The privately-owned Country Park Inn’s Riverside Bar in Hessle received a legal letter from Burger King 10 days ago, stating that the venue’s “Whopper” burgers were an infringement on the firm’s registered trademark.
“It’s a bit bizarre,” said events and marketing manager Jason McDaid. “We’ve had the burger on the menu for a few years now, and Burger King said if we didn’t take it off within 14 days they would seek to claim back everything we’d made on it.”
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Tuesday, April 20, 2010
Accor First-quarter 2010 revenue up 3.1% as reported and
Initial encouraging trends observed in late fourth-quarter 2009 remain in effect:
· Prepaid Services revenue down 0.4% like-for-like, reflecting a 3.8% increase in
operating revenue and a 29.5% decline in financial revenue.
· Revenue from Hotels and Other Businesses up 0.8% like-for-like, of which a 1.6% gain
for Hotels, with signs of improvement, especially in occupancy rates, which rose in
Upscale and Midscale hotels and stabilized in the Economy segment in Europe.
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· Prepaid Services revenue down 0.4% like-for-like, reflecting a 3.8% increase in
operating revenue and a 29.5% decline in financial revenue.
· Revenue from Hotels and Other Businesses up 0.8% like-for-like, of which a 1.6% gain
for Hotels, with signs of improvement, especially in occupancy rates, which rose in
Upscale and Midscale hotels and stabilized in the Economy segment in Europe.
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