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8 March 2018
Quotas for female managers?

On International Women’s Day (8 March), Serena von der Heyde FIH MI makes the case for affirmative action to achieve greater diversity in the boardrooms of the hospitality industry Like […]

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20 February 2018
Single-use plastic-free hotel launches in Bangkok

With over 8 million tonnes of plastic thrown away each year and and the existence of the Great Pacific garbage patch, the world is waking up to the dangers of […]

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2 February 2018
Food additives are a cause of obesity, says Mike Duckett MBE FIH

The hospitality industry has a responsibility to promote healthy eating habits, writes Mike Duckett MBE FIH, the ambassador for good hospital food and the former award-winning head of catering at […]

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24 October 2017
HQ Magazine Autumn 2017 out now

Your autumn edition of HQ Magazine has arrived in the UK and been dispatched to the rest of the world. It is available to view on our website now. In […]

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12 September 2017
Institute of Hospitality Endorses Training Programmes for the Homeless

The Institute of Hospitality has endorsed training programmes that help people affected by homelessness enter the catering industry and turn their lives around. The catering and bakery training courses are […]

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7 November 2016
The Hospitality Pandemic – Are You Infected?

This blog comes from one of our newest members, Giles Gordon-Smith AIH, a former hotel inspector and manager at The Goring who now runs his own customer service consultancy Penshee. […]

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2 March 2016
Proposals for a #sugartax in hospitals appear muddled says our CEO

Proposals for a sugar tax in hospitals appear muddled, writes Peter Ducker, chief executive of the Institute of Hospitality. Whilst we are free to ignore products high in salt, sugar […]

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27 January 2016
Keeping hospitality and foodservice staff safe and well

You’ll often hear about our industry’s focus on customer service, but hospitality managers know that a business can’t function without happy, healthy staff. To help managers address one of the […]

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11 August 2015
Legionnaires’ strikes again: here’s some help from the Institute

The hospitality industry can be particularly susceptible to outbreaks of the deadly pneumonia, Legionnaires’, and this year has been no exception. A recent outbreak in New York (source: USA Today) […]

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17 June 2015
New guidance for gas engineers working in catering establishments

If your business operates a commercial kitchen, a new guide is available that can help gas engineers working in catering establishments. Guidance for gas engineers to the application of relevant sections […]

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3 June 2015
Accommodation providers: free fire risk assessment tools

When was your business’s last fire risk assessment conducted? All businesses must comply with the Regulatory Reform Fire Safety order 2005. To ensure your hospitality business meets this obligation you need […]

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14 April 2015
Something for academics who are “New-to-teaching in the Social Sciences” – including Hospitality

If you are undertaking the teaching of a social science topic such as hospitality, leisure or tourism in the UK for the first time – or perhaps your teaching skills […]

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