Hotel Trends

Keep up to date with all trends impacting the UK hotel market, including the latest data and statistics on hotel occupancy rates, RevPAR and performance forecasts. You’ll also find key insight on hotel trends to attract guests and grow business.

Winners announced on BBC’s professional pastry chef Bake Off

18-May-2016 By Hannah Thompson

Bake Off: Creme de la Creme, the professional pastry chef contest on BBC Two, has crowned Mark Tilling’s team the winners after last night’s final.

QHotels launches spa brand at The Midland

10-Feb-2015 By Carina Perkins

QHotels is investing £1.5m to create a new spa brand at its Manchester hotel, The Midland.

Hotel rates soar in UK & Ireland

06-Feb-2015 By Carina Perkins

Hotel rates across major cities in UK and Ireland rose by 9 per cent last year, with London overtaking Zurich as Europe’s most expensive city.

Hotels must embrace technology, warns expert

03-Feb-2015 By Carina Perkins

Luxury and boutique hotels are still failing when it comes to social media, and risk losing out if they do not start embracing technology, an industry expert has warned.

Consumer trust is key to building brands, says IHG

20-Jan-2015 By Carina Perkins

InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) has highlighted building consumer trust as a key challenge for hospitality brands in the year ahead.

Hotel industry predictions for 2015

05-Jan-2015 By Carina Perkins

After a year of rising foreign investment, increased hotel transactions and continued threat from OTAs and the sharing economy, what lies ahead for the hotel industry in 2015? We asked some industry experts for their predictions.

Saxon Hotels acquires Cutlers Hotel in Sheffield

23-Dec-2014 By Lauren Houghton

Saxon Hotels has bought the three-star, 45-bedroom Cutlers Hotel in Sheffield out of administration.

Travelodge secures three new sites in partnerships with local authorities

22-Dec-2014 By Lauren Houghton

Travelodge has announced plans to open three new hotels costing £11.5m in partnerships with local authorities to ‘regenerate communities’ across the UK.

Marlin Apartments to open £28m Waterloo aparthotel

19-Dec-2014 By Lauren Houghton

Serviced apartment provider Marlin Apartments has signed a £28m contract with construction firm McAleer & Rushe to build an aparthotel in London’s Waterloo.

Interstate to open six new UK hotels

19-Dec-2014 By Lauren Houghton

US-based hotel management company Interstate Hotels & Resorts has announced the signing of six new hotels in the UK.

Edinburgh hotels hike prices for Hogmanay

18-Dec-2014 By Lauren Houghton

Hotel prices in Edinburgh have increased by 146 per cent on average on 31st December, according to data released by Trivago.

Plans to turn historic Edinburgh school into top hotel

18-Dec-2014 By Lauren Houghton

Proposals to transform the old Royal High School building on Edinburgh’s Calton Hill into a ‘world-class’ hotel have been announced by project developers Duddingston House Properties (DHP).