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Priority Sites teams up for hotel scheme
Priority Sites has teamed up with hotel developer Starboard hotels to develop an ₤18m office park and hotel scheme in Gateshead. The...
Added/updated: Monday 17 March 2008
Category: News summary
Source/Contact: Property Week, 14/03/2008
Apex to build hotel on Fleet Street
Scottish-owned hotel chain Apex has unveiled ₤60m plans to develop a four-star hotel in an historical area just off Fleet Street, London, after...
Added/updated: Monday 17 March 2008
Category: News summary
Source/Contact: Caterer Search, 14/03/2008
Queen opens Heathrow’s T5
The Queen has opened the fifth terminal at London’s Heathrow Airport. The official opening of the ₤4.3bn T5 terminal, which was designed...
Added/updated: Monday 17 March 2008
Category: News summary
Source/Contact: Leisure Opportunities, 14/03/2008
RevPAR grows by nearly 8% at London hotels
London hotels boosted revenue per available room (revpar) by 7.7% in the week ending 9 March, according to figures form hotel benchmarking service...
Added/updated: Monday 17 March 2008
Category: News summary
Source/Contact: Caterer Search, 13/03/2008
Huge growth predicted for budget sector
The budget hotel sector is set to “explode” in the next decade, with as many as 440,000 rooms available for development, experts have...
Added/updated: Monday 17 March 2008
Category: News summary
Source/Contact: Caterer Search, 13/03/2008
MWB unsure whether it will meet deadline for selling Malmaison and Hotel du Vin
Marylebone Warwick Balfour (MYB) has admitted that it has “no idea” whether it will be able to meet its end of year deadline for selling Malmaison...
Added/updated: Monday 17 March 2008
Category: News summary
Source/Contact: Caterer Search, 12/03/2008
VisitBritain must focus on maximising UK tourism
VisitBritain has admitted it must now accept its funding cuts and focus on working more closely with the Government and the private sector to ensure...
Added/updated: Monday 17 March 2008
Category: News summary
Source/Contact: Caterer Search, 12/03/2008
UK hotels ‘most expensive in Europe’
The UK became the most expensive country in Europe for hotel stays last year as prices rose by 12% to an average of ₤106 a night over...
Added/updated: Monday 17 March 2008
Category: News summary
Source/Contact: Travel Mole, 12/03/2008
Edinburgh’s Point Hotel sold for more than ₤20m
Northern Irish investment company WG Mitchell has sold the Point Hotel in central Edinburgh for more than ₤20m to Jersey-based private investor...
Added/updated: Tuesday 11 March 2008
Category: News summary
Source/Contact: EGi, 05/03/2008
JD Wetherspoon feels smoking ban pinch
Profits at high-street pub chain JD Wetherspoon have dive-bombed in the past six months due to the smoking ban. JD Wetherspoon saw its average...
Added/updated: Tuesday 11 March 2008
Category: News summary
Source/Contact: Caterer Search, 07/03/2008