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How to plan great content
Content is one of the biggest marketing buzzwords being thrown around. Content is crucial for all brands and it’s free and highly effective, but how do you go about creating engaging content which will...
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Boatique hotel for Britannia and Edinburgh
The Royal Yacht Britannia has acquired the iconic heritage vessel MV Windsor Castle in a near £1 million investment. This classically designed ship is to be converted into a 25 bedroom luxury...
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Apartment BLOC announced
BLOC Hotels has announced plans to add 30 ‘apart-rooms’ to BLOC Hotel Birmingham, in an extension linked by a communal courtyard and glass wlakways to the existing hotel. The development is described...
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Thameside site taken by Coopers Riverside
A riverside restaurant located in Bourne End Marina on the River Thames in Buckinghamshire has been let by Davis Coffer Lyons – the leisure specialists – to new operator Coopers Trading Company...
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Hotel du Vin veteran takes helm at Harbour Hotels
Leading coastal hotel group, Harbour Hotels, has announced the appointment of Michael Warren as its new Managing Director. Boasting an extensive record in the hospitality sector, Michael has spent the...
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Aloft Hotels recruits robots
Aloft Hotels, the tech-forward, innovation hub for millennial-minded travellers, has appointrd A.L.O. as the hotel brand’s first Botlr (robotic butler). This charismatic cyber associate makes his debut...
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Travelodge ‘Get Up & Go’ campaign
Travelodge has selected blowUP media’s Giant Poster site at Leith Walk in Edinburgh for the latest stage of its new brand re-launch campaign titled ‘Get Up & Go’ – which is designed to inspire...
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STR, STR Global announce F&B benchmarking
STR and STR Global are to bring detailed food and beverage benchmarking to the hotel industry through their new report, F&B STAR. This report complements the existing STAR report, which focuses on...
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Heron Plaza site sold to UOL Group for £97m
Heron International, the property investment company, has sold Heron Plaza, its prime development site on Bishopsgate in the City of London, to UOL Group Limited (‘UOL’) for £97m. Heron Plaza will be...
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Yorks and NE hotel market mirrors national trend
The hotel market in Yorkshire and the North East is experiencing an increase in transactional activity, due to rising levels of confidence and greater availability of debt. To-date, Colliers...
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Public work areas on the increase in hotels
According to a recent guest survey from hotel solutions provider HRS, 75% of business travellers in the UK usually have to conduct business duties at the hotel they’re staying in. The research, which...
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Marriott International Conservation Measures on track
Marriott International has released its 2014 Sustainability Report – available this year as 10 separate and concise issue reports – sharing the company’s progress against a 2007 baseline, including a...
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Britain’s menus: what’s changing
Eating out operators are continuing to adapt to the changing demands of consumers with menus featuring more hand-held, easy-to-eat foods as Briton’s plump for casual dining over formal occasions....
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Accor continues UK expansion – adds 5
Accor, the world’s leading hotel operator and market leader in Europe, has signed a further five new hotels in the UK, significantly strengthening its portfolio of hotels. The five hotels spread across...
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Poor WiFi: hotel chains need to improve
Hotel WiFi Test has released a new report that ranks hotel chains and cities by the percentage of hotels with poor WiFi performance. This type of ranking makes perfect sense from a practical...
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Dorchester Collection appoints director for global guest experience and...
Ana Brant has been promoted to director for global guest experience at Dorchester Collection, having worked at the company since June 2010. Her main responsibility is to ensure that the guest and...
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Catering and hospitality must get to grips with automatic pensions enrolment
The Pensions Regulator has warned catering and hospitality operators to act now and get to grips with automatic enrolment. The regulator has stressed that preparations to automatically enrol staff into...
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Opus North to redevelop historic Llandudno Hotel site
Opus North, the leading northern property developer and investor, is redeveloping the derelict Tudno Castle Hotel in the heart of Llandudno in a joint venture with Mostyn Estates. Opus North and Mostyn...
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You can’t beat…a pool with a view
This stunning infinity Skypool is now open 52 floors above ground level in the sleek Gŏng bar at the Shangri La Hotel, at The Shard – making it the highest pool in Western Europe. Far above the noise...
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Hotel and restaurant planned for Park of Keir
Park of Keir partners – Judy Murray, mother of Andy Murray, and golfer Colin Montgomerie with King Group – have registered the planning application for the development of a purpose built...
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