Hotel

New Premier Inn for Bournemouth

18-Mar-2008 By Alan Lodge

Whitbread has announced details of the new £14 million Premier Inn hotel on the Bournemouth seafront

Travelodge and Premier Inn Merger Talks

17-Mar-2008 By Claire Miller

Two giants of the budget hotel industry in talks over a proposed £3 billion merger which would create an 800-hotel-strong supergroup

Hampton by Hilton 'Vital' to Birmingham Regeneration

13-Mar-2008 By Alan Lodge

A Hilton budget hotel to be built at the foot of Constitution Hill in Birmingham has been hailed by civic leaders as a vital cog in the regeneration of the city.

Protect Against Overflowing Baths

11-Mar-2008 By Nova-FloTM

A recurring problem for hoteliers - overflowing baths - could be a thing of the past thanks to new technology that utilises an innovative magnetic anti-overflow system. Noa-FloTM was officially launched at Hotelympia.

Shift Towards Online Booking Intensifies

06-Mar-2008 By Alan Lodge

Latest figures reveal that for the first time the majority of domestic holiday and business travellers in the UK are booking their hotels online, with a huge 70 per cent of business travellers using the internet to make their hotel reservations.

Plans Unveiled for York's First Five Star Hotel

04-Mar-2008 By Alan Lodge

Developers reveal designs for the citys first five star hotel at the old headquarters of GNER. The hotel would bring hundreds of jobs to the area.

More Success for Eco-Friendly Deans Place

22-Feb-2008 By Alan Lodge

Deans Place Country Hotel and Restaurant has picked up the Excellent Social Responsibility award at the HRH Hotel Excellence Awards, weeks after it won the Water Management Category gong at the CHA Hotelier of the Year awards.

Premier Inns snaps up Torquay Seafront Hotel

20-Feb-2008 By Alan Lodge

The three-star Belgrave Hotel will become a Premier Inn with 85 bedrooms when it reopens in June as company pledges to invest more than £4million in Torquay Bay.

Parc Life comes to Cardiff

15-Feb-2008 By Alan Lodge

One of the Welsh capitals oldest hotels is set to reopen as The Parc after a £15million restoration following a devastating fire in 2006. Thistle Hotels says the venue will be one of the jewells in its crown.

Hallmark snaps up Carlisle's Lakes Court Hotel

14-Feb-2008 By Alan Lodge

Private equity-backed group completes purchase of Grade-II listed hotel in a deal worth nearly £4million and plans to transform it into the citys first four-star resort.

Considerate Hotelier Awards Announced

13-Feb-2008 By Claire Miller

The Considerate Hotelier of the Year Awards have been announced celebrating work by hotels to lessen their impact on the environment

Jobs fit for Kings Dock

11-Feb-2008 By Alan Lodge

Two new hotels at Liverpools Kings Dock, next to the ECHO Arena, will bring more than 100 jobs to the city.

First Five-Star Hotel for Birmingham

24-Jan-2008 By Alan Lodge

US firm Starwood Hotels & Resorts confirms it is set to open the first five-star hotel in the Second City in 2010

Multi-Million Pound Refurb for Caledonian

08-Jan-2008 By Claire Miller

Five-star Edinburgh hotel to undergo second huge refit in seven years as owners defy fears of a difficult 2008 for the industry by outlining investment plans.

Scottish Hotels told to Raise Prices

26-Nov-2007 By Alan Lodge

Tourism chief angers industry figures by saying hotels should make the most of demand from visitors by hiking up their prices to maximise income.

Tourism Chiefs bid to clean up Blackpool

14-Nov-2007 By Alan Lodge

Efforts underway to ensure all hotels in the seaside town hold the correct licence as fears grow over shabby hotels dragging down Blackpools reputation.

World Cup Success for Wales

13-Nov-2007 By Alan Lodge

Hotel sector boosted by rugby extravaganza

Developer Plans Townhouse Hotel Chain

10-Oct-2007 By Alan Lodge

Benjamin Bowen looks to the future after Cheltenham acquisition.

Whopper Award for Big Mac

10-Oct-2007 By Andy Lynes

Macdonald Hotels scoops top prize

Rye's new boutique hotel with fashionable restaurant

11-Apr-2007 By Restaurant

The boutique hotel and restaurant aiming to claim back the East Sussex town from the blue rinse brigade At first, Rye might not sound like the place for a boutique hotel with a fashionable restaurant. The East Sussex town may be associated, in the ...

Interview - Nicholas Davies tells us how he reached General Manager

30-Aug-2006 By Restaurant

Getting Started: From a very young age I was working in pubs in Herefordshire, where I grew up, and got the taste for working in hospitality. I went to college to get qualified and gained the equivalent of an NVQ. I had training as a chef and service...