Author profile: Carlo Carollo is Country Manager of TheFork, a leading platform for online restaurant booking and restaurant management solutions in Europe.
Drawing on research conducted with agency Nelly Rodi, he identifies the major trends likely to shape the restaurant world in 2025, with consumer expectations moving toward personalisation, sustainability and stronger human connection.
Key directions: flexible and inclusive spaces, holistic wellbeing, experience design and more conscious consumption are becoming central to how dining is imagined and delivered.
Why it matters: for tourism and hospitality operators, restaurants are not only service providers but strategic places where identity, lifestyle and destination value are increasingly expressed.
