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Hotel Catering - UK

Published by: Mintel International Group Ltd.

Published: Sep. 1, 2007 - 58 Pages


Table of Contents


ISSUES IN THE MARKET

Main issues

Definition

ABBREVIATIONS

MARKET IN BRIEF

Hotel catering taking a smaller piece of the pie

Catering by type

Convenience is king for older consumers

Taking the ‘oh no’ out of going solo

Breakfast is the most important meal of the day

Eating out now considered the norm

Yes chef!

Celebrity restaurants:

Whatever, whenever…

INTERNAL MARKET ENVIRONMENT

Key points

Holiday markets

Figure 1: Trends in domestic tourism in the UK, 2002-06

Figure 2: Trends in overseas tourist visits to the UK, 2002-06

Business travel

Figure 3: Domestic holiday volume, by UK and inbound travellers, 2002-06

Inbound visitors

Figure 4: Inbound visitors to the UK, by reason for trip, 2002-05

UK hotel industry

Figure 5: The hotel market, by revenue, 2002-06

The eating out sector

Figure 6: The UK market for eating out, 2002-12

BROADER MARKET ENVIRONMENT

Key points

Economic factors

Figure 7: Trends in personal disposable income and consumer expenditure, 2002-12

Population growth

Figure 8: Trends in the age structure of the UK population, by gender, 2002-12

Figure 9: Forecast adult population trends, by lifestage, 2002-12

Figure 10: Forecast adult population trends, by socio-economic group, 2001-11

Internet penetration

Figure 11: Internet penetration, by gender, socio-economic group and age, 2002-06

COMPETITIVE CONTEXT

Key points

Figure 12: Eating out venues visited, March 2007

Figure 13: The UK eating out market, by segment, 2002-07

STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES IN THE MARKET

Strengths

Weaknesses

MARKET SIZE AND FORECAST

Key points

Figure 14: The hotel catering market, 2002-12

Factors incorporated in the forecast

SEGMENT PERFORMANCE

Key points

Figure 15: Average food and beverage and room revenues as a percentage of total average revenue per

room, 2006

Figure 16: Food and beverage revenue per available room, 2002-06

Conferencing

COMPANIES AND PRODUCTS

Figure 17: Top ten hotel operating companies in the UK, 2003 and 2006

InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG)

Premier Travel Inn

Travelodge UK

Hilton Hotels

Accor UK Business & Leisure Hotels

Guoman Hotels (previously Thistle Hotels)

MacDonald Hotels and Resorts

Marriott Hotels

Jarvis

Real Hotel Group (Formerly CHE Group plc)

De Vere Hotels and Leisure

Jurys Doyle Hotel Group

Millennium & Copthorne Hotels

Other hotels

GUESTS USE OF HOTEL CATERING

Key points

Figure 18: Guests use of hotel restaurants, June 2007

Breaking free after breakfast

Figure 19: Guests use of hotel restaurants, by detailed demographics, June 2007

Is the hotel heartland a dying breed?

VISITORS USE OF HOTEL CATERING

Key points

Figure 20: Visitors use of hotel catering, June 2007

Dinner and drinks

Figure 21: Visitors use of hotel catering, by detailed demographics, June 2007

Business means business

Remotely successful?

APPENDIX: RESEARCH METHODOLOGY

Abstract

The eating out market is expanding as fast as our waistlines, and with it has come a staggering amount of choice. As a result hotel revenue generated from food and beverage sales is severely under threat, and there is a battle to keep consumer spend within the confines of their establishments.

In recent years hotels have polarized with high-end boutique or destination hotels at one end and budget no-frills hotels at the other, but where does this leave the huge glut of hotels that fall very much in the middle?

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