Management company Valor Hospitality Europe has appointed a new general manager to its hotel, DoubleTree by Hilton Leeds City Centre. With over twenty five years’ experience in the hospitality industry, Tim Price first worked as a general manager at the Angel Hotel, Chippenham in 1989. His job then took him to hotels across the UK from the Sheffield Moat House to St David’s … [Read more...]
Plymouth tops Best Value City in the UK index
Hotel comparison site trivago.co.uk has revealed its annual Best Value UK City Index. The list of 26 includes cities with at least 50 hotels and an average of at least 150 reviews per hotel. The index combines hotel price data with aggregated user reviews and ratings. This year Plymouth is the best value city in the UK for a hotel stay, while London is the worst value. Best … [Read more...]
Amba Hotel Marble Arch opens for business
Amba Hotels has announced the opening of the new Amba Hotel Marble Arch following a multi-million pound refurbishment. Located just steps away from Oxford Street, every element of the new hotel has been overhauled, in what is one of the most ambitious London hotel refurbishments in recent years. The second hotel in the Amba Hotels portfolio, Amba Hotel Marble Arch’s … [Read more...]
Major debt reduction and profits growth at Macdonald Hotels
Macdonald Hotels, the UK’s largest independent hotel group, has increased profits and turnover in the last financial year and has effectively reduced debt by almost £100 million by December 2015. The group, which has 55 hotels and resorts in the UK, Ireland, Spain and Portugal, published its annual results for the year to 2 April 2015 which showed: Group turnover up 7% … [Read more...]
SACO growth strategy has business set to double in size
SACO The Serviced Apartment has re-affirmed its ambitious future growth plans, with the company set to double the size of its operation. These plans are designed to meet the continuing growth in demand from business and leisure travellers for serviced apartments and aparthotels. Stephen Hanton, CEO Commercial for SACO, comments: “Demand from business and leisure … [Read more...]