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UK tops in Booking.com’s Best Awards
Booking.com, the world’s number one accommodation site, has unveiled The Booking’s Best Awards with 33 properties from the UK commended – more than any other country in the world. These exclusive...
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Top 10 Conference Food Trends for 2015
Following extensive research among the 400 members of the International Association of Conference Centres, the association has released its Top 10 Conference Foods Trendsfor 2015 which are influencing...
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Gleneagles grows with Ryder Cup uplift to come
Gleneagles Hotels Ltd has reported for the year ended 30 June 2014, which includes some activity in the run up to the Ryder Cup but does not cover the period of the event itself in September 2014....
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Qatari investors purchase Bournemouth hotel portfolio
International real estate advisor Savills, on behalf of two private investors, has sold a portfolio of seafront hotels in Bournemouth to a successful Qatari group from a guide price of £16 million....
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Calcot Hotels acquires The Cotswolds88
Gloucestershire-based Calcot Hotels has added The Cotswolds88 hotel in Painswick to its portfolio of hotels. With previous owners Phil and Val Harris seeking to sell the 17-bedroom hotel as they...
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UK hotel investment rises 47% to £1.89 billion in Q1 2015
International real estate advisor Savills has reported that total transaction volumes in the UK hotels market reached £1.89 billion in Q1 2015, marking an increase of 47% on the same quarter last year....
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INNSIDE by Melia to open in Manchester
INNSIDE by Melia, a pioneer of the design-led business hotel movement, is moving to the UK with a Manchester launch this year. INNSIDE seeks to blur the boundaries between business and lifestyle...
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Whitbread to create 6000 apprenticeships
Whitbread PLC, owner of Premier Inn and Costa, has committed to creating more than 6,000 apprenticeships by 2020 as well as the launch of a brand new apprenticeship scheme for Costa, the nation’s...
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Brocket Hall in Administration presents business opportunity
As a result of a protracted period of poor trading leading to financial difficulties, and culminating in HMRC issuing a winding-up petition, Peter Holder, Nick Cropper and Anne O’Keefe, of leading...
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IHG brings its Hotel Indigo brand to Bath
InterContinental Hotels Group has announced the signing of Hotel Indigo Bath. The hotel will operate under a franchise agreement with St James’ Hotels Group, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Somerston...
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Nicholas Chalmers appointed GM of Conrad London St. James
Hilton Worldwide has announced the appointment of Nicholas Chalmers as General Manager of Conrad London St. James, effective from 13 April 2015. With extensive knowledge in luxury hotel management...
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New Twitter Tour Guides
Hotel Direct has responded to a recent study into social media integration with a range of new online city guides. Hospitality businesses should check out the guides both for their coverage and for the...
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Travelodge to be sold?
The Times reports that Travelodge may be lined up for sale in the near future, at a price of around £1 billion. The news comes only 3 years after the near collapse of Travelodge, but at a time of very...
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Salutation Hotel wins Green Can Award for recycling
The Salutation Hotel in Perth has been recognised for going the extra mile when it comes to drink can recycling, in the first ever ‘Green Can Awards’ initiative, introduced by leading drinks can...
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Travelodge results: revenue up 14.9%, EBITDA up 63.5%
Travelodge has reported its results for the year ended 31 December 2014, with Peter Gowers, Travelodge Chief Executive commenting: “The value hotel market is performing well and new Travelodge is...
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Safestay’s positive results and promising futuret
Safestay has reported Final Results for the Period to 31 December 2014. Having successful listed on AIM on 2 May 2014, raising £4.8m and simultaneously acquiring its Elephant & Castle hostel....
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Emily Cox appointed GM at Best Western Cedar Court Hotel Leeds Bradford
Emily Cox has been appointed as General Manager at the BEST WESTERN PLUS Cedar Court Hotel Leeds Bradford, having been working as Special Projects Manager for the Jury Hotel group. She first came to...
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Improving consumer confidence drives hospitality spending
Visa’s Expenditure Index for March, released on Monday 13 April, shows people across Britain are increasingly dining out and going out. Headline findings Household expenditure rises +1.1% year-on-year...
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ABode Chester appoints Executive Head Chef
ABode Chester has appointed a new Executive Head Chef, Ian Hird. Ian took up his position earlier this month, and brings with him an excellent reputation carved from over 20 years in the restaurant...
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Major enhancements to IHG Rewards Club
InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) is introducing major enhancements to its award winning loyalty programme, IHG Rewards Club, focused on building more personalised relationships with its 84 million...
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