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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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. […]
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 […]
29 May 2018
The remarkable rise of Starbucks in China
Our man in Shanghai, Alan Hepburn FIH, provides an analysis of Starbucks’ expansion in China, a country with no tradition of coffee-drinking. What lessons are there for other western businesses […]
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 […]
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 […]
9 March 2018
How restaurants are reacting to Vegetarian Month
March is vegetarian month. Recent news shows that an estimated 29% of evening meals in the UK are vegetarian or vegan. These numbers only seem to be increasing, but just […]
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 […]
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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