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Serviced apartments to gain higher profile as they evolve
Serviced apartments have gained momentum across Europe as new openings, branding activity and a number of significant transactions have raised awareness of the sector amongst guests, investors, lenders...
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Considerate Hoteliers ‘Hotel of the Year 2015’ Awards: the winners
Considerate Hoteliers, Suppliers and Judges have gathered for a grand luncheon in the beautiful Carlyle Room at the Mandarin Oriental Hyde Park, London to celebrate the best in environmental,...
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Plans for Hotel Indigo in Oxford include microbrewery
Beer could once again be brewed at a city centre site as part of £30m plans for a new hotel. The developers want to build a 150-bed four star hotel on the corner of Paradise Street and St Thomas’...
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London Breakfast Meetings Week returns for 2015
London Breakfast Meetings Week will be returning for the second year this October to challenge perceptions surrounding corporate meetings and encourage people to do better business at breakfast....
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Cranleigh Boutique successes in International Hotel Awards
The Cranleigh Boutique’s new Church Suiteshave been named as the best hotel suites in the UK and second in the worldin the prestigious ‘International Hotel & Property Awards 2015’ in association...
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Staycity targets Europe for healthy business mix
The UK, France, Germany, Spain, Italy and the Nordics are target areas for expansion for leading aparthotel operator Staycity, which will operate over 2,000 apartments by the end of 2016. Speaking at...
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Biffa launches collection service for food waste created by SMEs
Leading national waste management company Biffa has launched a new nationwide Food Waste Collection service for SMEs in the catering industry. Restaurants, bars, pubs, hotels and fast food restaurants...
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MGallery Collection welcomes Queens Hotel, Cheltenham and Castle Hotel, Windsor
Every MGallery property has a story waiting to be shared. Strong personalities and great histories are elegantly expressed though each hotel’s unique identity, their story unfolding through eclectic...
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Chancellor’s Summer Budget: industry reactions
A new compulsory National Living Wage for workers aged 25 and over will be introduced in April 2016 at £7.20 an hour and reaching £9 an hour by 2020. Employers who do not pay the Compulsory Living Wage...
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Powerful OTAs remain a heavy burden on hotel profits
Online travel agents (OTAs) such as Priceline and Expedia have become ever-more powerful as a result of strategic acquisitions of smaller, regional players: Priceline now controls 62% of the European...
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Glasgow set to welcome three new hotels
With Glasgow set to welcome three new hotels in the coming months, which will collectively add nearly 400 rooms to the city’s accommodation stock, Glasgow City Marketing Bureau Chief Executive Scott...
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McAleer & Rushe sell regional hotel portfolio for £80m
McAleer & Rushe has sold a regional portfolio of Jurys Inn hotels to four separate purchasers for £80m reflecting a blended net initial yield of 6.9%. Rob Millar director at Steerforth who advised...
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London hotel searches fall by 24% during tube strike
Hotel searches to London have fallen by 24 per cent during the Tube strike, according to hotel search website trivago.co.uk. Searches made between 6th and 8th July for a hotel stay in London during the...
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Speakers confirmed for Master Innholders GM Conference 2016
The first wave of speakers have been confirmed for the Master Innholders 23rd General Managers’ Conference taking place 11-12 January 2016 at Grosvenor House, London, a JW Marriott Hotel. Launching...
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Ramada hotels sold to MCAP Global Finance for over £21.5 million
Savills, acting jointly with JLL, has sold the Ramada Salford Quays (above) and Ramada Birmingham Mailbox on behalf of Shiva Hotels for in excess of the £21.5 million guide price. The hotels have been...
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David Guile appointed Chairman of Assured Hotels
David Guile, former CEO of Macdonald Hotels and Resorts, has joined Assured Hotels as Chairman. He brings with him a wealth of experience in the hospitality industry that will add to the operator’s...
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The #HandCSocial Roundtable – Call for Delegates
The #HandCSocial RoundTable meeting held earlier this year in February at citizenM Bankside in London and brought together attendees from all areas of hospitality. The agenda set from the H&C News’...
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IHG Rewards Club launches ‘Spire Elite’
InterContinental Hotels Group has announced the name of IHG Rewards Club’s new top membership level, Spire Elite, introduced to recognise and reward its most loyal members. To celebrate the launch,...
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CESA commits its support to Hotelympia 2016
CESA (The Catering Equipment Suppliers Association) is strengthening its longstanding partnership with Hotelympia 2016 in the lead-up to the show, which is expected to unveil its largest-ever catering...
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Confident consumers drive highest quarterly spending growth in 3 years
The latest Barclaycard Consumer Spending Report – an in-depth look at the country’s spending patterns and confidence levels – reveals spend growth hit a three-year high of 4.5 per cent in the second...
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