Hotels in London are reporting strong business immediately after this summer’s Olympic Games – dispelling fears that the capital could suffer a post-games slump. Data compiled by leading hotel market intelligence firm, TravelClick, shows almost a third of London’s hotel rooms are already sold for the August Bank Holiday weekend (August 24-27), an improvement of 24.2 percent … [Read more...]
Chelsfield puts two London hotels on the market
Property Week reports that Chelsfield Partners is planning to sell two freehold London hotels for around £160m and has appointed Knight Frank to handle the sales. The hotels - with a total of 468 bedrooms – are Club Quarters St Paul’s and Club Quarters Gracechurch, are both located within the City of London and focus predominantly on corporate membership business. Dominic … [Read more...]
Gary Neville to open Annual Hotel Conference 2012
Gary Neville, former captain of Manchester United and England Right-Back, will open The 2012 Annual Hotel Conference (AHC). The conference, which this year will be held on 3rd and 4th October at the Hilton Manchester Deansgate, is titled Planning for Profit and anticipates being the biggest in its nine year history, and is the only event targeted at the UK’s independent and … [Read more...]
Holiday Inn and Staybridge Suites open at Stratford City
InterContinental Hotels Group has announced the opening of two new generation properties, Holiday Inn London Stratford City and Staybridge Suites London Stratford City, at the heart of Europe’s largest shopping centre, Westfield Stratford City. The two hotels are owned by a Joint Venture between Cycas Hotel Partners and Patron Capital. The hotels are operated by Cycas … [Read more...]
Lancaster London triumphs at Considerate Hoteliers Awards
The 2011/12 winners of the prestigious Considerate Hoteliers Association (CHA) ‘Hotel of the Year Awards’ – celebrating the best in environmental, sustainable and socially responsible performance and open to all UK hotels and small accommodation operations – were announced on 31 May at the Annual Awards and Gala Lunch, held at the 5-star Four Seasons Hotel London at Park … [Read more...]