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15 January 2019
Village Hotel Club to invest £480m in ambitious UK expansion plans

Village Hotel Club, which currently has 29 hotels across the UK, plans to open five hotels over the next two years, with a further fifteen sites planned by 2026. The hotel […]

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11 January 2019
Institute’s Spotlight on Hospitality 2019 industry report now available

Spotlight on Hospitality 2019 is an annual report published by the Institute of Hospitality containing data and insight into the hospitality industry in the UK and around the world. The […]

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4 January 2019
Outlook for Africa’s hotel market in 2019

Trevor Ward FIH provides expert analysis of the investment and performance outlook for hoteliers across the African continent. Budgeting for next year used to be so simple – inflation was […]

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31 December 2018
What 2019 holds in store for UK hoteliers

2019 looks like being the year of uncertainty, says hotel consultant Melvin Gold FIH, and not just for hoteliers. Some will see uncertainty as opportunity, others as threat, but in […]

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27 December 2018
2018: a rollercoaster ride for UK foodservice

Peter Backman FIH reflects on a unsettling year for UK restaurants while pubs, fast food and take-aways did better. More uncertainty in 2019 could pave the way for new ideas […]

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3 December 2018
Spontaneity, robots and veganism: Millennial trends that are driving tomorrow’s dining economy

20% of UK millennials go out less to restaurants now due to food delivery, shifting £1bn a year to delivery services Over half of millennials (52%) would dine in a […]

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16 October 2018
The elephant in the room: human capital development at AHIF 2018

Can human capital development keep pace with hotel investment in Africa? Earlier this month at the Africa Hotel and Investment Forum (AHIF) in Nairobi, Belinda Nwosu FIH co-hosted a roundtable […]

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1 August 2018
Hilton and Edwardian Hotels London join call for more training opportunities

Two of the UK’s largest hotel groups are backing a drive to encourage more ‘earn and learn’ training opportunities to be provided by businesses in the hospitality sector. Hilton and Edwardian Hotels […]

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17 July 2018
University of Surrey reveals the secrets of tourism entrepreneur success

University of Surrey research into innovative entrepreneurs in tourism has found how they have to use initiative and hard work – and often work for nothing – to overcome the […]

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16 July 2018
WRAP £500,000 food waste reduction fund announced

Eight charities and not-for-profit groups will receive grants from the Government’s £500,000 Food Waste Reduction Fund, administered by WRAP, to provide essential resources needed to expand their important work. The eight […]

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10 July 2018
Former QHotels Executive Team Launch Inspiring Hospitality Management

The former QHotels Executive team, comprising of co-founders Michael Purtill and Ian Goulding, Vivien Sirotkin, Chris Gaines, and Nichola Roskell are now launching Inspiring Hospitality Management Limited (IHM). The team, […]

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1 June 2018
A postcard from New Zealand

The New Zealand tourism and hospitality sector is growing fast. But with new visa restrictions in place, operators face similar challenges as their counterparts in the UK. David Green MIH […]

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