Veteran hotelier, Sir William Hastings OBE CBE collected the Lifetime Achievement Award at this year’s Licensed & Catering News Awards (LCN) gala evening, held
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The Hastings Hotel Group, which already owns six hotels in Northern Ireland, has now acquired Windsor House in central Belfast for £6.5m with the intention
Liam McKenna from Belfast enjoyed a once in a lifetime VIP experience last weekend as the NI winner of Carlsberg’s 2015 #JOINTHEGREATS campaign.
It’s being reported that The York hotel in Portstewart has been bought by a family firm and will shortly resume trading in the popular north
The Institute of Hospitality has submitted a list of objectives in the form of an open letter to the new government which will shortly be
Restaurateur Niall McKenna is expanding the James Street South Group with the creation of two new restaurants in Belfast. Fifty-five full and part-time
It seems that, the world over, everyone loves a Northern Irish accent! The dulcet tones of Liam Neeson, Jamie Dornan, Rory McIlroy, Christine Bleakley and
The board of Tourism Northern Ireland has appointed John McGrillen as its new chief executive with effect from July. Mr. McGrillen will replace Alan Clarke,
Bangor seafront is to be transformed following news that planners have approved a major redevelopment scheme. Permission was granted towards the end of last month
Pictured with the winners of the recent Hotel & Guesthouse Housekeeping Awards are compere Pamela Ballantine (left) and NIHF president, Mandy Patrick OBE (third from

