Burba Hotel Network (BHN), has announced that David Goodger, Director of Tourism Economics, Europe (an Oxford Economics Company) will speak at the upcoming Hotel Investment Conference Europe (Hot.E) conference. Hosted by BHN, Hot.E is scheduled for 6-8 September 2011, at the Park Plaza Riverbank Hotel in London.
How gingerly should travel managers and business travellers approach London’s hotels during next summer’s Olympic Games? The UK capital at the end of July and the beginning of August 2012 is going to be a busier place than normal in a city where hotel occupancy rates of 90 percent are common in summer. No matter how many locals flee the capital for calmer climes (Oxford Economics forecasts that the UK will lose £91 million from Londoners heading overseas due to overcrowding fears), hundreds of thousands of Olympics ticket-holders and ticketless hangers-on are expected in town. They’ll all need somewhere to stay.
VingCard Elsafe, the global leader in hospitality security and part of the ASSA ABLOY Group, has installed its VISION locking system at all 302 student apartments at the new Opal 1 Nottingham building. VISION by VingCard provides reporting capabilities to enhance the property's security, with all access logged to ensure that anyone entering or leaving the building and its secure areas is automatically documented.
WTM 2010 highlighted the tourism development in the BRIC nations in its inaugural World Travel Market 2010 Industry Report. The Report – which polled 1,300 WTM exhibitors and buyers from the Meridian Club as well as 1,000 UK holidaymakers – revealed almost half of the industry see the BRIC economies as one of the biggest growth opportunities of the next five years.
'New Approaches to a Bright Future?' is to be the title of one of the most prestigious and eagerly awaited events in the UK hospitality industry calendar – 'HOSPACE 2011', the new name from 19 September 2011 for the 6th Annual BAHA Hospitality Finance, Revenue Management and IT Professionals Conference and IT Exhibition. The event is to be held on Thursday, 24 November 2011 at the Sofitel Hotel, London Heathrow at Terminal 5.
DoubleTree by Hilton Newcastle International Airport will offer 179 guest rooms, 11 conference rooms, a business centre, fitness centre plus extensive food and beverage options. With more than five million passengers travelling through the airport each year, the site benefits from easy access to the A1 (M) motorway and a direct metro service to the city centre.
Xn Hotel Systems is delighted to announce the appointment of Alan O'Riordan as the Managing Director of its UK and European business unit. Alan , who previously worked with Xn Hotel Systems for four years as UK Sales Director prior to taking a year's sabbatical in Australia , is very well respected in the hotel IT systems market and brings to his new role both substantial industry experience and deep knowledge of Xn's product range and UK client base.
Introducing the event, CEO Christopher Cowdray commented: "Restaurants, bars, and banqueting are critically important to the company. In a world where trends and tastes are changing by the minute it is crucial we galvanise a culinary vision for Dorchester Collection to ensure we continue to offer what our customers are looking for."
COSTA MESA, California, USA Burba Hotel Network (BHN) has announced that three special country/regional session tracks will be featured at the upcoming Hotel Investment Conference Europe (Hot.E) conference. Hosted by BHN, Hot.E is scheduled for 6-8 September 2011, at the Park Plaza Riverbank Hotel in London.
TripAdvisor [http://www.tripadvisor.co.uk ](R), the world's largest travel site*, today announces the results of its brand new UK accommodation owners survey, revealing mobile marketing as a priority for the British hospitality trade. Almost 800 hoteliers and B&B owners shared their current and upcoming marketing strategies in the survey.
Based in London, Mr Buchs is responsible for supervising all existing hotel operations and upcoming developments in EMEA as well as those in Seychelles and Mauritius. In addition, Mr Buchs is in charge of developing the Group’s EMEA business through new opportunities. Mr Buchs replaces Mr Bernold O. Schroeder. In his new role, Mr Buchs reports to Mr Ho Kwon Ping, Executive Chairman, Banyan Tree Holdings.
American-born Ryan brings a wealth of culinary experience to the Lowry Hotel and the River Restaurant, having worked in several Michelin-starred restaurants in the US, Sweden and Austria.
TRI Hospitality Consulting has issued an updated forecast for the UK hotel industry for 2011 offering a unique insight into hotel market industry profit performance. "The UK Provincial hotel market continues to face challenging conditions resulting in no revenue growth in 2011. Combined with increasing costs, we forecast profit decline this year," said Jonathan Langston, managing director of TRI Hospitality Consulting.
VingCard Elsafe, the global leader in hospitality security and part of the ASSA ABLOY Group, has completed installation of its advanced VISIONLINE wireless RF-online locking system at the student apartments at the brand-new Opal One Exeter. VISIONLINE by VingCard features standalone electronic locks that communicate with a central property server via online radio frequency, eliminating the need to manually encode key fobs, cancel master access tools and manually monitor the battery life of each individual lock.
A bird's eye view of hotel performance across the UK, Regional UK, London and Boutique London hotels. Presentation amde by Sarah Duignan, Director of Account Management, STR Global, at the Boutique Hotel Summit, St. Ermin'sHotel London, 14 June 2011.
Boutique Hotel Summit, Europe's first ever b2b conference for the boutique and lifestyle hotel sectors, drew a capacity audience of hotel professionals from around the world to London's St Ermin's Hotel to engage in lively debate over the future of the industry.
This was the upbeat conclusion of HVS London director Tim Smith, speaking earlier today [14 June] at the inaugural Boutique Hotel Summit 2011, held at London's St Ermin's Hotel.
CHI Hotels & Resorts (CHI) announces the appointment of hotel industry specialist James Farrow as senior vice president of sales across its portfolio of managed hotels under the Corinthia, Wyndham and Ramada Plaza brands worldwide. This includes the Company’s newly opened flagship Corinthia Hotel in Whitehall Place, London.James Farrow joins the senior executive management group at CHI, reporting directly to CHI chief executive officer and managing director Tony Potter. From his base in London, James will direct and oversee the company’s entire sales operation, including the monitoring of individual hotels’ sales forces and the direct management of a nucleus of internationally established regional sales offices in strategic locations throughout Europe, Africa and the Middle East. James’ career with Hilton and its owning company spread over 23 years, during which time he gained first class expertise in managing a broad range of sales forces across the Hilton brands. Prior to James’ senior positions in sales, he was also a distinguished and experienced general manager with various companies including Quality International Hotels and the Prince of Wales Group.
'HOSPA' is to be the new name for an exciting new era of growth for BAHA (British Association of Hospitality Accountants) – the rapidly approaching 1,000-member strong non-profit UK-based educational organisation, with the objective of bringing together those hospitality industry professionals involved in financial management, revenue management and IT.
Interactive dreaming, virtual love-making, sleep studying and health monitoring are set to transform how we will be sleeping in the future according to a new sleep report published today. The six-month, ‘Travelodge Future of Sleep’ study, carried out by award-winning futurologist Ian Pearson, has investigated the impact of new technology on sleep and how the hotel room of the future will respond to helping us sleep better in 2030.