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The Caterer and Hotel-keepers' Gazette, 20 May 1932
Fifty thousand copies of a new and long-wanted British Hotel Guide, with explanations in five languages and maps prepared by the Travel Association of Great Britain and Ireland, was issued to tourist agents throughout the world during the first week of this month.
The Guide is similar to those issued by France, Italy, Germany, Portugal, Spain, Holland and other countries.
The aim of the Guide is to make clear the prices charged by hotels of all descriptions. It reveals the fact that Great Britain has hotels of good standing with charges graduated to the needs of every class of tourist and business visitor.
The Guide provides that the average of hotel prices in Great Britain is not higher than that of similar hotels in other countries. Equally, there is no "profiteering" in respect of foreign visitors, the charges being those which are made to British and foreign visitors alike.
Caterer & Hotelkeeper, 23 May 1996
The ongoing rise in Harry Ramsden's share price, up last week by more than 11%, continues to baffle both the City and the company.
The strength of the share price is surely difficult to sustain unless a bid for the company is made, but there is little evidence of that happening yet.
Alpha Airports halted some of the decline in its share price by adding almost 5%. The full price paid by BAA for Allders' duty-free shops last week encouraged optimism about the value of Alpha's own duty-free operation.
Two pub and hotel operators, Vaux and Greenalls, reported results last week. The City appeared to like neither set, however, with the Vaux share price down more than 1% and Greenalls' falling over 4%.
Caterer & Hotelkeeper, 22 May 1969
Mitchell's and Butlers have formed a separate division, to be known as Inn Catering. It will be responsible for dining arrangements at the company's public houses and banqueting suites in the Midlands area, including the Savoy, Birmingham.
Caterer & Hotelkeeper, 25 May 1978
The low pay unit has again condemned our industry. It claims that wages often fall below the legal minimum and that last year more than half the men of 21 and over employed in licensed residential establishments and restaurants earned less than £50 per week while 94% of women earned less than £50.
The picture emerging from the report is not flattering. "Male catering workers," the report points out, "are the lowest paid men listed in the Government's New Earnings Survey."
