BACK ON THE BOIL October 10, 2010 Celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay has news to toast after doubling profits at his troubled restaurant business. Gordon Ramsay Holdings turned a £4.2m profit in the 11 months to August, up from £2.47m in the same period the previous year. Ramsay was forced to restructure and recapitalise his companies after rapid international expansion in 2008 backfired, [...]
Morocco is attracting the luxury investor November 25, 2010 IT’s hot, it’s exotic and beautiful. No wonder Morocco, long on the traveller’s radar, is rapidly becoming the place that the beautiful people are going to buy their second homes. Says Alistair Emery, CEO of developer Ajensa, which is nearing completion of the Baglioni resort near Marrakech: “In the last few years as people have [...]
Four of the best resorts for a wild and wicked break January 3, 2011 BEST FOR CRAZY PEOPLE REVELSTOKE, CANADA WANT to go somewhere genuinely new and yet nonetheless outrageously awesome? Try Revelstoke. Deep in the Canadian Selkirks, this remarkable resort only opened in Winter 2007. It is still, partially, a work in progress, but when it’s complete, it will be North America’s largest ski area, with a colossal [...]
When unusual dinners turn into business ideas October 21, 2010 WHO on earth is born with Mexican restaurant chain abilities in their DNA?” asks Eric Partaker. He and Dan Houghton decided to make it part of theirs when they launched the Mexican restaurant chain Chilango. Neither are Mexican or had run a restaurant before. But they found they made a good team when working at [...]
When unusual dinners turn into business ideas October 21, 2010 WHO on earth is born with Mexican restaurant chain abilities in their DNA?” asks Eric Partaker. He and Dan Houghton decided to make it part of theirs when they launched the Mexican restaurant chain Chilango. Neither are Mexican or had run a restaurant before. But they found they made a good team when working at [...]
The Square Mile’s long transformation continues October 27, 2010 POLICY CHAIRMAN, CITY OF LONDON CORPORATION THE wind of change is blowing through the City and in this instance, I am not referring to London’s financial heart in the wake of the economic crisis. I am talking about One New Change, Cheapside’s largest shopping destination, which is set to transform the Square Mile. Is that [...]
SKI NOTES November 21, 2010 Courchevel’s new retreat Courchevel addicts (with extra cash) rejoice: a fabulous new opening in 1850 is setting tongues aflutter. Le Strato has just 25 bedrooms, an 800sq m spa by Nuxe, a gastro restaurant with a famous French starred chef – and, wait for it, a a champagne bar in the ski room. Open from [...]
Stuart Rose cheers One New Change October 28, 2010 CITY shopping centre One New Change attracted thousands of workers from across the Square Mile when it opened for trading yesterday. Outgoing Marks & Spencer chairman Sir Stuart Rose officially opened the mall, which is home to 60 shops and restaurants on Cheapside opposite St Paul’s Cathedral. Topshop owner Sir Philip Green and representatives of [...]
Whitbread in boost from Premier Inns December 14, 2010 WHITBREAD has seen sales rise at its budget Premier Inns and Costa Coffee bars, which will help it stay on target for its full-year forecasts, the company said yesterday. Sales at Premier Inns open for more than a year grew 8.7 per cent in the third quarter to 2 December. Occupancy rose to 80 per [...]
A Sunday lunch that promises to be a perfect 10 September 20, 2010 M elissa Sargin is an events manager at Blueprint Café, one of the host restaurants for the American Express® 10-10-10 event, as part of this year’s London Restaurant Festival. She tells us what this relaxed riverside restaurant has to offer and how they’re celebrating this new event. WHAT IS YOUR ROLE AND WHAT DO YOU [...]