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About Hospitality & Leisure News

Where to eat, drink, stay and go next, from new openings to in-person reviews and the events worth booking.

Hospitality & Leisure News (HAL News) covers the places people go to eat, drink, stay and spend their free time: new restaurants, bars, cafés and hotels, spas and gyms, cinemas, bowling and competitive socialising venues, and the events worth booking. We are based in the UK and report on openings here and around the world.

Alongside the news, we visit hotels, holiday resorts, restaurants and days out ourselves and write honest, in-person reviews with the practical details you need to plan your own trip. LUXE is our home for luxury hotels, fine dining, spas and travel, and our events calendar lists the food festivals, Christmas markets, travel shows and trade events coming up through the year.

What you’ll find

  • News: openings, launches and appointments across restaurants, bars, cafés, hotels and leisure.
  • Reviews: hotels, holidays, restaurants and days out, visited in person.
  • LUXE: luxury hotels, dining, spas and travel.
  • Events calendar: festivals, shows and trade events, with dates, venues and countdowns.
  • Features: interviews, opinion and reports.

Why HAL?

HAL is short for Hospitality and Leisure, which is also where our web address, hal.news, comes from.

How we work

We write in plain English and report what is new, what it is like and why it matters.

Partner insight

Some articles on HAL are promotional. They are paid for by or on behalf of the business they feature, carry a Partner insight label at the top and sit in our Insight section, separate from our own reporting. We still edit every partner piece to our house style. Businesses can book an Insight article or a supplier Q&A.

Get in touch

Opening somewhere, launching something or running an event we should know about? Email enquiries@hal.news or use our contact page. To reach our readers through advertising, promotional articles, newsletter placements or event promotion, see Work With Us and our media pack.

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