Time2 provide market-leading Employee Clocking Systems and a range of innovative Biometric Clocking Terminals. Offering unparalleled performance & functionality, employees ‘clock on’ through one of the Biometric terminals, meaning there are no cards or timesheets to administer. Time fraud and errors are eliminated, & with an average saving of between 4% & 9% … [Read more...]
UK Chain Hotels Market Review
Force majeure halts London hoteliers profitability progress Following five months of consecutive year-on-year profitability growth, international travel disruption caused by the Eyjafjallajoekull volcano ended London’s near perfect 2010 performance, according to the latest HotStats survey from TRI Hospitality Consulting. The 2.5% decline in Gross Operating Profit per … [Read more...]
Villeroy & Boch sponsor Young Chef Young Waiter
YOUNG CHEF YOUNG WAITER LAUNCHES 26TH COMPETITION - regional waiter finals held in von Essen hotels The Restaurant Association’s Young Chef Young Waiter, the premier competition for young aspiring craft talent in the hospitality industry, launches its 26th annual competition this month with three new sponsors. Organised by the British Hospitality Association and The … [Read more...]
Quinlan hotel empire hangs on debt deal
Six years ago Derek Quinlan, the former tax inspector from Dublin, outbid one of the richest men in the world, Prince Alwaleed bin Talal. Quinlan and his partners bought a clutch of London’s smartest hotels — the Savoy, Claridge’s, Berkeley and Connaught — for £750m, outflanking the Saudi billionaire. It was a deal that epitomised the era of easy money. Today the … [Read more...]