Jungmin Seo

Jungmin Seo

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Reporter at The Caterer, covering hotels, restaurants, foodservice, pubs and the latest openings.

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Gary Neville’s Hotel Football reports record turnover

07 March 2024 by

Gary Neville’s Hotel Football in Manchester hit its highest turnover on record, with revenue growth of £1.2m year-on-year.

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Plans to turn former HM Passport Office into hotel rejected due to ‘sufficient demand’ for offices

07 March 2024 by

Westminster City Council has rejected plans for a 357-bedroom hotel in the former HM Passport Office in London’s Victoria due to concerns over the loss of office space.

Former McDonald’s boss named CEO of Warner Leisure Hotels News

Former McDonald’s boss named CEO of Warner Leisure Hotels

06 March 2024 by

Paul Pomroy, the former chief executive of McDonald’s UK, has been appointed chief executive of Warner[...]

How Karis Theophane won £10,000 to open her new restaurant Jerk Grill People

How Karis Theophane won £10,000 to open her new restaurant Jerk Grill

06 March 2024 by

The founder of Jerk Grill tells Jungmin Seo how she’s gone from cooking jerk chicken in[...]

Splendid Hospitality Group secures £232m club loan News

Splendid Hospitality Group secures £232m club loan

06 March 2024 by

Splendid Hospitality Group has secured a £232m club loan from HSBC and OakNorth bank to support[...]

Companies House launches crackdown on register abuse News

Companies House launches crackdown on register abuse

06 March 2024 by

Companies House has introduced new measures to protect businesses after numerous chefs reported that their restaurant[...]

De Vere hotels appoints two co-chief executives News

De Vere hotels appoints two co-chief executives

05 March 2024

Hotel group De Vere has appointed Laurie Nicol and Alan Corlett as co-chief executive officers.

Young’s completes £162m City Pub Group acquisition News

Young’s completes £162m City Pub Group acquisition

04 March 2024

Young’s has completed its acquisition of City Pub Group, which comprises 51 wet-led pubs across southern England and Wales.

O2 Academy Brixton to reopen 16 months after fatal crush News

O2 Academy Brixton to reopen 16 months after fatal crush

04 March 2024 by

The O2 Academy in London’s Brixton is set to reopen in April, 16 months after it[...]

Lucknam Park to launch new restaurant and guest cottages News

Lucknam Park to launch new restaurant and guest cottages

04 March 2024 by

The five-red-AA-star Lucknam Park hotel in Wiltshire is to open a new restaurant and two guest[...]

Luke French and Stacey Sherwood-French to relocate Jöro News

Luke French and Stacey Sherwood-French to relocate Jöro

04 March 2024 by

Luke French and Stacey Sherwood-French are to relocate their fine-dining restaurant Jöro to the Oughtibridge Mill[...]

Michelin-starred Stark to move from Kent to Essex News

Michelin-starred Stark to move from Kent to Essex

01 March 2024 by

Michelin-starred restaurant Stark in Broadstairs in Kent will move to Mersea Island in Essex following a[...]

PPHE hotels boss: ‘The UK is a growth market for hospitality’ News

PPHE hotels boss: ‘The UK is a growth market for hospitality’

29 February 2024

The boss of PPHE Hotel Group has revealed the company is poised for further UK expansion, with four London openings in the pipeline.

Hyatt announces 17% revpar boost in full-year results News

Hyatt announces 17% revpar boost in full-year results

28 February 2024

Hyatt reported a 15.6% system-wide revenue per available room (revpar) boost across the EMEA region in its full-year results for 2023.

Jacobs Media is honoured to be the recipient of the 2020 Queen's Award for Enterprise.

The highest official awards for UK businesses since being established by royal warrant in 1965. Read more.

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