The Sicilian Hotel Where ‘White Lotus’ Was Filmed Is Currently Offering a 25% Off Deal
Head to the dreamy location for a bit of a discount — drama not included. Looking to experience The White Lotus IRL? Well, it just got a bit cheaper. The San Domenico Palace, A Four Seasons Hotel, which was the hotel used as the setting for season 2 of the hit HBO show, in Sicily, Italy, is running a promotion offering 25 percent off of certain rates and packages. Located in Sicily, on a hillside overlooking the Ionian Sea, the building was once a convent back in the 14th century, and has been welcoming guests as a hotel since 1896.…
NZ WelTec student selected for Young Chef Olympiad –
Wellingtonian Michelle Burling-Claridge, a Level 5 Diploma in Hospitality Management student at Whitireia and WelTec (Te Pūkenga), has been selected to represent New Zealand at the IIHM Young Chef Olympiad 2023 on January 29. Following two years of hosting the International Institute of Hotel Management’s Young Chef Olympiad event online, the global culinary competition is now back to being judged in person in India. Michelle represents New Zealand in the section of Group E heat to be held in Hyderabad, with competitors from Jordan, Sweden, Namibia, Spain, USA, South Africa, Uzbekistan and Portugal. Young chefs from over 50 countries will…
2022 year in review: A look into restaurant success
Did you know that Grubhub restaurants are prepared over 11 million pizzas in 2022? That’s a lot of cheese! What else got Grubhub diners’ taste buds tingling? Time to rewind to see how diners ate their way through 2022. Looking at trends from hundreds of thousands of average daily orders, Grubhub’s #2022Delivered checks in on what shaped 2022. Let’s dig in! 2022 was the year of digital demand 2022 brought a new post-pandemic landscape for restaurants as eating out returned in full force. However, the convenience of online ordering that many diners discovered in 2020 is still here to stay.…
Catering Menu Ideas for Your Restaurant to Try
As the restaurant industry slowly rebounds from COVID-19, operators are looking for new ways to diversify their business. One idea that many restaurant owners have capitalized on is catering. When it reached its peak in 2019, the global catering market was valued at an impressive $64 billion, most of which went to restaurants that offered catering services. Despite two-thirds of operators suspending their catering business during the pandemic, many are bringing it back into the fold. In other words, it’s time to dust off the catering menu and start cooking up some fresh food ideas. Whether you’ve done it before…