Human Resource Manager, 5 star luxury hotel London, £35,000 - £40,000 Are you a sound strategic thinker, future focused and able to offer pragmatic solutions? If you have a good generalist H R background with excellent knowledge of UK Employment Law, good organisational development expertise, the ability to deliver results and achieve targets then this is a superb role for … [Read more...]
Getting tougher on drink driving
When motorists themselves take an increasingly hard line on drinking and driving – see below - you can be sure that the wider public will be in agreement, and that it reflects growing awareness of the need for responsible drinking throughout society. The hospitality industry is fully aware of this issue, and must continue to respond positively to initiatives that result, … [Read more...]
UK hotels stutter in June
Hotels across the country experienced a noticeable decline in occupancy in June as economic concerns at home and overseas brought the sector’s recent recovery to an end, according to figures released today by PKF Hotel Consultancy Services. e London hotels saw occupancy drop by 9.0% to 82.0% compared with 90.1% in June 2011, whilst room rate increased by 2.2% from £163.40 … [Read more...]
My Top 10 Hotels, by Chris Evans
In his 2nd Autobiography ‘Memoirs of a Fruitcake’ Chris Evans uses copious amounts of Top 10’s to emphasise his thinking at the start of each chapter. One of them is as he says my ‘TOP 10 FAB HOTELS I’VE STAYED IN’ Here they are in some instances with summary explanations… 10. The Butlins Metropole in Blackpool - the first proper hotel I ever stayed … [Read more...]
50,000 REASONS TO CHANGE: Sustainability and banqueting lessons from the Lancaster London
The Lancaster London has demonstrated its commitment to sustainability for many years: it first set up an Energy and Environmental Task Force back in 2005, with recycling and energy-saving its first priorities. Since that time, it has made great progress throughout the hotel, with its Rooftop Honey Farm attracting considerable publicity since it was installed in 2009 – the … [Read more...]