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BHA launches Hospitality News with ITN Productions

Here's a press release from the British Hospitality Association, announcing their joint venture with ITN Productions. Hosp...

Performance Measuring - Reporting and Acting

Performance Measuring - Reporting and Acting

Reporting and Acting OK so you've identified what it is in terms of your company's performan...

Performance Measuring - Measuring

Performance Measuring - Measuring

Measuring Once you have satisfactorily identified exactly what it is you are attempting to m...

Performance Measuring - Identifying

Performance Measuring - Identifying

This month HospitalityGEM will be looking at performance measurement - how to identify, measure, report and react. Perform...

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"I Fell Asleep At The Table" - What The Hospitality Industry Can Expect This Valentine's Day

Like it or loathe it, in a month's time couples will be descending on hotels, pubs and restaurants for the annual celebrat...

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A Stormy Start, But Plenty To Look Forward To In 2014

It’s been a bumpy start to the new year to say the least. The first week of January has seen storm after storm, with dire ...

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Boxing Day - What Can Pubs and Restaurants Expect?

By this time next week many of us will be heading back to work, but in the meantime the hospitality industry will be looki...

What Does Christmas Day Have In Store For The Hospitality Industry?

What Does Christmas Day Have In Store For The Hospitality Industry?

For many it's a time to be at home with the family, but around 1 in 5 people could be tempted to the pub or restaurant on ...

What Can Pubs and Restaurants Expect This Christmas Eve?

What Can Pubs and Restaurants Expect This Christmas Eve?

Christmas Eve is notoriously a lucrative time for the hospitality industry, with many people keen to be part of the festiv...

The HospitalityGEM Guide to Creating a Big Occasion

The HospitalityGEM Guide to Creating a Big Occasion

The party season is here - well pretty much - and pubs, bars and hotels across the country are gearing up to welcome guest...

Turn Scrooge Into Your Buddy

Turn Scrooge Into Your Buddy

We're sure you've all noticed it by now - as soon as Hallowe'en and Guy Fawkes Night have passed the countdown to Christma...

Family friendly frights & fireworks

Family friendly frights & fireworks

Whilst many of us are clearing up after St Jude's Storm, the hospitality industry is getting ready for a busy week ahead.

La Tasca On The Up

La Tasca On The Up

HospitalityGEM would like to offer congratulations to La Tasca which has this week reported a 68.9% increase in EBITDA (Ea...

Families, Frights and Fireworks

Families, Frights and Fireworks

A potentially busy week in the family dining calendar is looming on the horizon, and savvy restaurants and pubs are gettin...

Hospitals & Hospitality

Hospitals & Hospitality

For over a decade we have been helping a diverse range of businesses in restaurants and pubs, large and small, to impr...

Football

Don't Fall Foul of the Premier League This Season

As the Premier League takes a short breather for the autumn internationals, it's a good opportunity to take a look at how ...

Is It OK To Mention Christmas In August?

Is It OK To Mention Christmas In August?

Whilst the hospitality industry is working flat out to accommodate the annual influx of tourists, it is simultaneously sta...

The Pub Is Dead. Long Live The Pub.

The Pub Is Dead. Long Live The Pub.

Today's BBC Magazine article 'The Places Where Pubs Are Bo...

Sports Bars Need To Up Their Game This Season

Sports Bars Need To Up Their Game This Season

Even before the football season has started it's hard to escape the incessant chat and speculation, but as the first day o...

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Don't Bank on an Indian Summer

Just as the kids have broken up from school, and those in the hospitality industry are working flat out to accommodate the...

From Earthquakes to Blackouts, 5 of the World's Weirdest Theme Restaurants

From Earthquakes to Blackouts, 5 of the World's Weirdest Theme Restaurants

Themed restaurants aren't everyone's cup of tea, but surely with the wealth of them out there, there must be something for...