Who's who in Wales and the South-west
Hotels
Rocco Forte Hotels
Luxury hotel operator Rocco Forte Hotels has 10 five-star hotels throughout Europe including Florence, St Petersburg and - yes - Cardiff. The St David's Hotel & Spa overlooks the waterfront. Staff are expected to provide the highest level of service.
Tel: 029 2045 4045
www.roccofortehotels.com
Brend Hotels
The Brend family has been running this company for 50 years and is happy to train promising candidates when vacancies crop up. There are now 11 hotels in its portfolio, making it one of the South-west's biggest locally owned hotel companies.
Tel: 01271 344496
www.brend-hotels.co.uk
Celtic Manor
This five-star resort was opened outside Newport in 1999 by Sir Terence Matthews. At £140m, it probably represents the biggest single private investment in the British hospitality industry. It's huge, with 400 bedrooms, 32 suites, a 1,500-delegate convention centre, 40 function rooms, four restaurants, two health clubs and three championship golf courses. It's also home to the Wales Open and official venue for the 2010 Ryder Cup.
Tel: 01633 413000
www.celtic-manor.com
Macdonald Hotels
The company has 75 hotels throughout the UK, ranging from baronial castles to historic country houses and from manor houses to city hotels. It is about to open a new luxury hotel in Cardiff called Holland House.
www.macdonaldhotels.co.uk
Pubs
Revolution
This chain of trendy bars is marching through the South-west and Wales. The Bath unit has just opened, while Swansea was taken earlier in the year and Bristol is well entrenched. As with all growing companies, it is always looking for new talent with good leadership qualities.
www.revolution-bars.co.uk
SABrain
Wales's leading brewer, with a flagship brewery in Cardiff and more than 200 pubs dotted across Wales and the West, from Abergavenny to Wotton-under-Edge.
www.sabrain.co.uk
Restaurants
Las Iguanas
If you've got the urge to release your Latin spirit, this is a lively, growing company with outlets in Bath, Bristol and Cardiff as well as elsewhere in the UK. It's young and fun, so they look for staff with big personalities who have a passion and flair for food and managers with strong management and organisational skills. They welcome CVs on spec.
Tel: 0117 970 6664
E-mail:lucy@metrodiner.co.uk
Loch Fyne Restaurants
This restaurant chain strives to serve fresh fish and shellfish in a relaxed environment. It is constantly growing, with more than 1,000 employees staffing more than 25 restaurants nationwide. There is already one restaurant in Bath, with one about to open in Bristol.
Tel: 020 8404 6686
www.loch-fyne.com
Food Service
Lexington
This London-based independent caterer looks after 800 workers at T-Mobile in Merthyr Tydfil. It's a relative newcomer on the scene and it's hungry.
Tel: 020 7791 9690
Avenance
Avenance is a national contract caterer with more than 600 sites and ambitious growth targets. Contracts include many prestigious sites in Wales and the South-west. The company offers its staff training and ongoing development.
Tel: 020 7336 7052
www.avenance.co.uk
Courses
University of Wales Institute, Cardiff The Welsh School of Hospitality, Tourism & Leisure Management is the largest school in Wales to offer academic tourism tuition. There is a range of hospitality and tourism courses, either full-time or part-time at BA (Hons), BA and HND level.
Tel: Vena Robson on 029 2041 6315/6425
E-mail:vrobson@uwic.ac.uk
www.uwic.ac.uk
University of Plymouth
The university offers a number of hospitality and leisure courses. It also validates courses at Cornwall College, such as the foundation degree in hospitality and beach resort management.
Tel: 01752 600600
www.plymouth.ac.uk
