE a small room. In this room, there are bunk beds and a hand basin. There is no en suite toilet or shower, as there are shared...

How do we break the stalemate?(Jarvis Hotel marketing director Calum Russell discusses customer satisfaction in hotel industry)(Company Business and Marketing)(Brief Article)
August 8, 2002... Maintaining a competitive standard of service is vital, says Calum Russell THE "corporate transient" world of today is increasingly commoditised. Rooms are bought on the basis of location and price, and we continue to operate in a globally...

What's new.(restaurant and food service equipment)(Brief Article)
August 8, 2002... Bob Gledhill rounds up the latest food and equipment products The chalk-it-up experience A new range of chalkboards suitable for wall-mounting in pubs and restaurants has been launched by Fastlane Skolaboard. In addition to the...

Ireland targets Britain in new marketing campaign.(tourist industry)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
August 8, 2002... An Irish tourist drive is about to get under way in Britain, following a decision by Irish tourism minister John O'Donoghue to launch an overseas marketing campaign. An extra i4.5m is to be provided for the campaign, mainly in Britain, in...

Survey results put the case for corks.(statistics on wine spoilage through cork taint)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
August 8, 2002... The common perception that one in 10 bottles of wine is corked is wrong, according to recent research. The results of a study into wine taint - the first independent research of its kind in the world - has just been revealed, debunking a...

WINthe trip of a lifetime; by inventing a recipe to match Caminante wine.(Company Business and Marketing)(Brief Article)
August 8, 2002... One lucky reader will win a trip for two to Chile, including four nights' accommodation at the Four Points hotel, Santiago, or equivalent four-star accommodation, in our Gracia, de Chile competition. The Corpora Vineyards & Winery is a...

Openings.(new hotels in England include Caesar Hotel, Fire House, Geronimo Inns, Everglades Park)(Brief)(Brief Article)
August 8, 2002... caesar's comeback The Caesar hotel in Bayswater, London, reopens on 12 August. It closed last December and has been gutted and redesigned at a cost of more than [pound]4m. The 160-bedroom property also has an 80-seat restaurant that serves...

Drinks news.(news on Interbrew, Ferngrove Vineyards Estate, use of phrase English Table Wine)(Business Brief)(Brief Article)
August 8, 2002... Talking gibberlellish The Australians have finally unravelled the scientific difference between Pinot Noir and its lesser-known cousin - Pinot Meunier, the star Champagne grape. The Cooperative Research Centre for Viticulture in Glen...

Stars in their eyes.(Brief Article)
August 8, 2002... Since Caterer's last visit to Adopted Business the Beechwood hotel in 1998, owners Don Birch and Lindsay Spalding have begun to enjoy the fruits of their labour. And now, there's rumour of a further accolade in the offing. Jessica Gunn catches...

Austrian firm puts failure down to euro.(Wienerwald)(Brief Article)
August 8, 2002... Austrian restaurant chain Wienerwald has been forced to file for insolvency for the second time in 20 years. The chain, which has been struggling with mounting debts, failed to reach an agreement with its disgruntled suppliers. The...

Arisaig House is the latest Scots closure.(Brief Article)
August 8, 2002... Arisaig House, in the Scottish Highlands, is closing in October. The 12-bedroom country house hotel, near Mallaig, has been run by John and Ruth Smither since 1981. They have decided to retire but, rather than sell the business, intend to...

Smith leaves the Ritz for a new challenge.(David Smith named executive chef at Stafford hotel)(Brief Article)
August 8, 2002... DAVID SMITH, former executive sous chef at the Ritz hotel in London, joined the Stafford hotel in the capital this week as executive chef. Smith started at the Ritz in October 1998 as premier sous and was promoted to executive sous two...

Restaurants in good form. (UK).(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
August 8, 2002... Restaurants are performing better than the rest of the hospitality sector, according to a Restaurant Association report. The Restaurant Industry Gold Standard report says that the average return on capital - how much profit is made on the...

Madisons goes on without financial chief. (Steven Hill).(Brief Article)
August 8, 2002... Coffee shop operator Madisons has parted company with its finance director "by mutual consent". Steven Hill leaves the company at the end of the month and will not be replaced. The group said it felt its existing finance team was...

Jarvis issues early warning on profits. (2002).(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
August 8, 2002... Hotel group Jarvis has issued a warning on half-year profits just four months into its new financial year. Chairman John Jarvis said at the company's annual general meeting that turnover in the first 16 weeks of the financial year was 3%...

UK hotels hardest hit by European declines.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
August 8, 2002... Occupancy and revenue per available room (revpar) in Europe's hotels are still below 2001 levels, according to a report from MKG Consulting. In the 12 months to the end of June, the UK saw the biggest decline of European markets in room...

On the move.(chefs, hotel industry)(Brief Article)
August 8, 2002... BRUNO ASSELIN has returned to London restaurant Pied a Terre as sommelier, a post he held there between 1992 and 1998. Asselin, who also spent four years at Le Manoir aux Quat'Saisons in Great Milton, Oxfordshire, left Pied a Terre to become...

McGrath to head Kylemore contract catering company.
August 8, 2002... A FORMER Sodexho director has been appointed managing director of a new contract catering company set up by Dublin-based Kylemore Foods Group. EDDIE McGRATH, former business development director for Sodexho in Ireland, has been chosen to...

Caterer personals.(Brief Article)
August 8, 2002... H Neal Abercrombie and Philip Meredith would like to get in touch with Shaun Rundle, who worked as a sous chef at the St Johns Swallow hotel in Solihull from about 1989 to 1991. Shaun comes from the Bristol area. Not chasing debts - it would...

The food of Love.(Royal Leamington Spa restaurant in Warwickshire)(Brief Article)
August 8, 2002... Roux Scholar Steve Love has chosen his native Warwickshire in which to set up as a chef-proprietor, and is giving local diners the benefit of his considerable culinary pedigree, as Joanna Wood discovered FOR Steve Love, the crunch came last...

New look for Grosvenor House.(Le Meridien Grosvenor House hotel)(Brief Article)
August 8, 2002... Plans are under way for a major face-lift of London's Le Meridien Grosvenor House hotel. Still undecided, however, is what will become of the former Michelin-starred restaurant, Cheznico at Ninety Park Lane, which closed in July. The...

Contract; catering.(Brief Article)
August 8, 2002... Artizian additions Berkshire-based caterer Artizian now has 20 contracts, with two recent wins on new greenfield sites bringing total annual turnover to a projected [pound]6.5m. The latest is a renewed contract, worth [pound]180,000 a...

if you can't stand the heat in Dubai... pop back to the UK.(Brief Article)
August 8, 2002... Hello again from Dubai. It's getting even hotter. It was 46[degree sign]C the day I flew off on my vacation. Most of Dubai closes down for the months of July and August because of the weather. It's just too damn hot! The Arabs go to Europe...

Aramark ties up fleet of defence contracts.
August 8, 2002... Aramark's Combined Services Division has won or retained several key contracts with a combined turnover in excess of [pound]3.5m with the Ministry of Defence. The company has also won its first childcare service contracts in the UK. ...

Table talk.(briefs; Hatton Court hotel)
August 8, 2002... A black day on the GNER TAKING lunch on Great North Eastern Railway's east coast mainline service is one of the better ways to eat on the country's rail network, especially now the company has employed restaurateurs such as Rowley Leigh to...

Blow by Blow: Gemma's diary.(Brief Article)
August 8, 2002... I've just come back from three weeks' work experience at Charlie Trotter's eponymous restaurant in Chicago - the third and final part of my prize as winner of the Gordon Ramsay Scholar title 2001. I was introduced to Charlie Trotter...

Mr Blue Sky.(Chef Eats Out; includes menu)(Brief Article)
August 8, 2002... Despite a season of inclement weather, the sun didn't let us down for this year's third Chef Eats Out event in association with British Meat, at London's Orrery. Amanda Afiya reports IT WAS a classic piece of British understatement. "Sorry...

Occupancy strong at Hilton.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
August 8, 2002... US-based Hilton Hotels Corporation achieved high occupancy rates in most of its owned city centre hotels between April and June, although average daily room rates declined. Stephen Bollenbach, president and chief executive officer, said...

Zoffany turns to Zola in buyback deal.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
August 8, 2002... The shareholders of Zoffany Hotels have sold the company to Forestdale Hotels and set up a new company, called Zola Hotels, to buy back four of the 10 mostly three-star, town centre properties. The net cost of the transaction was...

Name chosen for Hartnett's venture at Connaught.(Angela Hartnett's Menu)(Brief Article)
August 8, 2002... The latest addition to the Gordon Ramsay restaurant group is to be named Angela Hartnett's Menu at the Connaught. The restaurant, which has a 70-seat dining room and a 30-seat grill room, is a joint venture between Ramsay and chef-patron...

Cassel to open Hotel Felix in Cambridge.(Jeremy Cassel)(Brief Article)
August 8, 2002... The owner of the Grange hotel in York is to open a hotel in Cambridge. It will be called the Hotel Felix. The Felix, due to open in November, will have 52 bedrooms and is in Huntingdon Road, about a mile from the city centre. The hotel is...

stockwatch.(list)(Brief Article)
August 8, 2002... The FTSE Leisure & Hotels share index crept up 0.83% last week but still lagged behind a 1.37% increase for all shares. SFI Group's value suffered after it fell 1% short of its forecast of a 23% rise in pre-tax profit. Shares dropped 10.7%...

Fire survivor reopens on clifftop.(Brief Article)
August 8, 2002... A leading clifftop hotel has reopened following a [pound]5m refurbishment after a fire closed it just over a year ago. The East Cliff Court hotel in Bournemouth, Dorset, was reopened by the mayor of Bournemouth, Councillor David Baldwin. It...

3663 in desert success.(Brief Article)
August 8, 2002... ABOUT 23,000 soldiers deployed in a massive military exercise in Oman last year may have encountered problems with malfunctioning rifles, but they had no complaints about the food, according to a report to Parliament last week. Supplier...

Whitbread could lose out in bid for Travelodge.(Brief Article)
August 8, 2002... Whitbread's bid for the Travelodge budget hotel chain is likely to fail, insiders admitted this week. Although the group has been identified as one of the bidders for the business, it is likely to lose out as it is unwilling to pay a high...

Brierley scotches sell-off reports.(Brief Article)
August 8, 2002... Brierley Investments has denied it is selling its 46% majority share in London-based hotel group Thistle. Singapore-based Brierley said in a statement: "It is not true that the company has agreed to dispose of its 46% stake in Thistle."...