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Good Week Bad Week: 21/05/10

Our regular catch-up of what has brought a burst of sunshine - or a mantle of storm clouds - to the catering and hospitality world this week.

 

**GOOD WEEK

 

Keeping the kids** happy
Disney World plans Art of Animation resort with 2,000 suites and rooms based on kids' favourites Finding Nemo, Cars and The Little Mermaid.

 

McDonald's
The fast food chain is seen as the healthy alternative after pub burger meals are revealed to contain more fat than 12 McDonald's hamburgers.

 

Green fingers
Brighton restaurant Terre a Terre puts gardeners' nightmare Japanese knotweed on the menu.

 

Grim historians
The Blind Beggar pub in Whitechapel, where Ronnie Kray murdered fellow East End gangster George Cornell, is sold for £1.26m.

 

BAD WEEK

Making complaints

A US pizza waitress loses her job after she used Facebook to blast the $5 (£3.45) tip left by a "cheap" couple who sat at their table for three hours.

 

Zealous housekeeping
Guests at the Puntacana Resort in the Dominican Republic are greeted with an unusual floater in the loo: a handful of fresh flowers.

 

Thirsty art fans
A Tate Modern art installation of a mock-up pub comes complete with all the atmosphere of a British boozer, but without any drink.

 

Crowd control
Devon pub the Talbot Inn loses its licence after a drunken man was taped to a chair and left in the street by other customers.

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