Hospitality & Catering News
December 31, 2020
Looking back at how we entered into 2020 the headlines were dominated by plant-based, vegan and vegetarian themes. Consumer reports on eating trends and forecasts were impossible to overlook and seemed to fully justify predicting the plant-based, vegan and vegetarian revolution dominating 2020.
As we entered March Covid-19 was still somewhat in the background thousands of miles away in China but now moving closer as outbreaks around Europe emerged. Most reporting at the time was unaffected and new openings, events and new contracts were still being awarded and announced.
The all too ominous advance of the pandemic was starting to concern many people and on 9 March we published our first prediction of changes to hospitality – Covid-19 the unwanted solution to hospitality’s people and skills shortages. In the same article we referenced UK Hospitality Chief Executive, Kate Nicholls, calling on Government for wide-ranging business s
Thousands of hotels forced to close as London faces bleak winter
The new Tier 3 restrictions will see an estimated 2,000 hotels close their doors
The Pig at Bridge Place - one of the group s eight hotels facing mass cancellations
Hoteliers in London and beyond are once again devastated by the latest Tier 3 announcement, with some reporting huge numbers of cancelled bookings and industry leaders predicting 2,000 hotels will have to close from tomorrow.
The new restrictions, which will see Greater London, the south and west of Essex and the south of Hertfordshire move into Tier 3 on December 16, mean hospitality venues including hotels, restaurants, bars and cafés must close, except for delivery and takeaway services.
The case rate per 100,000 people in the capital stood at 191.8 on December 6, up from 158.1 the previous week. It means London is ahead of regions, such as the West Midlands, which are already in Tier 3.