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UK hotels face toughest trading in 17 years
UK chain hotels are facing the most challenging trading conditions in 17 years, according to analyst TRI Hospitality Consulting. The firm...
Added/updated: Monday 02 March 2009
Category: News summary
Source/Contact: Leisure Opportunities, 17/02/2009
Jurys Inn secures four new hotels
Budget hotel chain Jurys Inn has exchanged contracts on four new hotels in England and Scotland in a deal worth £90m. Located in Glasgow, Newcastle,...
Added/updated: Monday 02 March 2009
Category: News summary
Source/Contact: Leisure Opportunities, 17/02/2009
Business travel slump hits Holiday Inn parent
Holiday Inn owner InterContinental hotels, the world's largest hotelier, warned a slump in fourth-quarter bookings had continued into 2009 with "no...
Added/updated: Monday 02 March 2009
Category: News summary
Source/Contact: Scotsman, 18/02/2009
Scarborough water park rethink
Yet another masterplan is being drawn up for The Sands development at Scarborough’s North Bay. Scarborough Council’s private sector partner...
Added/updated: Monday 02 March 2009
Category: News summary
Source/Contact: Leisure Opportunities, 18/02/2009
Sunlight Projects has got the go ahead for a 137 unit ‘apart-hotel’ in south London.
Developer Sunlight Projects, advised by Weston Williamson, has obtained full planning permission to redevelop a former antiques warehouse on Tower...
Added/updated: Tuesday 17 February 2009
Category: News summary
Source/Contact: Property Week, 16/02/2009
UK tourism suffers recession blues
The UK experienced a drop in foreign visitors last year as the effects of the global economic downtown became more apparent, according to new...
Added/updated: Tuesday 17 February 2009
Category: News summary
Source/Contact: Leisure Opportunities, 13/02/2009
Pontin’s unveils £50m development plans
Pontin’s owner, Ocean Parks, has revealed plans to invest £50m in developing and refurbishing its holiday centres across the UK in a bid to increase...
Added/updated: Tuesday 17 February 2009
Category: News summary
Source/Contact: Leisure Opportunities, 03/02/2009
Sussex ice rink in Brighton to make way for six-storey building
A six-storey hotel is planned for the site of a disused ice-rink. Brighton and Hove City Council is expected to confirm a deal with an as-yet...
Added/updated: Tuesday 17 February 2009
Category: News summary
Source/Contact: The Argus, 07/02/2009
Pontin’s closes Hemsby park
Pontin’s has announced it is closing its Hemsby holiday park in Norfolk, blaming ‘limited potential, declining bookings and escalating costs’.
Added/updated: Tuesday 17 February 2009
Category: News summary
Source/Contact: NCC Magazine, 13/02/2009
Devon Cliffs creates jobs
Around 250 jobs are to be created in Exmouth as Devon Cliffs Holiday Park launches its biggest ever recruitment drive. The park reports a surge...
Added/updated: Tuesday 17 February 2009
Category: News summary
Source/Contact: NCC Magazine, 13/02/2009