Saudi Monin Cup finals took place in Riyadh
Over 10,000 beverage specialists from all across the globe have participated in the international competition.
AWJ Investments plans five openings in KSA in H1 2020
Catch22 will be the first to open in Jeddah in February 2020, followed by Operation: Falafel in early April and Awani later in 2020.
SPINE Beirut wins two awards at the 2019 Restaurant & Bar Design Awards
SPINE Beirut is designed by renowned Gregory Gatserelia, and is the first rooftop bar design concept focused on the sky.
Baky Hospitality sets Egypt on the Middle East’s upscale dining map
The restaurant partners with one of the Top Chefs in the Middle East, Chef Reif Othman, to be the company’s exclusive culinary advisor in Egypt.
Abu Dhabi Culinary Season wraps up after six weeks
Three unique consumer events were rolled out for Abu Dhabi audiences, including Mega Mela, Taste of Abu Dhabi and World of Food Abu Dhabi.
90 Centigrade café opens its doors at Grand Millennium Al Wahda
Grand Millennium Al Wahda, the luxury five-star hotel located in the centre of Abu Dhabi, adjacent to Al Wahda Mall, announced the opening of 90 Centigrade café, a unique home-grown concept.
Interview with Fadi Safadi
In an exclusive interview to HN, Hodema consulting services talks with Fadi Safadi, founder of Al Safadi, a successful F&B concept launched in 1994, in Beirut, Lebanon.
Expanding an Empire
Prominent Lebanese restaurateur Pierre Ziadeh and his partner Souhail Nassar took over the Minet El Hosn area of Downtown Beirut in 2009 with international culinary concepts and development. Through SP Holding, Ziadeh has now successfully expanded throughout the Middle East and is on track to franchise the first of many unique concepts in 2020.
Articulating Spaces
The interior architect Ramy Boutros sees movement in every texture, life in every stone, warmth in every metal and a dance in every fabric. Specializing in realizing dreams, he is an expert at breathing new life into any space. Here, HN talks to him about the challenges involved in designing some of Lebanon’s most successful homegrown F&B concepts.
