Tuesday 30 October 2007

The 'bare' facts.....

Are you a somnambulist? Have you ever wandered naked down a hotel corridor?
This week, A survey carried out by Travelodge ‘revealed’ (if you’ll pardon the pun!) that nude sleepwalking (particularly amongst men) is on the rise. The results, which exhibit (sorry!) a seven fold increase in sleepwalking customers, compared to 2006, indicate that a staggering 95% of the hotel chain's sleepwalkers have been naked men. The following are the most popular requests at the reception desk:

- Where is the bathroom?
- Can I check out as I am late for work?
- Do you have a copy of todays paper?

The Hotels reception desks now have a supply of towels placed on them for covering up the gentlemens… errmm, embarrassment!

For obvious reasons, I’ve not included an image for this particular entry!

Thursday 25 October 2007

Food and Gastronomy seminar

The Centre for International Hospitality Management Research ( CIHMR ) at Sheffield Hallam University have publicised a two year programme of research seminars aimed at raising the profile of hospitality research in the UK. The first of these, entitled ‘Food and Gastronomy is to be held on 15th November 2007 between 10am - 4pm. Download the booking form from the site. Some of the other seminars in the series look interesting too!

'Louis' and the Chokolit Factory?


15 year old Louis Barnett from Kinver needed no golden ticket to realise his dream! He has just employed his own mum and dad in his ‘Chokolit’ business! Self-confessed ‘Foody’ Louis, left school at 11 after being diagnosed with Dyslexia and Dyspraxia and began making chocolates from home, but his business has expanded to the point where he has now had to move premises to Bridgnorth. Read more about the budding entrepreneur here.

Monday 22 October 2007

'Link' Special !

There is a special issue of the ‘Link’ publication available this month on the website of the HEAcademy (HLST) The idea of the issue is to showcase some of the research projects that have been funded this year by the HEAcademy. Themes of the projects include employability; student motivation; internationalisation, widening participation; reflective practice and research methods. Once you’ve clicked on the link above, select ‘view the LINK special edition here’ to take you to the pdf of the whole issue

Wednesday 17 October 2007

Restaurant 2007

Speakers at the Restaurant 2007 seminar on 8th November in London, include Jim Walker, chief operating officer at The Climate Group; Jane Piper from KPMG and Luke Jensen; head of Retail, Leisure and Consumer at OC&C Strategy Consultants. Click here to download your booking form.

You might want to peruse the William-Reed site while you're there. Click on the 'search by sector' links on the left to bring up a list of products. Staff - If you would like to order any of these for the library, please let me know