Tune Hotels UK recognises another year of hard work by its front-of-house staff by getting back to the floor this week, with department heads from Tune’s support office seen working on reception, cleaning bedrooms, inspecting guest rooms and shadowing the maintenance manager. Employees from Tune’s UK support office can be seen working on the “shop-floor” at Tune hotels in … [Read more...]
London negative hotel performance in May
STR Global’s preliminary May 2015 data for London, England, indicates mostly negative hotel performance. Based on daily data from May, London reported: increases in supply (+3.3 percent) and demand (+4.1 percent); a 0.8-percent decrease in occupancy to 85.0 percent; a 10.8-percent decrease in average daily rate to GBP125.91; and a 10.1-percent decrease in revenue per … [Read more...]
Daytime hotel room demand surges
Dayuse, the world's first website where consumers can book hotel rooms for daytime use, has just surpassed 220,000 bookings worldwide, since its inception in 2010. Guests' reasons for hotel usage are changing Dayuse, which was set up by former hotelier David Lebée, recognises that guests' reasons for hotel usage are changing, and enables rooms at its participating hotels … [Read more...]
Britannia Hotels continues expansion with two hotel acquisitions
Acting on behalf of The Hotel Collection, specialist hotel property adviser Christie + Co has sold The Palace Hotel, Buxton and Basingstoke Country Hotel, Hampshire. Palace Hotel Buxton Britannia Hotels, who have a reputation for restoring Grade Listed Hotels, have acquired the Palace Hotel Buxton. Designed by Henry Currey and set in five acres of landscaped gardens in … [Read more...]
Third London hotel for The Hoxton to open in Southwark
Derwent London has announced that the London Borough of Southwark has passed a resolution to grant planning permission for a mixed-use development of 110,000 sq ft at Wedge House, 40 Blackfriars Road, London SE1. The 14-storey development, designed by architects Lifschutz Davidson Sandilands, includes a 68,200 sq ft hotel that will be operated by The Hoxton and 41,800 sq ft … [Read more...]