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15 February 2019
Dedicated hotelier, school meals legend and accessibility champion, Arnold Fewell FIH dies

Arnold Fewell FIH, managing director of AVF Marketing and accessibility training company, AccessChamp, has died aged 67. After a bravely-fought cancer illness, Arnold passed away in the early hours of […]

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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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21 November 2018
How hoteliers can reward charity volunteers

By anticipating an unsold room every now and then, hoteliers can say ‘thank you’ to some extraordinary charity volunteers, writes Peter Ducker FIH This summer I was delighted to become […]

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16 November 2018
What business can learn from Buddhism

Srilal Miththapala FIH looks at the connections between Buddhism, sustainability and business as related to the growing tourism success of Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka is ranked as the top country […]

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15 November 2018
Your business is food… don’t throw it away!

Many hospitality businesses are making significant savings by reducing their food waste. It’s time for the entire industry to follow suit. Ben Walker MIH reports from an Institute of Hospitality […]

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11 October 2018
Hospitality Action provides Employee Assistance Programme for businesses

Hospitality Action, the industry’s benevolent charity, runs an Employee Assistance Programme or EAP for short. The EAP is central to HA’s commitment to helping people who work or have worked […]

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2 October 2018
UK food industry commits to roadmap to halve food waste

Businesses take the lead to drive down UK’s annual £20 billion food waste bill, equivalent to more than £300 per UK citizen. All major retailers and 50% of larger food […]

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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
New Supervisory Board members

Robin Sheppard FIH, chairman and co-founder of Bespoke Hotels, has been appointed as chairman of the Institute’s Supervisory Board. Sheppard brings with him 40 years of experience in the sector, […]

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1 June 2018
“My chocolate mission to Haiti”

David Greenwood-Haigh FIH, owner and chocolatier at Coeur de Xocolat in Wakefield, Yorkshire, recently returned from Haiti, one of the world’s poorest countries and a small exporter of fine cocoa. […]

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23 April 2018
Emirati and Italian Architects win Second Annual Bespoke Access Award to Champion Accessible Hospitality

At the second annual special event held at the Palace of Westminster on April 18th, MnM Studio Architects, along with Maria Brighenti and Marcello D’Orsi, were announced the joint winners […]

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26 March 2018
Gender balanced management teams make for safer and more engaged employees, Sodexo study finds

  Study of 50,000 Sodexo employees finds teams with gender diversity achieve better results across the board International services company Sodexo has found teams managed by a balanced mix of […]

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