Occurring just once every one hundred years, Friday’s perfect calendar reading of 11.11.11 is considered one of the luckiest days of the century and a wedding held on 11.11.11 promises love, good fortune and luck. IHG’s Crowne Plaza® Hotels & Resorts is celebrating the dreamy date by hosting 11 weddings for 11 couples, with VH1 star and Master Matchmaker Steve Ward … [Read more...]
IHG’s brands delivers 33% operating profit growth
Richard Solomons, Chief Executive of InterContinental Hotels Group PLC, said... “In the third quarter we delivered a strong set of results, with global revenue per available room (RevPAR) up 6.4%, including 2.8% rate growth. This was led by 10.8% RevPAR growth in Greater China and 8.0% in the US where we continued to outperform the industry driven by sustained results from … [Read more...]
Second von Essen Hotel acquired by Longleat
Longleat Enterprises Limited, which last week announced it had acquired Bishopstrow House in Wiltshire out of the administration of the von Essen group of hotels, has bought a second von Essen asset. Homewood Park Hotel and Spa, a 21-bed country house hotel set in ten acres on the outskirts of Bath has been sold to Longleat by Christie + Co on behalf of the … [Read more...]
Eden Hotel Collection adds von Essen hotel to its portfolio
The Eden Hotel Collection, owned by Sir Peter Rigby, has acquired the Greenway Spa Hotel in Cheltenham. The Greenway Spa Hotel, bought out of the administration of the von Essen Hotels portfolio, will join Eden Collection’s award-winning classic, country and town house hotels estate. The Greenway Spa is a 17-bedroom historic Elizabethan manor house set in around eight … [Read more...]
Radisson Edwardian Hotel Manchester sold
Les Ross and Matt Dunham of Grant Thornton, administrative receivers and agents of Free Trade Hall Hotel Limited, sold the hotel to the Edwardian Group. The Edwardian Group already managed the hotel, located on the site of Manchester’s iconic Free Trade Hall, on a long-term management contract under the Radisson Edwardian flag. Jeremy Hill, Director and Head of Hotels at … [Read more...]