The Athenaeum reveals design secrets ahead of June relaunch
The Athenaeum is currently undergoing extensive refurbishment and rebranding, and its bold new look and enviable food & beverage partnership will be unveiled in early June, ushering in a new...
View ArticleGisborough Hall goes green with new award win
At the start of 2016, Gisborough Hall was named as one of the best hotels in the North East and North Yorkshire by guests, clinching ‘Top Rated Hotel’ status by Laterooms.com’s Simply the Guest...
View ArticleInitiative Allows New Recruits to Gain Hotel School Qualifications from...
Hilton Worldwide, today announced a partnership with Hotelschool The Hague Hospitality Consultancy and Lobster Ink to develop mobile enabled learning. The four-week online foundation courses in...
View ArticleCoaching Inns operator expands further following acquisition
Independent coaching Inns operator, The Coaching Inn Group has further strengthened its expansion programme with the acquisition of The Golden Lion in St Ives, Cambridgeshire. The deal, worth more...
View ArticleCorinthia London appoints Stéphane Trycionka as Director of Sales & Marketing
Five-star hotel, Corinthia London, announces the appointment of Stéphane Trycionka, as Director of Sales & Marketing. With 11 years of experience in the luxury hotel industry, this role will see...
View ArticleManager steps into role at new Edinburgh hotel
A general manager has been appointed to lead the team at the brand new Courtyard by Marriott in Edinburgh, due to open in autumn 2016. Experienced hotelier Douglas Winfield will be tasked with...
View ArticleSofitel London Gatwick Appoints Globy Ouseph as General Manager
Sofitel London Gatwick has appointed Globy Ouseph as General Manager of the 518 bedroom hotel, the only premium hotel directly linked to the North Terminal at London’s Gatwick Airport. With over 12...
View ArticleMark Walton appointed as chief operating officer at Roomzzz
Long standing Roomzzz employee, Mark Walton, has been appointed as chief operating officer of the aparthotel chain having previously worked as head of Roomzzz. During a 20-year career, Mark has opened...
View ArticleSingapore’s Ascott to acquire serviced apartment scheme in London’s Islington...
Singapore-based CapitaLand’s serviced residence business unit, The Ascott Limited (Ascott) has entered into an agreement to acquire from Sager House (Almeida) Limited (SHAL – a joint venture between...
View ArticleAccorHotels UK to apply National Living Wage to all employees regardless of age
AccorHotels has announced that it will go beyond the Government’s guidelines and will apply the new National Living Wage to all AccorHotels UK employees previously paid below £7.20 per hour,...
View ArticleMontpellier Chapter Cheltenham to become a Malmaison
Malmaison, the iconic boutique hotel and lifestyle brand, announces that the recently acquired Montpellier Chapter Cheltenham is set to become part of the stylish Malmaison brand. Guests will be able...
View ArticleSpecial reception launches northern England’s first Hilton Garden Inn
Visitors from around the world are now booking in to Northern England’s first Hilton Garden Inn hotel. The stylish new property, adjacent to Sunderland’s Stadium of Light, is the only one of its brand...
View ArticleTravelodge opens new hotel in Bicester and welcomes Chinese visitors with a...
This new service includes offering customers noodle kettles, Oriental snack boxes, green tea, and the team have been taught welcome phrases in Mandarin. Travelodge, the UK’s first budget...
View ArticleFresh look and greater functionality for Staycity website
Staycity, the Dublin-based aparthotel operator, has revamped its website giving it a more modern image that better reflects the urban-look design principles behind its newest premises. The new-look...
View ArticleKata Rocks – World’s first super yacht hotel
What does a “hundred-million-dollar superyacht on land” look like? Something like the stunning Sky Villas at Phuket’s newest and most spectacular luxury resort. Ultra-chic and stylish, Kata Rocks is a...
View ArticleBubble Bursts for East Midlands Hoteliers as Profit Stumbles
For full report click here The 7.0% year-on-year decline in profit per room recorded at hotels in the East Midlands this month was further to an almost uninterrupted period of growth in this measure...
View ArticleHospitality Futures Sees 23 Young & Unemployed Londoners Graduate Successfully
Twenty-three young and unemployed Londoners have been offered the chance of a career in the hospitality industry, due to an initiative funded by Solidarity AccorHotels, from AccorHotels, the world’s...
View ArticleMalmaison rewrites the rules for working on the go with new meetings and...
Malmaison, the iconic boutique hotel brand, announces that it is once again staying ahead of the pack through the launch of Work + Play, a new concept for meeting and events. The concept, which is...
View ArticleCelebratory weekend for the Hilton Garden Inn hotel
The Hilton Garden Inn, Sunderland, which launched earlier this month (May), was full to capacity as the Black Cats took on Chelsea at the Stadium of Light, just a few metres away. Home and away...
View ArticleAthenaeum Hotel & Residences build anticipation with Hidden London Down...
The five-star Athenaeum Hotel & Residences has joined forces with London Transport Museum for this summer’s series of tours of the abandoned Down Street tube station just across from the hotel....
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