Caterer & Hotelkeeper articles from December 2006

Caterer & Hotelkeeper archives from December 2006

News.(delay in publication of Micheal Lyons's inquiry report on bed tex)(Brief article)
December 14, 2006... By Daniel ThomasIndustry leaders and opposition MPs have hit out at the Government for delaying publication of the Lyons Inquiry report - expected to propose the introduction of a bed tax - until next spring.Sir Michael Lyons's report into...

Review of Reviews.(restaurants)
December 14, 2006... The Times9 DecemberGiles Coren goes green at Acorn House, London, the city's first environmentally sustainable restaurante_SClBEvery restaurant in London could operate like this. It's a great little restaurant. I had mackerel grilled, filleted...

Features.(benchmarking in hospitality industry)
December 14, 2006... CH76926.DOC HOW DO YOU MEASURE UP ON PROFITABILITY? SOME HOSPITALITY BUSINESSES ARE FOUR TIMES MORE PROFITABLE THAN THE AVERAGE.AUTHOR: DAVID BATTERSBYThe most recent benchmarking survey of Caterer and Hotelkeeper readers has revealed some...

Furniture for show.
December 14, 2006... 1. Mice Hotel and LeisureMice Hotel and Leisure provides procurement and project management of all hotel furnishing requirements, volume manufacturing of all forms of bedroom furniture, fast response to the design and production of sample rooms...

News.(customer service in hotels)
December 14, 2006... Imagine the scenario: you're in a restaurant, the service is slow, the food mediocre. After the meal the ma?tre d' asks: "Was everything alright?" You answer: "Fine, thank you." If only the restaurant could know the truth.According to Ken...

TheAmericanway.(Nestle Toque d'Or - the student exchange program)
December 14, 2006... A three-hour adventure spent riding the rapids around the Olympic course at the newly built US National White Water Center might not sound like a typical study tour activity for hospitality students but, having arrived in North Carolina at the...

The digs of war.
December 14, 2006... HotelsNightlife gets back to normal in downtown Beirut. The area was unaffected by the recent Israeli bombingsNot much goes wrong in the sumptuous yet business-savvy world of Gordon Campbell Gray these days - indeed, last month his hotel group...

News.(Gordon Ramsay Holdings' venture in Paris)
December 14, 2006... Ramsay reaches for the stars with Paris restaurantBy James Garner Gordon Ramsay is to take on the French in his next culinary venture by opening a restaurant in their capital.The chef-proprietor has revealed that his latest venture will open in...

News.(negative influence of increased Air fares on inbound tourism)(Brief article)
December 14, 2006... The increase in air passenger duty (APD) announced in last week's pre-Budget report will have a detrimental impact on inbound tourism, operators have warned.The doubling of APD, which has been unchanged since April 2001, adds ?5 to a short-haul...

News.(Oakley Court Hotel acquired by Heuston Hospitality )(Brief article)
December 14, 2006... Oakley Court is Heuston's first UK propertyIrish group Heuston Hospitality has acquired the Oakley Court Hotel in Windsor, Berkshire - its first UK property - and has earmarked ?10m for an upgrade. The four-star property, which was owned by...

News.
December 14, 2006... Admiral Taverns' owners have added London's four-star, 272-bedroom Portman hotel (right) to their growing estate. Gloucester Capital, the vehicle created by the Landesberg and Rosenberg families for the deal, is believed to have paid about ?80m...

News.(VisitBritain will be closed)(Brief article)
December 14, 2006... At the end of October the chief executive of the British Hospitality Association, Bob Cotton, claimed in Caterer that our central tourism agency, VisitBritain, was "suffering death by a thousand cuts". In the face of the ever-decreasing funding...

A minuteon the clockPaul Pugh.(Sincerely Paul- Paul Pugh )(Interview)
December 14, 2006... Paul Pugh was London's youngest head concierge, at 23, and has worked at some of London's most exclusive hotels, including the Savoy, the Dorchester and the Berkeley. He has now set up his own concierge business, Sincerely Paul. He spoke to...

Partnership rites mean profit from civil service.(Civil Partnership Act- Gays official relationship )
December 14, 2006... The Civil Partnership Act, which allows gay people in the UK to make their relationships official, last week celebrated its first birthday. While the Government predicted that there would be a maximum of about 22,000 civil partnerships by 2010,...

New laws boost live music in small venues.
December 14, 2006... By Chris DruceChanges to the laws governing live music at licensed premises have encouraged increased uptake at small venues, research has revealed.A study conducted by Ipsos Mori for the Department for Culture, Media and Sport showed an...

News.(Christopher Rodrigues joins VisitBritain)
December 14, 2006... New VisitBritain role shows signs of neglectBy Chris DruceThe terms of the appointment of the new chairman of tourism marketing-body VisitBritain have been attacked as an example of the Government's neglect of the industry.The recruitment of...

News.
December 14, 2006... London chef saves his restaurant from local charityLondon chef-proprietor Patrick Williams is celebrating after attempts by a local charity to shut his Camden restaurant failed.The Covent Garden Community Association (CGCA) launched a campaign...

News.
December 14, 2006... The week in briefUK fails to registerUK tourism bosses have been slammed for failing to secure "dot-travel" domain names for the 2012 London Olympics. Tourism chiefs have until the end of the year to secure dot-travel addresses for countries,...

News.
December 14, 2006... Analysts are disappointed at Caff? Nero chain MBOAnalysts have branded Caff? Nero chief executive Gerry Ford's decision to return the company private as a "big shame".Ford last week agreed the management buyout of the 282-strong coffee shop...

Spain's Akelare gains three Michelin stars.(Akelare restaurant )(Brief article)
December 14, 2006... One new restaurant has joined El Bulli with three Michelin stars in the 2007 Spain and Portugal guide.Akelare restaurant (above), located in the Basque coastal city of San Sebastian in the north of the country, became the sixth Spanish site to...

The spice cadet.(Pravin Sharma, Roux Scholar 2006)
December 14, 2006... Roux scholarIt would be difficult to find a more perfect fit of stagiaire and masterchef than that of Pravin Sharma and France's Olivier Roellinger. Sharma, the 2006 Roux Scholar, is Indian by birth and grew up imbibing the whys and wherefores...

News.(customer service management in Hotels )(Brief article)
December 14, 2006... How do you engage your customers?Robert Cook, chief executive, Malmaison Hotels"It's about how things are managed on the shop floor. You can't be rehearsed you should want to be there. You have to know your guests' needs, and that includes...

El Vino, Twickenham.
December 14, 2006... This Mediterranean tapas bar is John McClements's third Twickenham eaterie and offers a mix of cold, hot and speciality tapas as well as a traditional Spanish wine list. Interiors continue the Mediterranean feel with an eclectic selection of...

Features.(Valrhona Manjari dark chocolate mousse)(Recipe)
December 14, 2006... Manjari chestnut logValrhona Manjari dark chocolate mousse centred with a chestnut cream and marrons glac? layered with Alhambra biscuit and hazelnut dacquoise (above)INGREDIENTS(Makes two logs)For the dark chocolate mousse450g Valrhona Manjari...

L'Atelier.
December 14, 2006... Much has already been written in the press about the pricing and booking policy at L'Atelier de Jo? Robuchon, not all of it favourable, but one thing which critics have been cock-a-hoop about is the standard of the food at this London outpost...