Industry News

Best Western signal market confidence through £214m in investments since 2015

Best Western Great Britain has announced an estimated investment of £214m across its member hotels since 2015, signaling confidence in the market despite concerns around [...]

10th April 2018

AccorHotels announces acquisition of leading table reservation system ResDiary

AccorHotels today announces that it has completed the acquisition of table reservation system, ResDiary. Established in Glasgow in 2004, the company now has over 100 staff [...]

9th April 2018

Why hospitality businesses need to invest in social media

Social media agency Arise have highlighted the importance of social media for hospitality businesses and are encouraging more business owners to think carefully about how [...]

28th March 2018

Bedford Swan hotel purchased by Distinct Group for £11.5 million

The Distinct Group has purchased the the 113-bedroom, Grade II-listed Bedford Swan hotel from BDL Select Hotels for £11.5 million, bringing the group’s portfolio to [...]

21st March 2018

Hotel Café Royal plans new restaurant with French Chef Laurent Tourondel

The internationally-acclaimed French chef Laurent Tourondel, who has a portfolio that stretches from New York, via Kazakhstan, to Hong Kong, will open a new restaurant [...]

15th March 2018

Less than a quarter of young Brits would consider hospitality career

New research has revealed that less than a quarter of young Brits would consider a career in hospitality, with almost one in three (26%) admitting they didn’t see it as [...]

2nd March 2018

Starwood Capital Group Acquires part of Hilton UK Portfolio for £135 million

Starwood Capital Group has announced that a controlled affiliate of Starwood Global Opportunity Fund XI has acquired a portfolio of seven Hilton hotels throughout the United [...]

28th February 2018

Jamie Oliver’s London Barbecoa steakhouses go into administration

Jamie Oliver’s upmarket Barbecoa steakhouses in London have crashed into administration, including the groups Piccadilly site which 80 staff members losing their [...]

21st February 2018

UK hotels see a further year of impressive growth in 2017, says Expedia

The latest data from the Expedia group has revealed UK hoteliers experienced another year of encouraging growth in 2017, helped by a significant rise in hotel demand from [...]

21st February 2018

PPHE to buy Reuben brothers’ stake in Art’otel Hoxton for £35m

PPHE Hotel Group is set to buy out the Reuben brothers’ 50% stake in Art’otel London Hoxton for £35m PPHE announced that one of its subsidiaries has exchanged contracts [...]

6th February 2018