Caterer and Hotelkeeper – 10105
hastings refit
The Hastings Hotel Group is spending £9.5m on expanding its Europa and Culloden hotels in Belfast. It is also refurbishing the reception at the Stormont Hotel, also in Belfast, at a cost of £2.5m.
Chairman bowman
Jonathan Bowman has taken over as chairman of the East of England Tourist Board. He was managing director of writing materials company Berol in King's Lynn, Norfolk.
Bdo becomes TRI
TRI Hospitality Consulting is the new name for hospitality consultancy BDO. TRI provides advice to hotels, restaurants and visitor attractions.
waiter charged
Waiter Hussain Shivji, 28, of Earl's Court, London, was sentenced to 120 hours' community service and told to pay £500 compensation for cheating his Pizza Hut bosses out of almost £1,000 with a stolen credit card. He pleaded guilty at Horseferry Road Magistrates' Court.
BHA's New law brief
Law firm Dibb Lupton Alsop and the British Hospitality Association have joined forces to brief hoteliers and restaurateurs on the Disability Discrimination Act, which comes into force next month.
Ritz cracker
The Ritz hotel won the UK Business Hotel award at the Condé Nast Traveller magazine Readers Travel Awards in London.
Restaurateur attack
London's Old Bailey heard how restaurateur Ly Suong Minh was attacked by three youths and left unconscious outside his take-away in William Barefoot Drive, Eltham, South London. The trial continues.
