InterContinental Hotels & Resorts, part of IHG (InterContinental Hotels Group), has revealed exclusive insight to its extensive five-star culinary offering, as part of the brand’s 70th anniversary celebrations. Michelin starred and award-winning chefs, working at InterContinental Hotels & Resorts around the globe, have given insights into the extensive efforts … [Read more...]
Starwood Capital Group selects Cycas Hospitality to operate London extended-stay hotels
Starwood Capital Group, through a controlled affiliate of Starwood Global Opportunity Fund X (SOF X), has appointed Cycas Hospitality to manage its four extended-stay hotels in Earls Court/Kensington, London Bridge, Bermondsey and Tower Bridge. The portfolio of 640 studios and one/two-bedroom open plan suites, which SOF X acquired in 2015, is currently undergoing a … [Read more...]
Bidders flock to fibreglass sheep auction at Low Wood Bay
An innovative tourism and art project has culminated in an unusual auction at a Lake District hotel, raising funds for the rehabilitation of patients recovering from brain injury and stroke. Low Wood Bay Resort Hotel & Marina in Windermere has played host to the Go Herdwick grand auction of 60 highly decorated, life-size model sheep. Businesses and organisations from … [Read more...]
Working towards an industry-wide commitment to tackle modern slavery
An estimated 11,700 people live in modern slavery in the UK, and Prime Minster Theresa May has labelled it “the great human rights issue of our time”. From goods produced by forced labour to hotels being used for sexual exploitation, modern slavery is a very real concern for the hotel and hospitality industry. Yet the scale and nature of the problem in the hotel industry is … [Read more...]
Generator wins Best Youth Accommodation Provider at the 2016 Global Youth travel Awards
Award-winning, design and experience-led hostel group Generator, has won the award for Best Youth Accommodation Provider at the 2016 Global Youth travel Awards for the second year in a row. Voted for by over 5,000 young travellers, the Best Youth Accommodation Provider award gives an opportunity for travellers to recognise and reward the provision of exceptional experiences. … [Read more...]