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Plans for a 583-bedroom hotel close to Heathrow Airport have been given the green ahead by the London Borough of Hounslow. The plans were submitted by Squared Circle Developments after the company acquired the site from airline caterer, Gate Gourmet, in December 2009. Situated opposite Hatton Cross tube station on the junction of the A30 … Continue reading 583 more beds for travelers at Heathrow
Mise En Place loves reading all of the local food bloggers from around this great city, here are some of our favourites: ————————————————————————————————————————- Eat Like A Girl Eat Like a Girl is on a lot of peoples favourite food blogs lists (not just London lists) . The Irish Ex-Pat writes brilliantly and not only about … Continue reading Must Read London Food Bloggers
The Hotel Marketing Association (HMA) has revealed the categories for it’s annual 2011 Hotel Marketing Awards, which celebrates the best hotel marketing campaigns in the UK for the past tear. The awards which have been running for 18 years now and have usually included the following categories Best Marketing Campaign Independent Hotels Best Marketing Campaign Hotel Chain … Continue reading HMA opens entries to their Hotel Marketing Awards
Drinks International Magazine has published the 2011 World’s 50 Best Bars List. London has managed to take out five of the top ten places. The winner this year was New York speakeasy PDT (Please Don’t Tell) took the top spot, with London hotel bars The Connaught and the Artesian in second and third place. The … Continue reading Worlds Top 50 Bars Announced – London Takes 5 of The Top 10
A REPORT RELEASED TODAY “SKILLS FOR BUSINESS: MORE TO LEARN?” BY THE BRITISH CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE (BCC) SHOWS THAT THE MAJORITY OF BUSINESSES FIND IT HARD TO RECRUIT THE RIGHT STAFF. The BCC’s research looked at the issues around skills, apprenticeships and training to understand the challenges faced by businesses operating in a labour market … Continue reading Uk Business – Recruitment Problems
Frederick Forster, head chef at Nuovo Restaurant, has been crowned National Chef of the Year 2011 by the Craft Guild of Chefs. Forster won after a two-hour cook-off at the final stage of the competition, held at this week’s London Restaurant Show. His dishes included sauté scallops with crab “Beignet” and roasted breast of duck … Continue reading Frederick Forster – National Chef of the Year 2011
The Michelin Guide Great Britain & Ireland 2012 awarded two stars to a pub for the first time at its launch on Thursday. Michelin gave the sought after award to the Hand and Flowers in Marlow, in the southern English county of Buckinghamshire. The pub was opened by Tom and Beth Kerridge in 2005 and … Continue reading UK Michelin Guide – Pub Awarded Two Stars
More than 2,500 new boutique hotel rooms are expected to grace London between now and 2013, effectively doubling its size and making it the fastest growing segment in the UK capital’s hospitality market. That’s the prediction of HVS London in its Boutique Hotel Segment: The Challenge Of Standing Out From The Crowd report, which also offers … Continue reading Boutique Hotels Soar In London
Allegra Strategies recently quizzed over 2,000 consumers for its How Britain Eats 2011 report. It’s research was into how the British public choose to eat. The overwhelming result is that consumers are being influenced by deals to go out to eat rather than stay in with a takeaway. Just over 22% of the British public … Continue reading 'Two for one deals' most popular with British Public
The Gluten Free Chef Of The Year is Organised by Coeliac UK, the national charity for people with coeliac disease. Contestants will need to design a three-course gluten-freemeal to be judged by celebrity chef Phil Vickery. Three finalists in each group will advance to a live cook-off on 8 November. Michelin-starred chef and Gary Rhodes right … Continue reading Gluten Free Chef Of The Year – 3 weeks left to enter