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Michael Caines reveals plans for country house hotel
Michael Caines, the two-star Michelin chef, author and television personality, together with a consortium of investors, has exchanged contracts for the purchase of Courtlands, Lympstone. The purchase...
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Michelin star chef joins Rockliffe Hall
One of the UK’s most celebrated chefs is joining Rockliffe Hall in Hurworth, County Durham. Richard Allen, who has held a Michelin star since 2011, will be taking over the running of The Orangery at...
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‘Ultimate Hotel Prize’ won by ‘army wife’ from Stockport
Stockport resident, Charis Oldfield, 31, has won the biggest prize ever given by a UK Hotel. The Cranleigh Boutique, based in Bowness-on-Windermere, launched ‘the Ultimate Prize’ on its facebook page...
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UK cities among world’s most expensive for an Airbnb Room
As part of its travel price index series, GoEuro.co.uk has compiled an impartial accommodation price index covering 150 cities and over 60,000 properties to understand the effect of new trends in...
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Busy year for expanding Z Hotels
Z Hotels launched its first Scottish property in Glasgow in September this year: a designer conversion of the Old Printworks, offering guests urban luxury right in the heart of the city with room rates...
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Electric Vehicles here to stay for hospitality
Owners of hospitality venues throughout the UK are being reminded of the benefits of catering for drivers of Electric (EV) and Plug-in Hybrid (PHEV) Vehicles. Lincolnshire-based Rolec EV, widely...
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Angela Hartnett joins the board of Lime Wood Group and Home Grown Hotels
Robin Hutson, Chairman and CEO of Lime Wood Group Ltd and Home Grown Hotels Ltd (The Pig hotels) has announced the appointment of Angela Hartnett MBE as a company director to the boards of both...
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Minister to open ScotHot 2015
Fergus Ewing MSP, Minister for Business, Energy and Tourism is to open ScotHot, Scotland’s event for the food, drink, hospitality and tourism industry. ScotHot runs from 4 to 5 March 2015 at Glasgow’s...
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Hotels have a good November as the UK remembers
Events linked to marking 100 years since the start of the First World War have increased hotel occupancy in November, according to preliminary figures released by business advisory and accountancy firm...
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Two UK hotels feature in exclusive Conde Nast Traveler Gold List
Conde Nast Traveler has revealed its Gold List winners – the editors’ picks for the top hotels in the world, spanning six continents and 34 countries. Described as their collective response to the...
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The 2015 Les Routiers Award winners
The Les Routiers annual awards highlight establishments that consistently meet and exceed their membership standards. The Awards are based around performance, customer feedback, reviews and...
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Hilton Worldwide rolls out Digital Check-In and Room Selection
Hilton Worldwide has announced that its pioneering digital check-in and room selection technology is now live across more than 4,100 hotels spanning 11 brands worldwide. This includes more than 260...
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Dalata to acquire Moran Bewley’s Hotel Group
Dalata Hotel Group plc, Ireland’s largest hotel operator, has conditionally agreed to acquire the Moran Bewley’s Hotel Group for an enterprise value of €455,000,000. The Moran Bewley’s Hotels are a...
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TripAdvisor Exceptional Service Awards winners
TripAdvisor, the world’s largest travel site, has revealed the winners of its inaugural Exceptional Service Awards. TripAdvisor launched the awards first to U.K. and US travellers asking them to...
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Tennis inspired Cromlix Tweed for Murray’s Hotel
Tennis coach and Strictly star Judy Murray has worked with Harris Tweed Hebrides to produce a bespoke Harris Tweed for her son Andy’s Perthshire hotel, Cromlix. Cromlix’s new Harris Tweed – inspired by...
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Royal High School Edinburgh to become world class hotel
Proposals to transform the old Royal High School on Edinburgh’s Calton Hill into a world-class hotel were announced today by the project developers. The former boys’ school, designed by Thomas...
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Annual HOSPA Christmas Awards 2014
The winners of the Annual ‘Hospitality Finance, Revenue Management and IT Awards of the Year 2014’ have been announced by HOSPA – the UK’s leading educational organisation for professionals involved in...
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Measuring Christmas success – by crackers!
Cheshire based the Nelson Hotel’s Group have ordered over 13,000 Christmas crackers to cope with a raft of Christmas bookings. The firm which runs a number of hotels in Cheshire from the Grosvenor...
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Travelodge expands with three local authority partnerships
Travelodge has announced it has secured three new hotel sites in a pioneering partnership with Local Authorities. New Travelodge hotels will be built as part of regeneration schemes with Cherwell...
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Malmaison Birmingham prepares for refurb with record December
Christmas has come early for Birmingham’s premier boutique hotel as sales figures report a record December. Malmaison’s revenue is up 10% year on year, with last Saturday being the hotel’s most...
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