Ingliston Hotels, a division of Glasgow-headquartered Chardon Trading, has won planning approval from Edinburgh City Council to build a £15 million 125 bedroom hotel at Edinburgh Airport. Located near to its sister 95-bedroom Quality Hotel Edinburgh Airport, just five minutes by airport shuttle bus from the terminal building, the hotel will be aimed at the luxury … [Read more...]
London hotels busy but not full for Olympics
STR Global, the leading service provider of market information to the hotel industry, reports that London hotels from 27 July until 29 July 2012 achieved 84.4 percent occupancy and £224.72 average room rates. “Hotel performance is strong, London hotels are busy. Some but not all are full; there is room in the inn but overall hotels are in a good position”, commented … [Read more...]
The Treehouses at Chewton Glen
Chewton Glen is described on their website as a luxury country house hotel and spa set in 130 acres of Hampshire countryside on the edge of the New Forest National Park. Their email newsletter arrived in our inbox this morning and one article caught our eye, Introducing The Treehouses... We clicked and took a look. Chewton Glen a member of Relais & Châteaux, is … [Read more...]
New restaurants and hotel in Croydon’s £1bn redevelopment
Developer Hammerson unveiled its £1bn plan to create a 1.6m sq ft shopping development in the centre of Croydon last week. The scheme would create shops, restaurants, homes, a hotel, five public squares and new car park. The existing Whitgift centre in Croydon is within Hammerson’s plan and is also being looked at by rival retail developer Westfield, who is also looking … [Read more...]
Hotel replaces the Bible with Fifty Shades of Grey
Most hotel rooms all over the world have a copy of the Bible but we suspect they don’t get too much attention by most guests. When was the last time you read yours before settling off to sleep? One hotelier in The Lake District recently had a Eureka moment and decided to replace the choice of reading matter in his guest’s rooms to Fifty Shades of Grey. A novel idea, excuse … [Read more...]