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New hotel construction to continue well into next decade

November 04, 2010

Despite the recession, the UK hotel industry is continuing to expand, with over 10,400 rooms opening in 2010 and a further 43,000 planned for the period 2011-2015.  Since the present hotel building boom started in 2003, over 95,000 new rooms have been added to UK hotel stock, excluding re-launches of existing hotels, such as The Savoy and Four Seasons in London. Just over half (55 per cent) of the new-builds are in …

Young Chef Young Waiter winners announced

October 21, 2010

Mark Stinchcombe, Brasserie junior sous chef  from Lucknam Park, Colerne, Wiltshire and Ben Dantzic, head waiter at Restaurant Andrew Fairlie, Gleneagles have been named Young Chef Young Waiter 2010. The pair were declared the winners of the annual Young Chef Young Waiter competition at an awards ceremony held at the Jumeirah Carlton Tower hotel, London, last night after one of the most hotly contested finals in the history of the competition, held …