Hilton has high hopes for future

Confidence high at Glasgow hotel after investment in food and drink areas GLASGOW’S five-star Hilton Hotel is confident the worst of the economic slump is...

VisitScotland to scrap booking facility

Tourism marketing body pledges to help industry find alternative option. VisitScotland has pledged to help hoteliers find alternative third party booking systems after confirming plans to scrap its own online reservations facility next month.

It had to be Harry!

Lanarkshire operator Harry Hood wows the crowd as he accepts the 2012 Award for Industry Achievement, while Ayrshire’s Malcolm Simpson is named Entrepreneur of...

Games joy for JD

MANAGED pub giant JD Wetherspoon is the latest hospitality business to note the positive effect on trade brought by the Olympics. Posting its first quarter...

Cleaning condition a step too far

PROPOSALS to implement a raft of new mandatory conditions regarding the standard of fixtures and fittings and cleanliness of premises in Dundee have been...

Whitehouse basks in successful term

Awards joy gives Argyll restaurant operators confidence about future. Scott Wright talks to co-owner Jane Stuart-Smith A REMOTE rural location is proving to be no barrier...

App is Best Bar None

A NEW mobile phone app to help revellers find Glasgow’s most responsibly run venues is being launched at the city’s Best Bar None Awards...

Pupils get food for thought

MORE than 300 high school pupils got a taste of the hospitality industry last month, thanks to an employment charity. Springboard, which helps young,...

Profits slip at Filshill

JW Filshill met the challenge posed by the multiples in the convenience retail scene by upping its spend on marketing and promotions and using...

New look for La Bonne Auberge

GLASGOW brasserie La Bonne Auberge has undergone major refurbishment ahead of the festive season. The six-figure project has created what is described as a “classic...

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