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Romance returns as restaurants see Valentine’s boom

15 February 2011

Italian is the food of love for couples

Romantic Brits are pulling out all the stops to impress their loved ones this Valentine’s Day as Livebookings has seen restaurant reservations increase by a quarter (25%) compared to last year.

It seems that Italian is the food of love, according to Livebookings, the leading global online reservations and marketing service for restaurants, 45% of reservations for Valentine’s night are pizza and pasta, followed by British (21%) and French (11%).

Commenting on the findings, Colin Tenwick, CEO of Livebookings, says: “After two years when most couples chose to cutback on Valentine’s Day it seems that many are preferring to celebrate in style this year.”