Janet Harmer

Janet Harmer

Observer of the hospitality industry for 33 years. Always on the look out for genuine hotel and restaurant experiences.

Business

Saira Hospitality brings talent together from varied backgrounds

23 February 2023 by

Saira Hospitality has brought together people from varied backgrounds – carers, supermarkets workers, the long-term unemployed – and found their individual hospitality talent

Business

London’s first Art’otel turns hotel rules on their head

11 January 2023 by

Under the lofty towers of Battersea Power Station lies a new designer hotel. Meet general manager Jennifer McCabe

Welcome to the wilderness: How Highland Coast hotels attracts guests to northern Scotland year round Business

Welcome to the wilderness: How Highland Coast hotels attracts guests to northern Scotland year round

05 August 2022 by

Highland Coast Hotels has made the wilderness of the northern coast of Scotland its operating space.[...]

Use brand partnerships to boost business Business

Use brand partnerships to boost business

14 July 2022 by

Working with a like-minded brand can bring oodles of energy and creativity to a hotel or[...]

Billionaire Reuben brothers acquire hotel development at Admiralty Arch News

Billionaire Reuben brothers acquire hotel development at Admiralty Arch

28 June 2022 by

The billionaire Reuben brothers have taken over the delayed hotel development at London's iconic Admiralty Arch[...]

Best Western launches new 'boutique lifestyle' hotel brand News

Best Western launches new 'boutique lifestyle' hotel brand

28 June 2022 by

Best Western’s newest hotel brand Sadie will welcome its first guests on Friday 1 July in[...]

Manorview Group acquires the Bothwell Bridge hotel News

Manorview Group acquires the Bothwell Bridge hotel

28 June 2022

Scottish boutique hotel company Manorview Group has acquired the 90-bedroom Bothwell Bridge hotel in Bothwell, South Lanarkshire, for an undisclosed sum.

Shoryu Ramen to open first UK franchise restaurant News

Shoryu Ramen to open first UK franchise restaurant

24 June 2022

Japanese brand Shoryu Ramen will open its first franchise restaurant in the UK at a site on London’s Kensington High Street this summer.

New Gordon Ramsay TV programme lures chefs with £100,000 prize News

New Gordon Ramsay TV programme lures chefs with £100,000 prize

24 June 2022 by

The search is on for chefs and home cooks to take part in a new ITV[...]

Ufford Park hotel in Suffolk sold to Lion Quay Resorts News

Ufford Park hotel in Suffolk sold to Lion Quay Resorts

24 June 2022 by

The 90-bedroom Ufford Park Hotel Golf & Spa in Woodbridge, Suffolk, has been sold to Lion[...]

Rail strikes 'wipe out 40%' of late-night hospitality trade News

Rail strikes 'wipe out 40%' of late-night hospitality trade

24 June 2022 by

The late-night hospitality industry is suffering up to a 40% loss in trade as a result[...]

Hospitality salaries on the rise as staff shortages threaten growth News

Hospitality salaries on the rise as staff shortages threaten growth

24 June 2022 by

Nearly one fifth of hospitality employers have boosted wages in attempt to combat the staffing crisis.

Jacobs Media Group is honoured to be the recipient of the 2020 Queen's Award for Enterprise.

The highest official awards for UK businesses since being established by royal warrant in 1965. Read more.

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