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MANCHESTER BRIEFING A GREAT SUCCESS!Around 40 people gathered at the Arora Hotel, Manchester on 28th June to attend a special Institute of Hospitality regional seminar. Peter Lederer CBE FIH MI, Chairman of Gleneagles, and President of the Institute of Hospitality, warned that the working environment was changing rapidly, leading to some fundamental shifts in the way managers of the future will have to behave. Philippe Rossiter FIH, Chief Executive of the Institute, added that the serious competition for management talent being faced by the industry existed not just within the UK, but at a global level. Picking up the global theme, Dennis Dunn MBE, Pro-Vice Chancellor Manchester Metropolitan University, highlighted the importance of preparing young men and women to not only secure their place within the international hospitality industry, but also of the vital need to encourage within them the ethos of continual professional development... Read More>>>We hope you find eNews interesting and informative. If you have any comments or ideas for articles, please share them with us by emailing: news@instituteofhospitality.org. Best wishes, The eNews Team | |
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E-Marketing
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 Get the Most out of E-Marketing
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Most of us use the Internet daily, with Google often the first port of call before going on holiday or visiting a restaurant. So, it's surprising that the People 1st State of the Nation 2010 report found that a staggering 41% of UK hospitality businesses do not even have a website or possess the capability to trade online. With competition at an all time high, if businesses are keen to stay one step ahead of their rivals, the opportunities the Internet offers cannot be overlooked..
Top Tips on E-Marketing from Stonebow, the People 1st training division
Website: Unless you are a self confessed Luddite, your business will have a website. Ensure it is up-to-date, has plenty of engaging, good quality, high resolution images that appeal to customers - ask yourself, if you visited this website would you like to stay at the establishment/book a table at the restaurant? Use simple and accurate titles and meta tags to describe your business for the website and update these regularly to help optimise your Google search rankings...
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Hospitality Unites Against Crime
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Hospitality Unites Against Crime
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The UK's cafe, dining and hospitality providers are joining forces to combat fraud and theft from their outlets, and reduce violent attacks against their front line staff.
The Cafe, Dining and Hospitality Loss Prevention Forum is modelling itself upon the success of the Retail Loss Prevention Fashion Forum and, more recently, the Health, Beauty and Pharmacy Loss Prevention Forum. Its aim is to tackle crime, and the losses felt by restaurants, cafes and hospitality venues ranging from a coffee concession on platforms of local railway stations to dining experiences at stadia.
Signed-up members so far include Starbucks, Costa Coffee, EAT, Compass Group UK & Ireland, The Gondola Group and SSP UK and Ireland.
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Reduction in Capital Allowances
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Reduction in Capital Allowances
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UK Hospitality businesses that are planning to spend more than £25,000 on plant and machinery are strongly advised to do so before April 2012 when the annual investment allowance will drop from £100,000 to £25,0000.
Click here for further advice from accountancy firm Kingston Smith.
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Other Stories
Pressure Has Never Been A Good Advisor
Sven Gade FIH, Director and Head of Consulting at PKF - The Consulting House, Dubai, tackles the subject of dealing with pressure and making the right decisions in times of crisis.
Not a day goes by without announcements of projects cancelled, postponed, placed on hold or to be sold worldwide. Yet it appears that Dubai is getting more than its fair share of attention. There appears to be an underlying "See? Told you so!" mentality in the market, which makes it "chic" to report on the latest project bad news.
Yet, economically minded people are aware that markets are not influenced so much by finance, demand and supply, but first of all by a much more human phenomenon: Belief! If enough participants believe that the markets will turn down - guess what? - they will! So in reverse if sufficient knowledgeable industry experts started to present positive business opinions that should help to turn the current scenario around, should it not?...Read More>>
Egon Ronay FIH
Egon Ronay FIH, the Hungarian-born restaurateur, food critic, and restaurant guide complier died on 12 June 2010.
Ronay's lifetime campaign to raise culinary and service standards in his adopted homeland Britain is said to have been decided shortly after WWII when he bought a cup of tea at Victoria Station and saw that a single spoon, tied to the ceiling by a piece of string, was used to serve the sugar....Read More>>
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Institute of Hospitality Regional Management Briefings
 Following their success last year, this month will continue with its last event of a series of regional Hospitality Management Briefings delivered by the Institute of Hospitality with the Master Innholders, and in collaboration with the British Hospitality Association, Springboard UK, and Hospitality Action...Book Online Now!
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The deadline for Master Innholder scholarship applications has been extended until 23 July.
The Master Innholder Scholarship Programme awards scholarships annually to managers in the hospitality industry... Read More>> |
 The one-day conference aimed at individual and small chain hotel operators takes place on 23 November at the Hilton Manchester Deansgate.... Read More>> |
10th Annual European Hotel Finance & Investment Summit
Date: 7 & 8 September 2010
Venue: Hyatt Regency Churchill Hotel, London, UK
Read More>>International Hotel Conference Date: 20-22 October 2010 Venue: The Hilton Molino Stucky, Venice, Italy Catering in the Public Sector
 Date: 17 November 2010 Venue: Barbican Conference Centre, Silk, Street, EC2Y 8DS |
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