Monday 17 October 2011

London Olympics 2012 - royal wedding in April, Prince William and Kate Middleton “wash-out” will be back, warn London restaurateurs

Restaurant owners in London have warned that a boon for their business can not serve as the 2012 Olympics and will be gone.

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They also warned that the royal wedding in April, Prince William and Kate Middleton “wash-out” will be back.

Olympic and approximately 5.5 million visitors a day more than 900,000 is expected to attract overnight visitors, but restaurateurs predict regulars staying away, supplies being disrupted and tourists lured from the West End.

Chairman of the Restaurant Association and owner of Porters English Restaurant and Covent Garden Grill, the royal wedding was a “wash-out” and he deems that the Olympics could be, too, according to The Earl of Bradford.

The Independent quoted him as saying, “I think that’s an example when people are in London specifically for one reason they don’t think of going out to a restaurant”.

Richard Shepherd, a restaurant and sports during his four restaurants is considered closed after takings plunged by 75 percent over the royal wedding period.

He said, “I think a lot of people are going to catch a cold again”.