The Metaverse: What is it? And what does it mean for hotels and restaurants?

The Metaverse: What is it? And what does it mean for hotels and restaurants?

It may sound like some futuristic world straight out of The Matrix franchise or Ready Player One. In fact that wouldn’t be a million miles from the truth. The Metaverse is the buzz word in tech circles right now, and it’s beginning to permeate conversation in the real world. Mark Zuckerberg calls it the future of the internet, but what …

Reaching For the Stars – Does Gaining a Michelin Star Help Your Business?

In response to Cumbrian restaurant L-Enclume receiving three Michelin Stars, Liz explores the history of the Michelin Star standard, including asking the question: ‘does gaining a Michelin star help your business?’. And, are there are alternatives for those striving to break into the luxury hospitality market? Being at the helm of the leading event planning agency based in the Northwest …

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The Slice Is Right: “Cakeage – What Is It And Should Your Restaurant Be Using It?

Liz weighs into the hottest debate in hospitality! Here’s all you need to know about cakeage. As well as some alternatives ideas, if you and your customers find the charge difficult to stomach. The hospitality sector was thrust into the headlines recently as a restaurant attempted to charge a diner £10 per head for ‘cakeage’, when he asked if he …

Advice from Four of the UK’s Top Female Entrepreneurs

With International Women’s Day just next week, Liz has been catching up with some of the UK’s top female entrepreneurs. Ready to share their words of wisdom, for others hoping to emulate their success, and looking at the unique set of advice from four of the UK’s top female entrepreneurs. “In my Events That Made Me Podcast I have had …

Turn Your Business Idea into a Reality

Turn Your Business Idea into a Reality

How to turn your business idea into a reality that is profitable, getting a business off the ground, plus do we really all have the same 24 hours in a day? A conscious decision that I have made as I’ve progressed further in my career, is to actively engage with the next generation of event planners. Visiting universities to give …

Why Saying No in Business is a Strength

Your New Year’s Business Resolution. Saying No. No. One of the simplest words in the English language. In linguistic terms, such an easy word to pronounce. One little syllable, two tiny letters. So, why is it that so many businesspeople find it so hard to say? Especially as, in my opinion, saying no in business is a strength. Difficulty saying …

Is Automation a Hospitality Solution

Is Automation a Hospitality Solution?

Automation – the solution to staff shortages in hospitality or the death of customer service? It seems everywhere you look now there is automation. From the self-service check outs at the supermarkets, to online banking or self-organising doctor appointments, vaccinations, flights, hotel stays and now, even more so since covid, ordering drinks and food within the hospitality industry.  Once thought …

Christmas – It’s a Wrap!

Liz has Christmas quite literally all wrapped-up at Victors restaurants and Neighbourhood, Liverpool Liz says: “When I started my luxury hospitality consultancy it was because I knew I had a lot to offer venues that were looking to elevate their brands and appeal to new luxury markets. “My years of event design and set dressing, along with the trusted contacts …

How to Avoid ‘Perfection Paralysis’ in Business

So many people have brilliant business ideas. It always amazes me how people continue to come up with new takes on old ideas.  Or completely new profitable products. But not everyone can make those ideas a reality. Sometimes it’s time management. Life gets in the way.  We’ve all heard that old saying that life is something that happens while you’re …

Salt Bae – A Hospitality Marketing Masterclass or A Flash in The (Very Expensive) Pan?

It seems you can’t look at a newspaper or website right now without seeing Salt Bae, the steakhouse lord whose Knightsbridge restaurant is certainly snatching the headlines.  The hype is off the scale. People are outraged and intrigued in equal measures by the price of a gold-coated steak and reports of bills in the tens of thousands that would make …