“NO ROOM AT THE INN” – YORKSHIRE’S ONLINE BOOKING BOOM “No room at the inn” is the message coming from Yorkshire tourism businesses who have taken advantage of online booking through Yorkshire’s Destination Management System (DMS). Good news for Yorkshire’s accommodation providers and their guests, after a particularly tough year so far with a summer read more …

LAS IGUANAS APPOINT NEW CHAIRMAN Las Iguanas, the Latin American restaurant and bar operator, has announced that Mark Jones will be its new non-executive Chairman. The appointment takes effect immediately. Eren Ali, Managing Director, said: “We are delighted to welcome Mark to the team at a very exciting time for Las Iguanas. Following our recent read more …

Blame it on Rio… Las Iguanas gets into the carnival spirit at Lakeside Latin American restaurant group Las Iguanas will be creating its own carnival spectacle when it opens on February 1 at the Boardwalk at Lakeside – the same weekend as the Rio Carnival. Guests will be invited to the VIP opening party to read more …

Good Pub Guide launches a new generation mobile service Random House’s Good Pub Guide today announced the launch of a pioneering new mobile phone service, offering the growing number of UK mobile internet users the most advanced and feature-rich pub finding service of its kind. Good Guides has partnered with veteran software developer, Oxford Softworks, read more …

Floyd on Spain | Chef Keith Floyd goes in search of the true flavour of Spain Flamboyant chef Keith Floyd goes in search of the true flavour of Spain. This series celebrates the food and drink of regional Spain in restaurants and bars, mountain tops and the length and breadth of this rich and diverse read more …

SANJAY ANAND OF MADHU’S TO COLLECT MBE FROM HM THE QUEEN FOR HIS SERVICES TO THE HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY Sanjay Anand, pioneer of leading Indian restaurant Madhu’s, will be collecting his MBE award from HM The Queen on Thursday 6th December 2007, for his services to the hospitality industry. Madhu’s is renowned as the top Asian read more …

Plight of restaurant industry in London’s curry capital highlighted at Bangladesh Caterers’ Association Annual Dinner Party 2007 The plight of Bangladeshi restaurateurs based in London’s curry capital, Brick Lane, was highlighted in speeches given by Rt Hon Hillary Benn MP, Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and Lord Karan Bilimoria, at the read more …

New Year Food Fetishes with 50% Off Meals at award winning Mint Leaf Restaurant & Bar Refined drinking and dining in London’s leading social hot spot With the festive period long embedded into the memory banks of food and cocktail aficionados alike, Mint Leaf Restaurant & Bar welcomes diners into the New Year with their read more …

York Wins Again…York Voted Best UK City! York has been crowned ‘The UK’s Best City’, at the prestigious annual Telegraph Travel Awards. These awards highlight the best that travel can offer and emerge from the biggest independent survey in the UK of the British travelling public. Some 30,000 readers of the Daily Telegraph are questioned read more …

UK first as The Place hotels and brasseries gain Marine Stewardship Council certificates The Place hotels and brasseries (operated by WAW Leisure Ltd) is the first hotel group in the UK to gain Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) certification for all of its hotels and brasseries. The Bell Hotel in Sandwich, Kent and The Ship Hotel read more …