Tess Posthumus and Timo Janse have ended their 16-year working partnership in the Amsterdam hospitality sector.

Café Arixi is the latest venture by MWA, taking the taste of Sardinia to Mexico City with a very personal touch

The Pinnacle Guide has announced the latest additions to its list, now taking the total to 85 pinned bars around the world.

With the menu, we wanted to take advantage of the delicious things here,” says Café Arixi co-founder Maura Lawrence Milia. 

Parisian bar Danico has launched the latest menu in its conceptual ‘Xplorer’ series, Peru.

London’s Soho-based cocktail bar Dram has launched its new menu, focusing on exploring the duality of ingredients in the venue’s multi-faceted space. 

American Bar, situated inside Experimental Marais, has announced its official launch as a nod to classic New York bars.

The Ada Coleman Project, a platform dedicated to amplifying the visibility of women and non-binary professionals in the drinks industry, has announced the expansion of its global directory.

Daniel Pappa, bartender at Svanen in Oslo, has been named winner of the third edition of the Torres Brandy Zero Challenge 2025, earning a €30,000 prize to bring his project to life.

Currently ranked at 53 on Asia’s 50 Best Bars 2024, Japan’s Tokyo Confidential has introduced its latest cocktail menu titled Neko No Densetsu.

Margarita Sader, the creator of Women & Hospitality, tells Oli Dodd why the annual event is so important internationally

Paradiso topped The World’s 50 Best Bars in 2022 and under its founder, Giacomo Giannotti, the bar has become a global brand with sister venues in Dubai and Ibiza.

Avra at the Four Seasons Astir Palace Hotel Athens has unveiled the third edition of its cocktail menu, Seasonal-Original-Sustainable, Drinks International can exclusively reveal.

Indie Bartender, the global online education platform by Danil Nevsky, has launched a new resource called the Cocktail Menu Collection.

Sprout, a new hotel bar launched by Will Meredith and Ellie Camm, will open its doors next month at Templeton Garden, the first UK launch from luxury hotel group Miiro.

Washington DC’s Allegory bar, currently ranked at No.23 on North America's 50 Best Bars 2024 list, has introduced its new cocktail menu ‘Banned in DC’.

The Gulf Bar Show has announced its lineup of bartenders and industry leaders for its first edition on 7-8 April.

The first Sri Lankan bar to enter the World’s 50 Best list, Smoke & Bitters is focused on local and house-made ingredients. Founders Don Ranasinghe and Lahiru Perera tell Eleanor Yates about their mission.

A two-and-a-half hour drive from Sri Lanka’s capital city of Colombo, situated in a coconut grove on the Pehebiya Beach in Hiriketiya, is Smoke & Bitters. 

Jez Carreon of Employees Only Bar in Singapore has been crowned the World’s Most Sustainable Bartender by Flor de Caña, after competing with 18 mixologists from around the world.

Anna Sebastian trawls Sri Lanka’s burgeoning bar scene, sampling some of the inventive cocktails that are being created with local ingredients

London-based agaveria Hacha has announced a new bar in Bermondsey, which will see the closure of its second site in Brixton.

New York City’s Leyenda, the pan-Latin inspired bar and restaurant co-founded by Ivy Mix and Julie Reiner, has announced it will be closing its doors at the end of March.

Moe Aljaff and Juliette Larrouy have opened their new bar 'schmuck.' on 97 First Avenue at the corner of 6th Street in New York’s East Village.

Parisian neighbourhood cocktail bar, The Cambridge Public House, has launched a new online platform to empower bartenders with sustainable practices, Drinks International can exclusively reveal.

The American Bar at The Savoy has introduced its new menu, Liquid Moments, drawing on the hotel’s history.

Within Bratislava’s historic Radisson Blu Carlton Hotel is a bar that has become the epicentre of Bratislava’s newly reimagined cocktail culture.

Stanislav Harciník is helping to determine Slovakia’s presence on the global stage through bartending, a hospitality show and his own books. 

Barcelona’s Paradiso has announced its fourth annual Paradiso Sustainability Summit, set to be held in the city on Sunday 30 March 2025.

Pritesh Mody, founder of World of Zing Cocktails, the pre-batch and bottled cocktail brand, has joined Th!nk Drinks as creative director.

Soho House has extended its drinks offering across its UK and North American Houses to feature a wider selection of low abv cocktail alternatives.

Berlin is undoubtedly one of the world’s best nights out but has been slower than many of Europe’s major cities when it comes to craft cocktail culture.

Tyler Zielinkski trawls the world to discover the drinks that are worth the journey – and why.

LPM has sites all over the world, but its Dubai venue, in the heart of the city’s financial district, currently sits at No.76 in The World’s 50 Best Bars 51-100 list. 

The Tomatini looks set to achieve the status so many modern cocktails crave. Shay Waterworth meets the man determined to make it happen.

India’s first dedicated bartending platform, India Bartender Week (IBW), will launch in February next year. 

Cocktails must become multi-cultural and multi-lingual to future proof, says Danil Nevsky

Brian Owango, the Afrikan Mixologist Maker and 50 Best chair for East Africa, unveils his vision for Africa on the global stage.

The Mondhügel Bar in Berlin does things differently. Juliane Eva Reichert reports on a new pricing system that hands the control back to the customer.

Singapore’s Tippling Club will close its doors in the new year after nearly 17 years of operation.

Bartender Iain Griffiths, formerly of The Lyan Group, and Brooklyn-based bar owner Oliver Cleary have announced the launch of a new neighbourhood bar in New York’s East Village.

Alex Kratena and Monica Berg have launched three new RTD cocktails under their Tayēr Studios range.

There’s probably no one better than Nico de Soto to explain how cocktail tastes change market by market. You have to tailor your drinks to your audience, he says.

Founder of London-based drinks and hospitality group Mr Lyan, Ryan Chetiyawardana has launched a new range of cocktail seasonings inspired by the cultural and culinary history of Sri Lanka, Drinks International can exclusively reveal.

Mission complete – we have convinced the world of the credentials of the cocktail. But what does that mean for quality – and the standalone cocktail bar? François Monti reports.

Swift Soho has launched its new menu ‘Backstage Heroes’, inspired by the behind-the-scenes world of theatre and the arts.

Handshake Speakeasy in Mexico City has become the first bar in the country to top the World’s 50 Best Bars list. Shay Waterworth catches up with co-owner Eric van Beek.

Named The World’s Best Bar in this year's 50 Best, Mexico City’s Handshake Speakeasy is distinguished by its high-end cocktails and secret bar concept. 

Nicholas Coldicott tracks the journeys of Nepal’s enterprising bartenders as they put the city on the cocktail map.

BCB has announced the date and venue for its 2025 London debut as it brings the bar and beverage trade show to England’s capital for the first time.