It’s been just over a week since the World Health Organization declared the coronavirus, or COVID-19, a global pandemic. Since then, the information surrounding the continued transmission of the virus has evolved at a rapid pace, taking business own…
Beekeeper, Whispr Offering Hotels a FREE ‘Cleaning Task Lists’ App to Fight Covid-19
Is your hotel “Covid Clean?” It can be, thanks to a new app that gives housekeepers step-by-step cleaning instructions that follow Center for Disease Control (CDC) guidelines to stop the spread of the virus. Beekeeper, a mobile-first communication p…
More than £1,000 of food earmarked for community delivery service stolen from Shropshire hotel
About £1,200 of food earmarked to start a community food delivery service during the coronavirus crisis has been stolen from a hotel and brasserie in Shropshire.
More than 300 InterContinental Hotels Group rooms block-booked for homeless
More than 300 of InterContinental Hotels Group’s London rooms will be used to allow the homeless to self-isolate during the coronavirus crisis.
Hospitality Action offers emergency grants for workers
Hospitality Action has launched a one-off emergency Covid-19 grant scheme of £250 to support eligible hospitality workers experiencing financial issues due to coronavirus.
UKHospitality advises hotels against accepting leisure bookings
UKHospitality has advised hotels against accepting any leisure bookings and recommended existing holidaymakers consider if they can leave premises.
McDonald’s shutters stores as social distancing takeaway service becomes ‘increasingly difficult’
All McDonald’s sites will close by 7pm tonight, after the group said maintaining social distancing while offering drive-thru and takeaway services had become “increasingly difficult”.
New jobs board to link hospitality workers with positions in other sectors
A free new jobs portal has launched today to help redeploy hospitality workers out of work due to coronavirus to sectors in desperate need of extra staff.
Toque d’Or finals and awards postponed until late 2020
Katya Simmons, managing director of Nestle Professional UK & Ireland, has confirmed that the Toque d’Or 2020 grand finals and awards, set to take place in April and June, have now been postponed until later in 2020, due to the coronavirus outbreak.
Letter from the editor: whatever it takes – how hospitality is fighting back
Over the past 142 years, *The Caterer* has charted the hospitality industry’s passage through two world wars, the introduction of electricity and the motor car into mainstream society and, most recently, Brexit.