Leading hotel management company Interstate Europe Hotels & Resorts today announced that Managing Director for the UK Robert Crook will be retiring and hospitality executive Nicholas Northam will join the team from 24 October 2016. Robert will continue in an advisory role to the Company through 2017.
Andrew Brownsword Hotels has announced the appointment of Paul Shanahan as General Manager of Gidleigh Park, with Paul due to take up his new position on 23 November 2106.
For those who feared Armageddon after the Brexit vote, the recent economic news from the UK has been a pleasant surprise, over the summer, high street activity was unexpectedly vigorous and admittedly, this was helped by special factors – UK Olympic success, good weather, buoyant tourism and weak sterling – but it provides solid evidence that consumers are emerging unbowed from the Brexit trauma.
Stuart Bowery MI, general manager at Grosvenor House, A JW Marriott Hotel, has been announced as the new chairman of the Master Innholders at yesterday’s AGM (Thursday 15 September). Bowery, who has been a Master Innholder since 2007, has taken over from Jonathan Raggett MI, managing director of Red Carnation Hotels, to lead the group of recognised hoteliers into its 39th year.
This week Edwardian Hotels London officially launched its online and mobile check-in service across all the 11 Radisson Blu Edwardian London Hotels and The May Fair Hotel which it owns and manages. It follows a successful three month trial period which has seen around 1 in 4 guests across the hospitality group opt to take up the service.
The O2, the newly launched luxury hotel on the vibrant Greenwich Peninsula, has announced Tomas Lidakevicius has taken over the helm as Head Chef at the Peninsula Restaurant, the hotel’s elegant eatery. Located on the 2nd floor of the 18-storey hotel, Peninsula Restaurant is an elegant and stylish dining room for just 80 guests.
STR's preliminary August 2016 data for London, England, indicates nearly flat occupancy and lower rates.Based on daily data from August, London reported the following in year-over-year comparisons:
Sokha Hotels & Resorts today announces the soft opening of Sokha Siem Reap Resort & Convention Center, 776 rooms added to the city landscape. Cambodia -based hospitality group Sokha Hotels & Resorts has expanded its portfolio by opening the new resort. This is the second property in Siem Reap to become part of the Sokha brand. Along with Sokha Angkor Resort which opened in 2006, Sokha now have more than 1,000 five star rooms available daily to support the booming tourism to Angkor Wat.
London Marriott Hotel County Hall has appointed Daniel Sasse as its new director of sales and marketing. Daniel will be instrumental in repositioning and marketing London Marriott Hotel County Hall to consumers and business travellers as the property nears the completion of multimillion pound renovation.
Global architectural practice, HKS, has announced the appointment of Luciano Mazza as Director of Hospitality, Architecture, based in the group’s London office, as the former director of the London team, Luis Zapiain, relocates to the USA to work in the company’s headquarters in Dallas.
HotelREZ Hotels & Resorts (HotelREZ), a leading global hotel representation company, announced today a new partnership with Access Bookings, a travel management company specialising in the particular accommodation needs of the media industry.
Aberdeen City Council and Hilton Worldwide (NYSE:HLT) have signed a franchise licence agreement to open a 200 room Hilton Hotels & Resorts property at the new AECC. Hilton Aberdeen Exhibition & Conference Centre, set to be the fourth Hilton property in the city, will connect directly to the new AECC and is expected to create approximately 350 jobs. Aberdeen City Council Leader Councillor Jenny Laing said: "The signing of Hilton Aberdeen Exhibition & Conference Centre is the next step of this major project.
Australian-owned Hotel Management Company StayWell Hospitality Group is staying true to its plans of global expansion by entering into a partnership with renowned United Kingdom hospitality company Fiveways Hospitality.The newly formed Master Licensing Agreement between the two parties will enable StayWell Hospitality Group to significantly grow its Park Regis and Leisure Inn brands within the UK market.StayWell Hospitality Group CEO Mr Simon Wan said that entering this agreement will help to secure an additional four hotels in the region within the next 48 months which is part of the groups overarching plan to reach 100 hotels globally within the next three years.The United Kingdom and Europe as a whole, presents a great opportunity for our Park Regis and Leisure Inn brands, especially after the successful opening of Park Regis Birmingham in March 2016, Mr Wan said.Fiveways Hospitality has a well established reputation and our partnership will deliver not only opportunities for further growth for StayWell in new destinations and cities but also offer top-shelf operational support to our hotel teams within the region, he said.Fiveways Hospitality Managing Director, Stuart Broster also agrees that the brands future within Europe looks bright following the formalisation of the partnership agreement.We are delighted to be part of a growing global company such as StayWell Hospitality Group. Europe is crying out for new hotel brands which are competitively priced and this is exactly what Park Regis and Leisure Inn will offer, Mr Broster said.Birmingham is the UKs second largest city and a prime platform to launch from in partnership with Fiveways Hospitality, he said.
pentahotels are well known for their unique style and creative approach. It continues to thrive with its strategic decision on creating a brand new position to reinforce the hotel chain's UK market development: Andrew Munt appointed to be first Head of pentahotels UK from 1st August 2016 in the company's history.
The five-AA-star, 142-bedroom St David’s Hotel & Spa in Cardiff has appointed Martyn Watkins as executive chef.
A new study by hospitality intelligence firm, HotStats, identified that the pace of growth in payroll costs is hampering the ability of UK hoteliers to increase profit. The study, Benchmarking Beyond RevPAR, which polled a consistent sample of nearly 45,000 hotel bedrooms across the UK over a 15-year period, revealed that payroll now comprises close to one third of a Regional hotel's cost base.
Leading guest feedback platform TrustYou has partnered with travel technology expert eRevMax to provide extensive guest feedback data to hotels. Hotels will be able to access guest reviews and ratings collated by TrustYou, directly on the LIVE OS platform for informed decision making and take actions to improve their ratings.
Georgian House Hotel in London, a boutique property owned by Serena von der Heyde, has recently opted for Guestline's cloud hosted property management and distribution systems to boost online bookings and identify new revenue streams.
Hilton London Gatwick Airport welcomes the appointment of Remco Norden as its new general manager. Norden replaces Guy Hilton, who after three and-a-half successful years at Hilton London Gatwick Airport, leaves the hotel to continue his career as general manager for The Waldorf Hilton, London.
Charlotte Horler, the 2016 Acorn Scholar, has been appointed front of house manager at the Red Carnation Hotel Collection’s Montague on the Gardens.