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Hotel 'shop' The Luxury Travel Store has a bar area and interactive booths to show off its Caribbean holiday resorts

Sandals opens first hotel store in London

By Emma Eversham

Unique Vacations Ltd, the company behind Caribbean resorts Sandals, Beaches and Grand Pineapple, has opened the UK's first high street store dedicated to a hotel brand. 

Hotel Indigo Stratford-upon-Avon

IHG continues Hotel Indigo expansion

By Michelle Perrett

InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) is continuing with the expansion of its boutique hotel chain with the signing of a 92-bedroom Hotel Indigo in Stratford-upon-Avon. 

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Hotel prices triple for Six Nations

By Liam Garrahan

Hotel prices in the UK have risen dramatically as inbound sports tourism increases for the RBS Six Nations championships, according to Trivago.

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Pubs and hotels win big at Rugby World Cup

By Sophie Witts

VisitEngland has hailed the Rugby World Cup as the ‘most successful to date’ with the tournament scoring a £1bn boost for the UK economy.

Overseas visits to Scotland have risen by 12 per cent

Visits to Scotland increase by more than 10%

By Liam Garrahan

International visits to Scotland have increased by 12 per cent in the last year while visits to Wales, England and London have also increased, according to tourism body VisitBritain.

Jonathan Segal of the ONE Group

The ONE Group announce UK's first STK Rebel site

By Mark Wingett

The ONE Group, the New York-based hospitality group led by Englishman Jonathan Segal, has secured the first site in the UK for its casual dining concept STK Rebel in Edinburgh.

Net number of restaurants rises by 1,770 in past year

Net number of restaurants rises by 1,770 in past year

By Stefan Chomka

The UK’s eating and drinking-out market saw a net 1,770 new restaurants open in the past 12 months, up 6.9 per cent on the previous year, according to the new Market Growth Monitor from AlixPartners and CGA Peach.

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Rugby World Cup search boost for hotels

By Liam Garrahan

Search figures for hotels in Rugby World Cup host cities show a significant year-on-year increase, according to research from hotels booking website Expedia.

Pubs to pull 25m more pints for Rugby World Cup

Pubs to pull 25m more pints for Rugby World Cup

By Liam Garrahan

Bartenders could be suffering with sore arms during the Rugby World Cup as they could be pulling an extra 25m pints during the tournament, according to the British Beer & Pub Association (BBPA).

MOD Pizza to make UK debut

MOD Pizza to make UK debut

By Mark Wingett

MOD Pizza, the fast casual artisan pizza restaurant operator led by Seattle Coffee Company founder Scott Svenson, has signed an agreement with Sir Charles Dunstone, the backer of Five Guys in the UK, to make its debut in the UK.

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Hotel prices soar for Rugby World Cup

By Liam Garrahan

Hotel prices across England and Wales have been blown sky high in the Rugby World Cup’s host cities with Cardiff prices hitting an average of £1018 per night, according to hotel booking website Trivago.

The Rugby World Cup is expected to be a money-driver for pubs, predicts the Greene King Leisure Tracker report

Pubs expecting Rugby World Cup boost

By Liam Garrahan

Pubs around the UK are expecting a boost in September as the Rugby World Cup kicks off, figures from Greene King demonstrate.

China's HK CTS acquires Kew Green Hotels

China's HK CTS acquires Kew Green Hotels

By Emma Eversham

Chinese hotel group HK CTS Metropark Hotels has acquired Kew Green Hotels with plans to grow the company in the UK and Europe as well as give the UK business access to the 'rapidly growing Chinese tourist market'. 

MPs to lobby for cut in tourism VAT

MPs to lobby for cut in tourism VAT

By Sophie Witts

The British Hospitality Association (BHA) is increasing pressure on the government to cut the rate of tourism VAT by establishing a cross party parliamentary group of MP’s to build momentum for the bill.