January 2015 sees the Hospitality Show taking place at Birmingham’s NEC between the 19th and the 21st.

Pubs are being invited to the event to indulge in free mentoring sessions with some of the most respected players in the hospitality sector.
The sessions are expected to last roughly fifteen minutes, one-to-one, and advice and guidance will be given on a variety of subjects that should be covered in hospitality such as catering equipment, innovation, crowd funding and social media.

Some of the mentors in the show will include:

– Chairman of the Catering Equipment Distributors Association and Managing Director of Vision Commercial Kitchens, Jack Sharkey
– Hotel Procurement Expert, Gordon Anderson
– Drinks Industry Guru, Stuart Rosenblatt
– Owner of consultancy service Yuzu Hospitality, Steve Cash
– Hospitality Consultant, Stephen McManus
– Hotel Profitability Guru, Peter Hales
– Chief Executive of the Institute of Hospitality, Peter Ducker

Design booth

There will be four mentoring booths dotted about the arena, and one of them will be dedicated to the business of better design.

This booth will allow visitors to discuss projects and design ideas in confidence with the experts from that specific field.

Managing director at Fresh Montgomery, Toby Wand, said: “Ask any successful business person about defining moments in their career and you can bet that at some point in their rise to prominence they will have been mentored.

“There may be one or many, but the importance of a figurehead, there to help drive you on, or offer that bellwether piece of advice that you never forget and take with you throughout your career, cannot be understated.”

The Innovation Zone

The Innovation Zone is another exciting highlight of the event which wil showcase some of the most recent equipment launches.

Keith Warren, the Associate Director of the Innovation Zone, which has been organised in conjunction with the Catering Equipment Suppliers Association (CESA), commented on what a fantastic opportunity this is for operators to take a look at the most relevant up-to-date equipment on the scene.

Warren explained: “The Hospitality Show is the largest showcase next year for innovative and energy-saving equipment that will be of huge interest to caterers.

“The CESA Innovation Zone is a great opportunity for our members to showcase what they are developing and what the latest equipment has to offer in terms of user benefits and features.”

Networking Dinner

In correspondence with the show, on Tuesday 20th January, a networking dinner will take place at the Arden Hotel.
Adam Bennett, Chef Director at the Cross in Kenilworth, Warwickshire will oversee the menu.

Adam will be representing Team UK for a third time at the Bocuse d’Or chef competition in January which will be held in Lyon.

Show Exhibitors

Also appearing at The Hospitality Show will be a variety of catering equipment suppliers available for visitors to discuss equipment with.
Jestic will be making use of the show by launching a brand new piece of equipment, although, for Smeg, Grant Sous Vide and Nayati UK, this will be their first time at the show.

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UK Hospitality Industry Strong Growth in 2014

It is known now from studies that from the economic downturn the Hospitality industry is in fact due to have strong growth in 2014.

One of the hospitality business leaders ‘Stewart Campbell’ who is a MD of Redefine (hotel management company) believes he has early indication that the year 2014 will have massive improvements into the sector.

so what does this mean for the Hospitality Industry

This forecast from Mr Campbell was also reported by the global investment specialists who also predict a very strong growth compared to previous years. This growth will spread mainly across Birmingham, Leeds, Liverpool, Manchester, London, Edinburgh and Shetland. This growth is formed more around the fact that travellers no longer are just looking at the pricing element and now wish to find hotels which are comfortable, high standard, reasonable priced and good customer service which is why there’s such an increase this year.

The growth of the hospitality industry this year means that hotels and BnB’s can focus more on delivering the quality of service people expect as well as work at bringing their hotels up to standard with better rooms, more attractive elements.

Many Hospitality industry related businesses have been focusing on getting by month-by-month with no real sight into how the industry will be in the future and at the moment whilst the predictions can be done for this year, many industry leaders are still questioning 2015 and beyond.