by External Contributor | Mar 2, 2026 | Featured, News, Podcasts
By Trevor Boyd, Operations General Manager: Food & Beverage, City Lodge Hotels and Hostex ambassador When people think about chefs, the picture is often incomplete. There’s the white jacket, the apron, the intensity, and sometimes the ego. What’s far less visible...
by External Contributor | Feb 19, 2026 | Featured, News, Podcasts
Hotel design 2026 If the last decade of hotel design was about impressing people, 2026 is about making them feel something. Calm. Curiosity. Comfort. A sense of place. The hotels getting it right now aren’t shouting for attention — they’re quietly confident. Here’s...
by External Contributor | Feb 16, 2026 | Featured, News, Podcasts
Fondue feels fancy. Say the word and people picture a snowy Swiss chalet, cowbells in the distance, and someone named Hans gently stirring molten cheese while quoting tradition. But the truth? Fondue didn’t start life as a luxury dish at all. It was born out of...
by External Contributor | Feb 13, 2026 | Featured, News, Podcasts
Trends That Are Now Unfashionable in 2026 If you’re walking into a hotel in 2026 and spotting décor that feels like a time capsule from a decade ago — you’re probably onto something. Hotel Decor trends evolve fast, and some trends that once felt fresh now feel tired,...
by Stephen Hickmore | Feb 10, 2026 | Featured, Focus, News, Podcasts
The Smell of the Storeroom: Why Every Hotel Dry Goods Store Smells Exactly the Same There is a smell that lives quietly behind the swing doors of every hotel kitchen on earth. You don’t find it in the lobby. Guests never mention it on TripAdvisor. But any chef,...
by Stephen Hickmore | Feb 5, 2026 | Featured, Hospitality Opinion Blog, News, Podcasts
Walk into any professional kitchen and you’ll see the uniform straight away: chef jacket, apron, non-slip shoes… and, increasingly, tattoos. Once upon a time, a tattoo in the kitchen meant you’d probably done time somewhere rough – either in life or in a Paris...
