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Hand Picked Hotels, Grand Jersey Hotel – Evaluation of WiFi post take-over leads to complete new WiFi hardware installation As a recent addition to the Hand Picked Hotels portfolio, htm was asked to...
View ArticleHostel sector set to grow as sharing economy takes hold
The global growth of the budget and hostel sectors, including the fast-emerging commercialised private rental market such as Airbnb, is set to continue as the consumer increasingly values experience...
View ArticleAmaris Hospitality signs Agreement with Hilton Worldwide
John Brennan, Amaris Hospitality’s CEO Amaris Hospitality, the leading hotel investment and hospitality group, has completed an agreement with Hilton Worldwide which will see it invest £30 million in...
View ArticleHarbour Hotels sails into Chichester with The Ship Hotel
Chichester Hotel Company LLP, represented by Savills, has sold The Ship Hotel in Chichester to Harbour Hotels through a private sale process for in excess of the £6 million guide price. The Grade II...
View ArticleStarwood warns of credit card breach by malware
Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide has disclosed that malware designed to help cyber thieves steal credit and debit card data has been found on point-of-sale systems at some of its US hotels. This...
View ArticleNovotel launches kids’ menu
Recognising the importance of the ‘family’ sector, family-friendly hotel brand Novotel has launched a ‘kids’ menu’ across its collection of 33 UK hotels. Offering a selection of tasty dishes, children...
View ArticleNorth-west Hoteliers raise £38k for Charity
Paul Bayliss MBE, Chair of The Manchester Hoteliers Association Manchester Hoteliers Association hosts 12th Annual Awards Gala Dinner Hotel professionals across the north-west came together recently to...
View ArticleGM for Clayton Hotel Chiswick ahead of £20m upgrade
Thomas Doyle has been appointed general manager of Clayton Hotel Chiswick ahead of the completion of an impressive refurbishment and extension project at the hotel costing over £20m. London-born Doyle...
View ArticleTwo Directly Connected Hotels to open at Heathrow Terminal 4
The Arora Group, Whitebridge Hospitality, an LJ Group company, and InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) have announced an exclusive agreement with Heathrow Airport Limited, to develop two hotels...
View ArticleNow Hilton targeted by malware
Hilton Worldwide has advised that it too has identified and taken action to eradicate unauthorized malware that targeted payment card information in some point-of-sale systems. Hilton immediately...
View ArticleValor to manage the first two AC Hotels by Marriott in the UK
Management company, Valor Hospitality Europe, has been appointed to manage the first two AC Hotels by Marriott in the UK. The new AC hotels will be located in Salford Quays and at Birmingham’s...
View ArticleStarwood Preferred Guest stars Lewis Hamilton in latest video
SPG (Starwood Preferred Guest programme) has teamed up with Mercedes AMG Petronas race driver Lewis Hamilton in a new video filmed at the Sheraton Park Lane Hotel in London. SPG puts its guests first...
View ArticleQHotels to invest £50 million in upgrading hotels
QHotels, the 2014-15 AA Hotel Group of the Year, is to invest £50 million across its 27 hotels in 2016 and 2017. Following another year of strong financial performance, the QHotels Group is improving...
View ArticleMajor rebrand for two Amaris Hospitality hotels in Merseyside
General Manager of The Atlantic Tower Steven Devine with General Manager of The Haydock Park Hotel Adam Condrone The Atlantic Tower and The Haydock Park Hotel have rebranded as part of an impressive...
View ArticleHOSPA’s 2015 Hospitality Career Investment Development Scholarship winners
The winners of the 2015 ‘HOSPA Hospitality Career Investment Development Scholarships’, sponsored by Fourteen IP, were announced on 26 November by the Association at its Annual HOSPACE 2015...
View ArticleHotel rates on the up across the globe
Latest data from hotel solutions provider HRS has revealed that the average cost of staying in a hotel room is on the up across most of the world, when looking at Q3 2015 compared with Q3 2014. With...
View ArticleNeville and Giggs JV with Rowsley to develop Manchester Stock Exchange
Rowsley Ltd has entered into a joint venture with former Manchester United football stars Gary Neville and Ryan Giggs to redevelop Manchester’s historic Northern Stock Exchange building into a...
View ArticleCrossbasket Castle to re-open as top Glasgow luxury hotel
A 14th Century castle in High Blantyre on the outskirts of Glasgow has been rescued from ruin and is set to open in spring next year as a luxury hotel, restaurant and event venue managed by Inverlochy...
View ArticleHotel profits surge with Rugby World Cup – Cardiff up 116.5%
Despite the exit of their home nation in the quarter finals of the tournament, hoteliers in the Welsh capital were wearing broad smiles in October as they recorded a 116.5% year-on-year increase in...
View ArticleEurope’s largest Hampton by Hilton arriving at UK’s Fastest Growing Airport
Hilton Worldwide has signed a franchise agreement to bring Hampton by Hilton to the UK’s fourth largest airport. The agreement has been signed with strategic developers Urban&Civic (LSE:UANC), who...
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