Food & Drink

Brewers Anheuser-Busch InBev and Anadolu Efes have agreed to merge their operations in Ukraine in an attempt to strengthen their position in a declining market.  In Ukraine, Euromonitor analysts predict beer total volume sales to register a GAGR of 2% and reach 1.9 billion litres in 2021. “Beer sales in Ukraine will see a better performance than in the last five year, when it recorded a total volume CAGR of -10% and a value CAGR of -6% at constant 2016…

As all travellers know, take-off and landing can sometimes cause pain in the ears. The cabin pressure varies and can block passengers’ ears. The chewing action is enough to balance this internal ear pressure and make the travel experience more enjoyable. The caring attitude is at the heart of Air France’s concerns. To take care of its customers’ ears, Air France has created its own French chewing gum “La gomme à mâcher” with the agency…

The newest list of Restaurant Award winners has arrived. In 2017, Wine Spectator is honoring 3,592 restaurants—hailing from all 50 states and more than 75 countries—for their outstanding dedication to wine. The awards are given across three categories: Award of Excellence, Best of Award of Excellence and Grand Award. The Award of Excellence recognizes restaurants whose wine lists feature a well-chosen assortment of quality producers along with a thematic match to the menu in both price and style. Whether…

The best restaurants in the world have been ranked again this year in the World’s 50 Best Restaurant Awards. The event took place in Melbourne. A New York restaurant Eleven Madison Park has been named the best in the world. Second place was last year’s number one, Massimo Bottura’s Osteria Francescana while El Cellar de can Roca in Girona, Spain, was named number three. The Top 50: 1. Eleven Madison Park (New York, USA) 2….

This year Great Lent will last from February 27 to April 15. It is a great opportunity to discover new culinary delights, which are not only delicious, but also incredibly light and useful. Premier Hotels and Resorts have prepared for you a new Lenten menu with a variety of spring dishes that can surprise even the most demanding gourmets. Fasting dishes performed by our Chief Cook are beetroot carpaccio with tofu, salad made of couscous…

British Airways is shaking it up ahead of the launch of its new route to New Orleans. From March 27 ‘The Big Easy’ will be easier to reach than ever before with four direct flights a week between Heathrow and the Louisiana city. To celebrate the airline has teamed up with award-winning drinking den NOLA to create a New Orleans inspired cocktail and Creole food menu which will be served to all customers on flights…

For the very first time, Brussels Airlines and Delhaize have concluded a partnership. Together they launch the Valentine b.giftbox. The successful b.gift voucher the airline proposes every year for the holiday season, has got new company with this new Valentine version. The b.giftbox contains a voucher for a romantic trip for 2 (a round trip flight to one of the 39 selected European destinations) ad a cookie box with little chocolate butter heart cookies from…

Virgin Holidays enlisted IBM’s Watson – the world’s most intelligent super computer – to analyse the thoughts and feelings of more than 15 million holidaymakers from their social media posts. These emotions were then matched to thousands of rum flavour descriptors and Virgin Holidays created a bespoke rum blend from the one-off recipe. The project was overseen by Ian Burrell, a leading authority on rum, to make sure that a recipe derived from artificial intelligence…