PwC research predicts UK hotel trading growth is set to stall due to slower economic growth and tougher market conditions. PwC’s prediction forms part of their UK Hotels Forecast 2019-2020, their analysis into market conditions for hotels over the next 12 months. The forecast shows performance dips … [Read more...]
Travelodge announce six new hotels opening in 2020
Travelodge has announced it is to open six hotels before the end of 2020 representing investment value of £45 million and the creation of 135 new hospitality jobs. The new hotel openings by Travelodge will increase company’s portfolio to 595 hotels in the UK, Ireland and Spain. The new hotel locations will be in Chippenham, Edinburgh, London Dagenham & Beckton, Rochester … [Read more...]
9th cohort of Aspiring Leaders welcomed by Master Innholders
The hospitality industry’s leading educational programme for aspiring hotel managers has welcomed its ninth intake of ambitious junior professionals. The Master Innholders Aspiring Leaders Diploma (MIALD), endorsed by the Institute of Hospitality, is one of the most sought-after qualifications for junior-level hotel supervisors and managers in the UK – so much so that for … [Read more...]
Australasia’s largest apartment hotel operator makes first international opening in Liverpool
Australasia’s largest and fastest growing apartment hotel operator Quest Apartment Hotels has opened its doors in Liverpool, its first property outside Australasia. The property opens in the heart of the city centre following a year-long £10m transformation converting and adding to the top three floors of the 1980s commercial office building. The new apartment hotel complex, … [Read more...]
Courtyard by Marriott at Keele University operated by Tower Hotel Management underway
Construction has started on the Courtyard by Marriott hotel at Keele University’s Science and Innovation Park in Staffordshire, set to create 60 jobs. The 150-bedroom hotel, due to open in Autumn 2020, will provide much needed accommodation to support the growing conference and events business of the university, as well as provide accommodation for users of the Keele … [Read more...]