The list of restaurant and chef finalists for the 2020 James Beard Awards, scheduled to be announced on March 25, was announced yesterday. The James Beard Awards, which announced the semi-finalists in late February, would announce the restaurant and chef finalists on the 25th of March. Due to coronavirus, it was postponed by a joint […]

The American Hotel & Lodging Association (AHLA) today introduced Safe Stay, an industry-wide, enhanced standard of health and safety protocols designed to prepare America’s hotels to safely welcome back guests and employees as the economy reopens.  The standards of Safe Stay were developed under the guidance of an Advisory Council, comprised of industry leaders representing […]

Holiday Inn Heathrow Ariel, Holiday Inn Brent Cross ve Crown Plaza Stockley hotels in London are temporarily converted into isolation centres to accommodate patients who are recovering from coronavirus. Construction company Interserve has been appointed by the Department For Health&Social Care of the UK to convert the Holiday Inn Heathrow Ariel Hotel, which has been […]

McDonald’s on Thursday said its first-quarter earnings fell 17% as the coronavirus pandemic led to restaurant closures and plunging sales.  McDonald’s said in early April that same-store sales fell 3.4% during the first three months of the year. Sales trends are showing signs of improvement in some markets, like the United States, but executives expect steeper […]

The foundations of Basque cuisine date back to a tradition that goes back 5 centuries and is a complete castle and treasure called “etxekoandres” made up of housewives, mothers, grandmothers. The Basque people have a lot of confidence in the kitchen, they see themselves as the owner of rich and diverse gastronomy, but ironically, most […]

The Irish government has laid out a roadmap to reopening that will see restaurants and pubs open under strict guidelines by the end of summer. However, Ireland’s Prime Minister Leo Varadkar warned that the second spike in Covid-19 cases could derail the timetable. Prime Minister Varadkar said: “Unfortunately the risk of a second wave of […]