Members of the Exeter & Heart of Devon Hotels & Restaurants Association raised over £1,500.00 for Hospitality Action at this year’s annual dinner held at the Deer Park Country House Hotel on Monday 5th March. The funds have been allocated to local heroes taking part in Le Tour de Cuisine 2018, The Cotswold Cycle Challenge on Monday 4th June 2018. Following a luxury four course feast was a raffle featuring some fantastic prizes donated by a selection of Heavenly Devon Hotels and Restaurants, including a night in the stunning Treehouse at Deer Park Country House Hotel, a night at...
Once more our senses are being bombarded with manufactured images and messages of totally irrelevant and mostly unneeded seasonal tat.
It is nigh impossible to escape the Christmas kitsch which pushes us to value ourselves by what we buy, never mind the costs of consumerism to other people, other places or the planet. As long as the tills keep ringing, we can forget the bells.
So what is really at the heart of the Christmas story? In one word - ‘hospitality’.
We have an unmarried pregnant woman, marginalised in her own culture in an army-occupied land which is harsh...
Staff at Exeter’s Hampton by Hilton are over the moon after receiving a special award from Hampton Hotels.
The ‘Spirit of Hampton’ award, the first of its kind awarded to a hotel, was given in recognition of the engagement of the team, which not only came first in the EMEA Hilton ‘HHonors Challenge’ for the third quarter of the year, but also achieved an outstanding revenue and audit performance for 2015 so far. The hotel was chosen over more than 700 Hampton Hotels in the EMEA region.
General Manager, Richard Martin said: “We were delighted to receive a call from the...
South West SEO expert Martin McIver is warning businesses across Devon that unless they make their websites mobile friendly by 21 April, they could find themselves freefalling in Google’s search rankings.
The stark warning follows announcements from Google that it will change the way it ranks websites to favour those that are mobile friendly from 21 April.
For businesses reliant on tourism and hospitality in particular, this change could spell a dramatic fall in trade as tourists use mobile technology more than any other group to search for things to do, places to visit,...
Well-known Exeter-based businessman Bertie Cozic is joining forces with two successful city entrepreneurs, Alastair Banks and James Dawkins, in order to launch Source Yourself - an exciting new one-stop shop for the catering and hospitality industry. Source Yourself is an impressive online resource connecting businesses and employers with talented staff and approved suppliers.
Source Yourself is a concept which will revolutionise the hospitality and catering industry in the south west, offering an efficient alternative to the way products, supplies and staff are currently sourced....
On March 29th, the Hospital Records family will be taking over the hometown of our favourite Devonshire duo Fred V & Grafix, for a celebratory launch of their debut LP.
The Exeter Phoenix will play host to a selection of some of the finest talent from the Hospital roster, both in terms of breakthrough acts as well as more established names.
Tickets for this one-off spectacular are priced at just £10 for Early Birds, so don’t sleep and make sure you’re a part of it.
Claire Preece, Hospitality Manager at Kents Cavern, Torquay is one of only ten shortlisted candidates nominated for the nation's Tourism Superstar 2013 Award, run by national tourist board VisitEngland.
Claire won gold in the Devon Tourism Award for Outstanding Customer Service.
The national wnner will be decided by a public vote. Click here to watch a short film featuring Claire, and vote now!
The South West TUC has called for a change in culture after a poll published today by BBC Breakfast shows that more than half of office employees regularly work through their lunch breaks.
Nigel Costley, Regional Secretary of the South West TUC said: “These figures shine a spotlight on Britain’s long-hours culture. Far too many employees are failing to take lunch because they have too much work to do.
“It is essential that employers recognise the damage this can do to their staff and to the productivity of their workforce. Workers who skip lunch and don’t take time away...
