The south coast is soon set to benefit from a vibrant new Hilton hotel in the cosmopolitan seaside town of Bournemouth. As excitement builds, Hilton Bournemouth has announced its senior management team who will be steering the helm of the new hotel. Leading the way is Cedric Horgnies, general manager, Calum Manekshaw, director of operations, and Rachel Smith, director of sales.
The south coast is soon set to benefit from a vibrant new Hilton hotel in the cosmopolitan seaside town of Bournemouth. As excitement builds, Hilton Bournemouth has announced its senior management team who will be steering the helm of the new hotel. Leading the way is Cedric Horgnies, general manager, Calum Manekshaw, director of operations, and Rachel Smith, director of sales.
The south coast is soon set to benefit from a vibrant new Hilton hotel in the cosmopolitan seaside town of Bournemouth. As excitement builds, Hilton Bournemouth has announced its senior management team who will be steering the helm of the new hotel. Leading the way is Cedric Horgnies, general manager, Calum Manekshaw, director of operations, and Rachel Smith, director of sales.
The United Kingdom (UK) is currently hosting the world's biggest rugby event: the 2015 Rugby World Cup. There is always debate over the expected impact of any major sporting event for UK hoteliers, since the demand for hotels during such periods can still be very difficult to predict.
As the Lanesborough began what would become a 19-month, multi-million dollar refurbishment in 2014, the boutique hotel’s executives started looking for strategic ways to appeal to guests with luxury tastes. To go along with the newly renovated rooms, which reopened in July, the team decided to add a technology component that would be unlike anything travelers had ever experienced.
UK hotels continue to benefit from the improving economic and travel backdrop. So far this year, the pace of growth has been variable in London but dynamic in the Provinces, driving a bumper year in the investment market. In 2016 we forecast more growth but at a slower pace.
Hilton Hotels & Resorts today opens the doors to its newest hotel in London - Hilton London Bankside, unveiling a property inspired by brutalist architecture, raw industrial design and urban living. Located just moments away from Shakespeare's famous Globe Theatre, the design-led hotel is the latest property to join the Hilton brand portfolio of more than 70 hotels across the UK & Ireland.
IT is often described as the forgotten element in the UK hospitality industry. For more than a decade, the UK hotel industry has significantly underinvested in IT, with serious consequences. The emergence and dominance in recent years of Online Travel Agents (OTAs), for example, has impacted bottom line profits through the industry failing to invest in IT to win the battle to drive bookings through their own proprietary websites.
Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc.® (NYSE:HOT) today announced the launch of its fast-growing Aloft brand in Durham, North Carolina. Owned by ATC East Development and managed by Davidson & Jones Hotel Corporation, Aloft Durham Downtown boasts a prime location within a new mixed-use complex in the recently revitalized American Tobacco Historic District. Designed for the hyper-connected global traveler, the newly constructed Aloft hotel features 134 spacious, loft-like rooms, tech forward innovation and a buzzing social atmosphere.
Lack of Summer Sun Fails to Dull Spirits of North West Hoteliers. Hotels in the North West sizzled this August despite the soggy summer, recording a 5.2% increase in Revenue per Available Room (RevPAR), to £56.69, which contributed to a 3.8% increase in Total Revenue per Available Room (TrevPAR), to £101.43, according to the latest data from HotStats.
Belmond has announced the appointment of Jan-Paul Kroese as general manager of Belmond Le Manoir aux Quat’Saisons in Oxfordshire. He will replace long-standing managing director Philip Newman-Hall, who retires today following a six-year stint at the impressive hotel.
The Carlson Rezidor Hotel Group, one of the world’s largest and most dynamic hotel groups, has appointed Christina Walls as Area Brand Director, UK & Ireland. Christina joins Carlson Rezidor from IHG where she has served as Brand Manager AMEA since 2014.
The new boutique 101 room Hotel Indigo York celebrated its official launch with a day of special events. Owners of the hotel, Splendid Hospitality Group hosted a thank you lunch for everybody who had helped to design, build and create the hotel. Shiraz Boghani, Chairman, Nadeem Boghani, Vice Chairman and Stuart Bailey CEO welcomed special guests including The Lord Mayor of York, Councillor Sonja Crisp, Steve Brown, MD of Visit York and a delegation from InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG).
The InterContinental® London – The O2 has collaborated with leading spa brand, ESPA, to provide a full range of signature treatments and ESPA products exclusively within its new luxury Spa, operated by The Arora Group. The Spa at InterContinental London – The O2, located on the ground floor of the 18-storey luxury hotel is in excess of 1000 sqm and features eight treatment rooms, a relaxation room, sauna, steam room and an impressive 17m indoor swimming pool with feature Jacuzzi, cannon neck massage jets and elegant pool-side loungers for pure relaxation.
Top executives from airlines, airports, transportation, hotels and intermediaries are set to meet in London 22-23rd October to discuss how to drive forward strategies to deliver a seamlessly connected travel experience to consumers. Central to the discussions will be how mobile strategies can be used to provide the travel information, products and services need to enhance the customer journey. In a recent interview with EyeforTravel, Heathrow Airport stated that they know that 80% of travellers leave home with some sort of smart device. However, providing consumers with the right information they need via mobile at the right time isn't easy.
Noémie SALTEL ESSEC IMHI 2011 has been appointed as House Manager Brown's Hotel - Rocco Forte Hotels - in London. She started her career with The Savoy where she successively held the position of Receptionist, Front Office Coordinator/Supervisor, Assistant Night Manager and Night Manager.
Marriott’s flagship conference and events hotel, London Marriott Hotel Grosvenor Square, has appointed Joe Carter as Director of Event Operations.
Hospitality workers are the "best face of Britain" and any criticism that jobs in cafes, bars and restaurants are a "stopgap" are old-fashioned, according to a Government minister. Employment minister Priti Patel will use a speech to the British Hospitality Association to herald the two million UK jobs growth since 2010 and praise hospitality workers for delivering modern and attractive career options.
Award-winning hotel group, QHotels, has appointed Calum Colquhoun as General Manager of its stunning four-star Dunston Hall, near Norwich. Set in 150 acres of picturesque wooded parkland, Dunston Hall boasts 169 bedrooms and offers guests 11 conference and events spaces, idyllic surroundings for team building activities and a range of golf and spa facilities.
Oetker Collection has announced the appointment of Stephan Boesch in the position of Hotel Manager at The Lanesborough, the iconic London hotel which has just reopened its door after an 18 month full renovation. Stephan Boesch will take on his new role in September.