AlixPartners, AM:PM and HVS have published the Q3 2017 Hotel Bulletin. The Hotel Bulletin analyses demand, supply, pipeline and transactions in the hotel market in 12 UK cities. Includes a focus on UK performance over the last five years.
This is because 25% of consumers eating out have stated that they choose a restaurant because they "regularly go there." This equates to an incredible 2.8 billion visits per year in Britain alone.
The 2017 'Overall Learners of the Year' for HOSPA's hospitality-focused Professional Development Programmes in Financial Management and Revenue Management were announced yesterday (25 January 2018) at the Hilton on Park Lane, London. The two outstanding learners were presented with specially engraved glass trophies and complimentary day delegate spaces for HOSPACE2018, at the HOSPA Annual Learner Awards Ceremony – a stand-alone celebration, sponsored by MRK Associates and Corecruitment and dedicated to the achievements of HOSPA learners.
Distinguished hotelier and Master Innholder, Harry Murray MBE, has been elected President of hotel association, HOSPA, as it enters a key period for attracting British talent into the hospitality industry.
Today's customers can book a hotel, a surf lesson and flights on their phones, laptops, tablets and even over voice command! Travel brands really need to focus on the channel preferences for each customer to ensure sales and services are tailored to keep customers coming back!
Virgin Hotels, the luxury lifestyle hotel brand by Virgin Group founder Sir Richard Branson, has announced plans to open in Edinburgh, Scotland. Expected to open in 2020, the development marks an important moment in Virgin Hotels' history and is expected to be joined by more UK and European projects in the coming years.
The Arora Group today announced a series of new appointments within its hotel management team. Yousif Al-wagga will join the Group as General Manager Renaissance London Heathrow; Ryan Nicholls will move from his role as General Manager of Renaissance London Heathrow to become General Manager of flagship Sofitel London Heathrow and James Berry, currently General Manager of Sofitel London Heathrow has been appointed General Manager of the two new hotels the 304 bedroom Crowne Plaza and the 457 bedroom Holiday Inn Express due to open at London Heathrow Terminal 4 in late summer. The appointments are illustrative of Arora"s commitment to retaining and nurturing talent and come amid a period of significant growth for the company. As well as a new luxury country house hotel and spa that is being built on the site of Savill Court Hotel, Arora Group currently has over 1,100 bedrooms in development, including the four-star deluxe Crowne Plaza and Holiday Inn Express at London Heathrow Terminal 4, and the Hilton Garden Inn at London Heathrow Terminal 2.
The Arora Group today announced a series of new appointments within its hotel management team. Yousif Al-wagga will join the Group as General Manager Renaissance London Heathrow; Ryan Nicholls will move from his role as General Manager of Renaissance London Heathrow to become General Manager of flagship Sofitel London Heathrow and James Berry, currently General Manager of Sofitel London Heathrow has been appointed General Manager of the two new hotels the 304 bedroom Crowne Plaza and the 457 bedroom Holiday Inn Express due to open at London Heathrow Terminal 4 in late summer.
The Arora Group today announced a series of new appointments within its hotel management team. Yousif Al-wagga will join the Group as General Manager Renaissance London Heathrow. Yousif joins Renaissance London Heathrow from Apex Hotels, where most recently he was Joint Managing Director, having previously been Group Operations Director and prior to that was General Manager in the City of London property.
Following extensive success with their brand membership platform overseas, the US's fastest growing hotel chain, Magnuson Hotels, is launching a range of brand membership opportunities tailored for the UK hotel market.
Chris Xenophontos has joined Warwick Hotels & Resorts as their new Global Account Director UK. Chris joined Warwick Hotels & Resorts in January 2018 from Movenpick Hotels & Resorts where he was Corporate Sales Director for the last 9 years
Workers in bars, restaurants, clubs and hotels face a barrage of abuse so common it has become entirely normalised, with the vast majority of workers subjected to sexual harassment, according to new evidence seen by the Guardian. Preliminary research gathered from workers in the hospitality industry found that 89% said they had experienced one or more incidents of sexual harassment in their working life. Testimony from workers suggests sexual harassment is happening in plain sight, with many employers accused of failing to protect staff from regular abuse.
December was a lacklustre end to a positive year for hotels in the UK, as a decline was recorded across all key metrics, including profit, according to the latest worldwide poll of full-service hotels from HotStats.
Former F&B director of the Savoy in London Lee Kelly has joined YTL Hotels’ Monkey Island Estate as general manager.
Europe's hotel industry posted solid growth across the three key performance metrics during 2017, according to data from STR.Euro constant currency, 2017 vs. 2016Europe
If you ever find yourself stranded at a tiny, backwater station somewhere outside Oxford in the middle of a snowstorm, it turns out there is no one better to have on speed dial than Wendy Veale, proprietor of the Old School Bed and Breakfast.
She will cluck sympathetically about the state of the railways before jumping in the car and making the hour-long round trip from Little Compton to come and pick you up, no questions asked.
Apex Hotels, one of the leading British independent hotel chains comprising 10 properties across the UK, is in the middle of a fast roll-out of Oaky to all of its hotels. As a family-owned collection, customer service is at the heart of the business, and Oaky will be part of taking its personalised pre-arrival guest experience to the next level.
The exclusive webianr will bring together the following experts: Bill Ramsey, Senior Director – Mobile & Emerging Channels, Choice Hotels Alison Anesta, Area Director of Performance Improvement, The exclusive webinar will bring together the following experts:
Stewart Reid, Head Concierge at The Grand Hotel & Spa, York, has been voted Chairman of The Society of the Golden Keys Northern Region.
The UK's country house scene is having a moment. Where once many of these stately homes-turned-hotels offered little more than too much chintz, tired rooms and overblown, fussy service, these days innovative hoteliers are putting in place a new vision to refresh their historic rooms. The result is the opening of a new batch of glorious properties to entice a modern-day traveller.