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Chinese property giant plans £700m development and hotel on London’s South Bank
Chinese property giant Dalian Wanda has announced that the company will build a five-star Wanda hotel in London, which will be the first luxury hotel opened by a Chinese firm overseas and mark the...
View ArticleHotel Prices increase by up to 190% for Wimbledon
Hotels directly surrounding Wimbledon have raised their prices by an average of 70% for the Tennis Championships, according to the trivago Hotel Price Index (tHPI). One night during the Championships...
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Andy Murray’s Cromlix House hotel to be free of foie gras
Wimbledon may be just around the corner, but Andy Murray is already a champion for ducks and geese. PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) has already received confirmation that the menu...
View ArticleMetropolitan by COMO, Park Lane freehold comes to market
A prime piece of London real estate, adjacent to both Park Lane and Piccadilly, and which forms the major part of the 5-Star Metropolitan by COMO hotel, is being brought to the market by specialist...
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FCSI appoints new chairman Niccola Boyd-Stevenson, Managing Director of Panache Consultancy, has just taken the reins as new Chairman of the Foodservice Consultants Society UK and Ireland (FCSI),...
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easyHotel appoints new CEO for major expansion
easyHotel, the budget hotel brand, headed by entrepreneur Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou, has appointed a new Chief Executive to take charge of a major expansion programme aimed at putting value-for-money...
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London hotels enjoy a solid month as the regions continue to shine
London hotels had a solid month in May but continued to lag behind their regional counterparts, according to preliminary hotel figures released today by business advisory and accountancy firm, BDO...
View ArticleKey note speakers announced for The AHC 2013
Kevin Roberts, CEO Worldwide, Saatchi & Saatchi, Robert Cook, CEO, De Vere Hotels and Village Urban Resorts and Chris Sanderson, CEO, The Future Laboratory are confirmed as Key Note Speakers for...
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Mercure London Bridge unveils Mercure’s global hotel brand
The Mercure London Bridge has been introduced as the brand’s UK flagship following an extensive redesign that puts the customer welcome at its heart. The new design focuses on six key areas: a public...
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Pelican delivers financial savings to Swire Hotels UK
Swire Hotels UK benefits from 28% saving on food items and 17% on non-food items Surrey, UK: Following its appointment by Swire Hotels UK to simplify and manage the centralised procurement for a...
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Novotel’s Virtual Concierge is a big hit with guests
One month after the first phase of its global virtual concierge roll-out, Novotel has noted significant increases in guests’ satisfaction levels. Accor’s midscale brand also reports high levels of...
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Royal baby fever: tourists flock to London!
The UK is set to see visitors flock to the capital this month in anticipation of the birth of the Royal baby. According to lastminute.com, flight bookings into London have increased by almost a fifth...
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Giggs and Neville: from footballing to hospitality dream team?
It’s not often that footballers go on to have successful careers outside football management or commentary, but the plans announced in recent days by Manchester United stars Gary Neville and Ryan...
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Historic Dundee hotel reopens under DoubleTree by Hilton
DoubleTree by Hilton is offering visitors to Dundee and Perthshire a glimpse of the majesty of Victorian Scotland with the opening of DoubleTree by Hilton Dundee. In partnership with RedefineBDL, the...
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Balfour Beatty wins £121 million contract for O2 hotel
Balfour Beatty, the international infrastructure group, has been awarded the £121 million contract for an 18-storey hotel, leisure and apartment complex in North Greenwich Peninsula, London for Grove...
View ArticleOver 20% of online searches for hotels now made via Mobile
The latest online search data released by digital marketing agency Greenlight reveals 21% of the 2.5 million UK consumer online searches for hotels in May were made using mobile devices. The majority,...
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Serviced apartments sector set to grow across Europe
Straddling the traditional hotel stay and residential letting, serviced apartments are still a relatively new concept in Europe, despite the presence of international operators in the sector such as...
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‘Utellme’: invented in Scotland, assisting restaurants everywhere to improve...
Poor service sparked Scottish entrepreneur Ron Hounsell to develop a unique device that aims to help restaurants increase food and beverage sales, enhance customer satisfaction, and maximise table...
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Hotels are missing a trick: over 80% of women are thirsty for cocktails...
New research has revealed the hotel and catering industry could be missing out on a huge opportunity amongst female customers who are thirsty for more drinks choices – namely cocktails. In the Onepoll...
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Hospitality Industry faces Skills Shortage
So – we’re pretty much all agreed that economic growth in 2013 will be virtually non-existent yet, despite this, we’re forecasting to see up to 660,000 hospitality jobs created by 2020. The...
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