Beacon, the leading hospitality purchasing company, works closely with leading produce suppliers Brakes and Total Produce and works with over 1,000 hotels and 400 pubs and restaurants. Drawing on advice from Beacon’s expert suppliers, Emma Warrington, Senior Buyer at Beacon here presents her top five tips for hoteliers to consider this National Vegetarian Week. Tap into … [Read more...]
Shankly Hotel reveals first luxury room for Shankly family visit
Liverpool’s highly anticipated Shankly Hotel unveiled its first luxury room when members of the Shankly family visited the Victoria Street development to mark the first key milestone. The room gives the first glimpse inside the new 83-bedroom £20million development. Shankly family members who attended include Bill’s daughter Jeanette Carline and his grandson, Christopher … [Read more...]
Seasoned Events acquires Chichester Hotel, Wickford
Seasoned Events, part of Grays-based Crown Catering Group, has purchased the 35-bedroom, three-AA-Star Chichester Hotel and Restaurant in Wickford, Essex and been granted a long lease by the Harris family. The financial value of the sale was not disclosed. Birketts, the top 100 law firm based in the East of England, has advised the Harris family on the sale. The property … [Read more...]
Prima Hotels in Administration
AlixPartners has issued a statement regarding the appointment of Ryan Grant, Lee Causer and Catherine Williamson of AlixPartners Services UK LLP (AlixPartners) as Joint Administrators over four hotels owned and managed by Prima Hotels: The Stanneylands Hotel and Nunsmere Hall Hotel in Cheshire, The Quorn Country Hotel in Leicestershire and Hellaby Hall Hotel in Rotherham. A … [Read more...]
Accor adds 2 to UK portfolio
Accor has announced two new hotel signings, increasing its significant footprint in the Midlands and North of England and adding 234 rooms to its portfolio. The ibis Styles and Mercure brand hotels, located in Derby and Leeds city centres will open in the next twelve months, with Mercure Derby at the end of the year and ibis Styles Leeds in 2016. Mercure Derby Mercure … [Read more...]