Hello and welcome
to the November issue of Venue Insight Magazine, the MUST HAVE publication for the UK hospitality industry.
Once again, it’s time for Slade, Wizzard, The Pogues, Mariah Carey, Michael Bublé and all the others to be wheeled out of storage and fired up for full on festive fun. This time last year we were in the midst of a 2nd national lockdown and we all know what happened at Christmas. It’s looking like a very different picture this time around though and hospitality can look forward to the festive season with hope and a real possibility of repairing some of the damage that has been heaped on the industry for so long.
Another month, another host of new openings and events which is so great to report on. Hospitality is by no means back to firing on all cylinders, far from it, but its resilience is clear to see. Cogo and Kiss Nights have announced the Tobacco Dock NYE festival, Ministry of Sound bring the biggest party on the south coast to Bexhill in Sussex at the end of November, INCA – a lively immersive dining hub arrives in Mayfair, award-winning plant-based restaurant Stem & Glory has secured a third site at 100 Liverpool Street, Broadgate and The Big Table Group, operator of Las Iguanas, Bella Italia and Cafe Rouge, is planning to open 50 new restaurants
Q& 10 Guy Lawrence with 14 A
and create 1,250 jobs, fuelled in particular by demand for the Las Iguanas brand.
In our first interview with Guy Lawrence, since he became Chief Executive of Brockmans Gin, we discuss the state of the hospitality sector, his brand, and his favourite cocktail, which for the record is a classic Negroni, as featured on our cracking front cover. In the run-up to the festive season, ‘The Properly Improper Gin’ serve up a romantically smoky cocktail as seen on page 24. The Smoky Rosy has notes of orange to complement the bitter-sweet orange notes which are naturally present in this distinctively different gin.
PPLPRS – home of TheMusicLicence offer some sound advice on how to create the perfect atmosphere for your customers. Often, the right environment can be just as important as the services or products it offers. Perhaps you want your customers to enjoy some soothing, seasonal sounds as they relax during long winter nights. Maybe you want to create the upbeat, party feeling on the weekends with some fresh Christmas hits alongside the latest releases. Whatever the occasion, the right music can help to set the tone and help to enhance the overall experience for your customers.
Good luck heading into the new season.
Rob Taylor Editor
6 UK Hospitality 8
COGO 28 44
10 Brockmans Q&A 12 Ministry of Sound 14 PPLPRS 16 GigRealm 18 KwizzBit 20 CardsSafe 24 Brockmans 26 Void Acoustics 28 INCA 30 Las Iguanas 32 POS Ltd 34 Lolly 36 NDML 38 Rational/Arc Inspirations 40 SAVI 42 Rational 44 Stem & Glory 46 Winterhalter
Crystal Design & Media Ltd and the publication Venue Insight Magazine assumes no responsibility for unsolicited material or the accuracy of information received. All material will be treated as unconditionally assigned for publication under copyright and within the editors rights to edit and offer comment. All editorial contributions are to be sent to:
editor@venue-insight.com
VENUE
INSIGHT A PLATFORM FOR THE HOSPITALITY INDUSTR Y
EDITOR Rob Taylor
editor@venue-insight.com 01634 568927
PUBLICATION MANAGER Dan Scudder
dan@venue-insight.com 01634 568928
DESIGNER Michael Hayes
design@venue-insight.com 01634 568927
PUBLISHER Robert Robinson
Crystal Design & Media Ltd 01634 568925
CONTENTS
Page 1 |
Page 2 |
Page 3 |
Page 4 |
Page 5 |
Page 6 |
Page 7 |
Page 8 |
Page 9 |
Page 10 |
Page 11 |
Page 12 |
Page 13 |
Page 14 |
Page 15 |
Page 16 |
Page 17 |
Page 18 |
Page 19 |
Page 20 |
Page 21 |
Page 22 |
Page 23 |
Page 24 |
Page 25 |
Page 26 |
Page 27 |
Page 28 |
Page 29 |
Page 30 |
Page 31 |
Page 32 |
Page 33 |
Page 34 |
Page 35 |
Page 36 |
Page 37 |
Page 38 |
Page 39 |
Page 40 |
Page 41 |
Page 42 |
Page 43 |
Page 44 |
Page 45 |
Page 46 |
Page 47 |
Page 48 |
Page 49 |
Page 50 |
Page 51 |
Page 52
