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.

The Ada Coleman Project has partnered with Athens Bar Show to bring a series of events led by 11 women from the global drinks industry.

The bar trade has paid tribute to drinks industry veteran Chris Patino who passed following a battle with cancer.

The Cambridge Public House became the first bar to receive B Corp status. Its co-founder Hyacinthe Lescoët takes us on the journey.

The Madrid Edition is set to host a series of events throughout the duration of The World’s 50 Best Bars celebrations this October.

Stockholm’s neighbourhood bar Tjoget opened its doors in 2012 and has since been a regular feature on awards lists, most recently being named No. 93 on The World’s 50 Best Bars 51-100 list for 2023. 

Paris-based Bar Les Ambassadeurs at Hôtel de Crillon has launched its latest cocktail menu titled ‘A Sense of Taste, Autumn Harvest’.

Tito Pin-Perez and Álvaro García, the operational management team behind Mexico City’s Rayo, have announced their departure from the bar. 

The Pinnacle Guide has revealed the latest additions to its list of pinned bars, as it marks a milestone with the first-ever three Pin bar.

Caretaker’s Cottage in Melbourne, Australia has won the Michter’s Art of Hospitality Award, as part of The World’s 50 Best Bars 2024.

“To get on the 50 Best List is really hard, and to get an individual award is pretty mind blowing,” said Panda & Sons’ Iain McPherson on being named Altos Bartenders’ Bartender as part of The World’s 50 Best Bars 2024.

Muse, a new cocktail bar from the mind of Marcis Dzelzainis, will open its doors this November at RSA House in London, serving sustainable British cocktails in collaboration with Idyll Drinks.

Asia’s bar industry has mourned the passing of veteran bar owner Karl Too on Wednesday 18 September.

Kink Bar in Berlin has announced the launch of its latest cocktail menu, continuing its approach of offering each cocktail in both long and short form.

As London Cocktail Week returns to the capital next month so too does the Bartender Knowledge Exchange a peer-to-peer educational programme that made its festival debut in 2023.

Silverleaf at Pan Pacific London is to launch a new menu in October named Texture Is Everything.

Canadian bartender, Keegan McGregor, has won the title of World Class Global Bartender of the Year 2024.

Fords Gin, the London Dry Gin created by Simon Ford and tenth generation master distiller Charles Maxwell, has announced the opening of its new bar and brand home.

London’s famously vibrant nightlife area has become even more so with a rash of recent openings. Oli Dodd drinks in the atmosphere.

Dram was opened in November 2023 by Chris Tanner, Jack Wallis and Martyn ‘Simo’ Simpson, who had previously worked together at Soho whisky bar Milroy’s and later Silverleaf. 

The representative group for UK hospitality has criticised government plans to ban smoking from beer gardens, outside restaraunts, sports stadiums and outside hospitals.

Oslo cocktail bar, Himkok, has unveiled its new menu Beats & Sips in collaboration with Sony Music Norway, to launch 26 September. 

The Cambridge Public House in Paris saw a 30% increase in sales during the summer Olympic Games 2024.

Mexico City’s all-female cocktail bar Brujas has launched its 2024 menu in the form of a classic comic book.

London bar Oriole will open its new permanent space in The Yards, Covent Garden on 28 August.