AA Hotel Group of the Year, Macdonald Hotels & Resorts has appointed Andrew Thresh to the position of new General Manager at Macdonald Linden Hall, Golf & Country Club in Longhorsley with ambitions for the hotel to regain its status as one of north-east England’s leading hotel and leisure destinations.
In March, the UK hotel market continued its solid start to the year with South West hoteliers registering a 4.9% increase in total revenues per available room (TRevPAR), and a 6.2% surge in gross operating profit per available room (GOPPAR), according to the latest data from HotStats.
France based hotel price negotiation site Barteo, recently rebranded as 365nights, has integrated with eRevMax, the leading provider of hotel online distribution solutions, to expand connectivity options available to its fast growing portfolio of hotel partners. Accommodation providers will now be able to make immediate ARI (Availability, Rates, and Inventory) updates on the channel through eRevMax's RateTiger solution.
Richard Martin has been appointed to the same role at Hampton by Hilton Exeter Airport and its Marco Pierre White New York Italian restaurant. Martin, joins Hampton by Hilton Exeter Airport with extensive hotel management experience which he brings to oversee the operation of the 120 bedroom hotel and Marco Pierre White restaurant, located adjacent to the hotel at the airport only five minutes from the M5 motorway.
Paul Borg has been appointed as general manager for Hotel Indigo Newcastle and its Marco Pierre White Steakhouse restaurant . Borg, who has 15 years’ experience in the hospitality sector, assumes overall responsibility for the boutique Hotel Indigo Newcastle and its 100- seater Marco Pierre White Steakhouse Bar & Grill.
Brits favour short-haul capital cities this Easter, according to research from hotel comparison site trivago.co.uk. Out of the 25 most searched for destinations this Easter weekend (18th to 21st April), the top three are capital cities (London, Amsterdam and Paris). Only three long-haul destinations make the list (Dubai, New York City and Las Vegas). In fact, Brits seem to favouring the 'staycation' option this year, with 13 out of the top 25 destinations located in the UK.
Supranational Hotels, the leading provider of hotel distribution technology and sales and marketing representation, is partnering with trade industry charity Hospitality Action to support vital fundraising initiatives and provide on-the-job training at their London head office.
Marion Ryan has recently been appointed Director of Sales and Marketing for The Savoy and will be responsible for heading up the 30-strong team at the hotel, which celebrates its 125th anniversary this year.
InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG®), one of the world's largest hotel companies continues to build momentum in the UK with the world's most recognised hotel brand - Holiday Inn® Hotels & Resorts. Today IHG's owner partner Dominvs Group begins construction on Holiday Inn® Manchester - City Centre. Dominvs Group has also entered into a franchise agreement with IHG for its first Holiday Inn hotel in Scotland, Holiday Inn Dumfries.
Thompson Hotels, a leading portfolio of boutique hotels, is pleased to announce the appointment of Anjie Keegel as the new Director of Sales & Marketing at its Belgraves hotel in London. Formally Director of Sales & Marketing at the Radisson Blu Edwardian Heathrow, Anjie brings with her over 19 years of experience, as well as a thorough understanding of the hospitality industry.
In her new role, Ms Richards will oversee all sales activity for the brand’s three UK properties: Four Seasons Hotel Hampshire, Four Seasons Hotel London at Canary Wharf and Four Seasons Hotel London at Park Lane. Reporting to Kristien Deleersnijder, Senior Director of Marketing Four Seasons Hotels UK Collection, Ms Richards will be in charge of leading the sales team, whilst developing and implementing sales strategies across all markets segments for the three hotels. Ms Richards brings with her over 20 years of experience in the hospitality industry and joins from Grosvenor House, A JW Marriott Hotel, where for the past seven year she was Director of Sales & Marketing. Previously in charge of running Marriott International’s London Sales Office, Ms Richards has also held senior sales roles at the London Marriott Park Lane, Renaissance Chancery Court Hotel and the Dorchester. Ms Richards started her career in 1993 – fresh out of college – as Group Sales Coordinator at the London Hilton Park Lane.
Strategic Hotels & Resorts, Inc. (NYSE: BEE), today announced two significant transactions: The closing of the sale of the Marriott London Grosvenor Square hotel and the acquisition of the remaining 50 percent ownership interest in the Fairmont Scottsdale Princess. Combined with the previously completed sale of the Four Seasons Punta Mita resort, the Company successfully executed over $715 million in transactions in the first quarter of 2014.
eRevMax, the leading hotel online distribution and channel management solutions provider has released an Infographic – 'Meta-search: It's here to stay' shedding key insights on growing influence of meta- search over the hotel online distribution space.
InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG®), one of the world's largest hotel companies today announced the signing of two further hotels in London with the Hotel Indigo® London - Barbican and Holiday Inn® - Watford Junction. As a result, over the last nine months IHG signed all six of its current European brands into its Greater London pipeline, further reinforcing IHG's presence in the UK's capital.
With 13 beautifully appointed bedrooms, and located just a couple of miles from Tunbridge Wells in Penshurst, Kent, the Leicester Arms Hotel opened its doors in December 2013. The hotel boasts roaring log fires, a great bar menu, local draft ales, lagers and ciders together with an extensive hand picked wine list.
Hilton Worldwide, in partnership with Redefine|BDL Hotels, has unveiled its newest DoubleTree by Hilton hotel in Scotland and the brand's first in the capital with the opening of DoubleTree by Hilton Edinburgh City Centre.
The British Hospitality Association today launches its new sector programme for serviced apartments and welcomes its first serviced sector member, Think Apartments.
With the UK hotel market posting a consecutive second month of strong growth, hoteliers in the East of the country experienced year-on-year increases across all key performance indicators and recorded the highest growth in gross operating profit per available room (GOPPAR) of 48.3% in February, according to the latest data from HotStats.
Global luxury hotel chain Hyatt International has endorsed RateTiger as preferred channel management vendor in Europe, Africa, Middle East and South West Asia. RateTiger's flexible, multi-platform solution to manage online sales and exposure have been used in Hyatt properites throughout the world. This endorsement will help all members of the chain to benefit from rate shopping, channel management, reservation delivery and guest review management to manage online distribution and reach out to luxury travellers throughout eRevMax's Channel Eco-system.
Ian Schrager, 67, opened his third Edition hotel (in association with Marriott) in London's Berners Street in September. Here, the godfather of the "superclub" (he co-owned New York's legendary Studio 54, before going on to create design-led hotels such as Morgans, the Delano and the Mondrian) shares a little of the hard-won wisdom that's earned him the sobriquet "the Warren Buffett of boutique hotels"...