Hospitality, Marketing & Tourism

Foodies have started making reservations for the largest-ever Dine Out Vancouver festival, which launches January 18 and runs until February 3.

Vancouver city councillor George Affleck plans to table a motion next week to change the city's food cart program to address restaurant owners' concerns.

Unlike the controversial Kootenay development, a year-round glacier ski resort in B.C.'s Premier Mountain range has strong community support

Travel industry claims it’s under-represented in “industry-led” marketing organization

Multinational burger giant Carl’s Jr. is slated to open its first Lower Mainland store in mid-January and will then open another five outlets in Metro Vancouver in each of the next five years, the company’s head of Canadian operations told Business in Vancouver December 20.

Some of the diners who visited Vancouver’s new Chipotle Mexican Grill (CMG) following the fast-casual restaurant’s December 13 launch say they are shocked that chicken burritos cost 43% more than they do south of the border. Other CMG burritos cost more than 30% more in Canada than in the U.S.

Fast-growing Denver-based restaurant chain Chipotle Mexican Grill (NYSE:CMG) opened its first Western Canadian location December 13 at 818 Howe Street and the curiosity among Vancouverites was so large that lineups flowed out the door.

For Save On Meats owner Mark Brand, launching a charitable foundation could be the key to making his social enterprise profitable

Vancouver entrepreneur John Evans plans to expand his Opus Hotel to cities such as Calgary and Ottawa even as the brand prepares to lose its Montreal presence.

An affiliate of KSL Capital Partners has entered into a purchase agreement to acquire Intrawest ULC's 24% interest in Whistler Blackcomb Holdings Inc. (TSX:WB), both companies announced yesterday.