How COVID-19 Is Inspiring New Ideas In Food Retail
With social distancing rules in place, and restrictions on eating out to stop the spread of COVID-19, food retailers have been forced to reinvent their business models to maintain cash flow.
Press Releases
Coronavirus Pushes a Traditional Industry to Go Digital
Kempinski Hotel Beijing Lufthansa Center innovates its food and beverage service to reach customers to combat the novel coronavirus restrictions. Updates to recent delivery services include a new delivery app addition to the restaurant's repertoire, alongside the advanced WeChat ordering options. The unveiled WeChat online menu allows customers to pre-order online and set up a pick-up time at the restaurants.
IHCL Partners With Globally Acclaimed Paper Moon Italy To Open Italian Restaurants
Indian Hotels Company (IHCL), South Asia's largest hospitality company, today signed an agreement with Ristorante Paper Moon S.R.L, to launch the globally acclaimed Italian cuisine restaurant, Paper Moon, at its marquee hotels across key locations.
Be WILD!
By launching WILD F&B (Women in Leadership Disrupting Food & Beverage), Accor tackles the imbalance of gender diversity in the F&B industry. Discover the 1st culinary festival dedicated to female Chefs in Asia. Let's go the Vietnam, at the Sofitel Saigon Plaza!
In An Industry First, Ab Inbev And IHCL Partner Exclusively To Launch A Chain Of Microbreweries Across Key Locations In India
Anheuser Busch InBev (AB InBev), the world's leading brewer today signed an agreement with The Indian Hotels Company Limited (IHCL), South Asia's largest hospitality company, to launch a premium chain of microbreweries within its marquee hotels across key locations in India. This partnership is worth Rs. 150 crores, with plans to open 15 microbreweries over the next 5 years. This exclusive partnership will leverage the collective strengths of the two leading companies to shape the future of quality craft beer in India.
Four Seasons Resort Langkawi Takes Guests Back In Time With Traditional Fishing
Four Seasons Resort Langkawi is delighted to unveil its traditional fish house where generations-old methods are used to catch the freshest fish and shellfish from the Andaman Sea. Designed by a local fisherman and crafted with island-grown wood, the Rumah Ikan Fish House is an inspiring testament to Langkawi's vibrant fishing legacy.
Radisson Hotel Group To Lead Foray Of Spanish Cuisine In India
Radisson Hotel Group has signed an exclusive Master Franchise Agreement (MFA) with Tapas Club, a popular Singapore-based food and drink (F&D) brand, to roll out a series of stylish Spanish restaurants across its extensive portfolio of hotels in India.
Raise a Glass to Wine Tourist Diversity in China
Not all Chinese wine tourists are the same. Although wine tourism is becoming more popular in China according to a study published recently by a group of researchers including SHTM professors Hanqin Qiu Zhang and Brian King, there is wide variation in tourists' level of involvement in wine-based activities. Drawing on the findings of a survey measuring levels of involvement in and perceptions of wine tourism, the researchers provide useful information for marketers aiming to develop targeted trips and marketing strategies.
Theme Restaurants Spice Up India’s Dining Scene
Eating out in one of India's new generation of restaurants is as much as the social media friendly design as it about the food.
New National Survey Reveals Almost Half Of Australians Are Skipping Breakfast And Over Half Wake Up Tired Each Morning
The results are in: Almost half of Aussies are choosing to skip breakfast during the week, while a further quarter confess to skipping breakfast more than twice each week, a national survey commissioned by IHG's Holiday Inn Express has revealed.
Four Seasons Pop Down is Coming to Hong Kong
Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts, the world's leading luxury hospitality company, is excited to announce that Four Seasons Pop Down Hong Kong, the fourth in a global series of immersive events, will arrive in Hong Kong on March 30. The excitement will kick-off with an invitation-only event, followed by a two-day consumer activation in the heart of the city's Central district.
Millennium Hotels And Resorts Deploys Robotic Solutions To Its Singapore Properties
Following the highly successful launch of 'AUSCA', the world's first Autonomous Service Chef Associate, at M Social Singapore in 2017, Millennium Hotels and Resorts (MHR), the hotel arm of property giant City Developments Limited (CDL), is pleased to deploy AUSCA to the group's five other Singapore properties—Orchard Hotel Singapore, Grand Copthorne Waterfront Hotel Singapore, M Hotel Singapore, Studio M Hotel Singapore and Copthorne King's Hotel Singapore—by end November 2018.
Pan Pacific Connections Corporate Bookers Programme- Cocktail Launching
On Wednesday 26th September 2018, PARKROYAL Hotels and Resorts Malaysia hosted our official cocktail launching event to celebrate Pan Pacific Connection, corporate bookers programme with our loyal members at PARKROYAL Kuala Lumpur. Accompanied by live music, the event had a Shanghai Night theme and was hosted by the poolside, decorated and adorned simultaneously with red lanterns, candles, carved fruits and flowers all against a backdrop of the beautifully lit Kuala Lumpur Tower against the city skyline.
Raffles Singapore unveils new culinary concepts and collaborations with celebrity chefs
Raffles Singapore unveiled today its new line-up of dining experiences, which combine the hotel's much-loved culinary traditions with contemporary dining concepts by renowned celebrity chefs. Each dining concept promises to tantalise the senses and has been carefully selected to enhance the famed 'Raffles Experience' for the local community and the discerning travellers.
UNWTO World Forum on Gastronomy Tourism – Seizing the Power of Technology
Around 600 participants from 52 countries gathered at the 4th UNWTO World Forum on Gastronomy Tourism (Bangkok, Thailand, 30 May to 1 June 2018). Organized by the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) and the Government of Thailand, in collaboration with the Basque Culinary Center, participants addressed topics ranging from the role of technology in achieving sustainable development, to linking the whole tourism value chain to gastronomy.
Food&HotelAsia to double down with bold expansion in 2020
The most comprehensive international food and hospitality biennial trade event in the region, Food&HotelAsia (FHA) will return in 2020 as two dedicated shows - FHA-HoReCa in early March andFHA-Food & Beverage starting late March.
Launch Of Oxford Cultural Collective Award (Thailand)
Nominations are now invited for the Oxford Cultural Collective Award, which will recognise the rising stars of the hospitality, food and beverage sectors across Thailand.
Millennium Hotels and Resorts Pioneers the World’s First Robot That Cooks Eggs
The M Social brand was created by our Chairman Mr Kwek LengBengwith the aim of inspiring the hospitality industry with his visionary thought for a space designed for the millennials & the millennial mindset.After the success of implementing AURA who is South East Asia's first Front-of-House Autonomous Service Delivery Robotin the hospitality industry last December 2016, Millennium Hotels and Resorts introduce the world's first Front-of-House Autonomous Service Chef Robot prototype, 'AUSCA'tothe hospitality industry, who prepares eggs for guests at M Social Singapore.
UNWTO and the JTTA partner to foster gastronomy tourism in Japan
The World Tourism Organization (UNWTO), the Japan Travel and Tourism Association (JTTA) and Gurunavi Inc. have undersigned an agreement to develop a "UNWTO Affiliate Members Report on Gastronomy Tourism: Japan." The report will contribute to capitalize the potential of this segment in the Nippon country and add to the existing UNWTO research on gastronomy tourism.
Carlson Rezidor Hotel Group Partners Dineout in India to Provide Dynamic Restaurant Reservations
Carlson Rezidor Hotel Group, one of the world's largest and most dynamic hotel groups today announced its partnership with Dineout, India's largest table reservation and restaurant promotion service. The partnership will add breadth to the 'local connection' and brand positioning to resonate with tech-savvy diners. The Group builds on the success of a pilot exercise undertaken in 2016 where select hotels in India had their restaurants and bars promoted on the platform.