Leading British linen company Mitre Linen is extending its spa collection due to popular demand. Following extensive consultation with some of the industry’s top spas, the company is unveiling new vat-dyed towels and couch covers to add its existing super soft white and coloured towels, bathrobes and slippers. Mitre Linen is a key supplier to luxury hotels and spas … [Read more...]
Flat Cap Hotels launches with The Vicarage
Flat Cap Hotels is a new countryside boutique 4* brand which will be rolled out throughout Cheshire & the North West, and in 2016 into the South. The Vicarage Freehouse & Rooms (pictured above) is the first under the brand umbrella. New assets are being acquired during 2015 - the plan is to have 5 properties by 2018 – and the progress of Flat cap is sure to be … [Read more...]
Villa Stephanie delivers healthy sleep with Digital Detox service
All good hotels attempt to create an undisturbed environment for their guests. The Villa Stéphanie, the newly opened luxury spa at Brenners Park - Hotel & Spa in Baden-Baden has gone a step further and offers the opportunity in its rooms and suites to ‘switch off’ from a technical viewpoint, too. Firstly, it’s possible to turn the room’s personal internet connection on … [Read more...]
Carlton Hotel Collection set to open in Edinburgh Old Town
The EDI Group Ltd has announced a partnership with the Carlton Hotel Collection to develop a design hotel in the heart of Edinburgh’s historic Old Town. This is the first venture in Edinburgh for the European hotel operator. The 98 room, four-star boutique hotel at 6-8 Market Street, will be just a short walk from the Royal Mile, Waverley Station, Princes Street Gardens and … [Read more...]
BHA continues the campaign against rate parity
In response to increasing scrutiny of rate parity clauses, earlier this week a prominent OTA announced that they would roll out narrow price parity agreements across Europe, preventing hotels from offering a lower public room rate on their own website than the rate given to the online travel agent to sell the room. Lobbying for fair commercial practices On behalf of its … [Read more...]