Qatar Airways has acquired the Novotel Edinburgh Park Hotel in Scotland, one of the best-located hotels for travellers to Edinburgh and an excellent base for exploring the rest of Scotland. The hotel will continue to be managed and operated under the Novotel brand by Accor which operates more than 3,700 quality hotels worldwide. The Novotel Edinburgh Park marks the second … [Read more...]
Bournemouth welcomes its First Hampton by Hilton
Hampton by Hilton, Hilton Worldwide's global brand with more than 2,000 mid-priced hotels, has announced the opening of its newest property, Hampton by Hilton Bournemouth, located on Upper Terrace Road. The property, offering 120 contemporary guest rooms, is owned by London-based developer THAT Group, and managed by Hilton Worldwide. Hilton Bournemouth to follow winter … [Read more...]
Winners of AA Bed and Breakfast Awards 2015
The AA has announced the winners of the AA Bed and Breakfast Awards 2015 at a ceremony held at The Landmark London Hotel, including the title of Friendliest Bed and Breakfast of the Year. The awards, presented at the annual ceremony, include guest accommodation for England , Wales , Scotland , Northern Ireland and London as well as the awards for Funkiest Bed and Breakfast … [Read more...]
Birmingham tops serviced apartments occupancy
A strong corporate market in Birmingham together with a lack of supply has resulted in a quarter one performance of 83.1% for the city - an increase of +26.8% - and by far the best performance for the sector in the UK. Liverpool has also delivered a very strong performance achieving 77.9%, a +11.7% increase in occupancy. Thomas Emanuel, STR Global, who compile the monthly … [Read more...]
Mercure unveils the winner of The Six Friends Theory
Mercure launched “The Six Friends Theory”, a worldwide digital operation, to check the well-known six-degrees-of-separation theory, which claims that we are all only six people away from everyone else on the planet. After an international call for applications, which was hugely successful across the social networks, a 21 year-old Italian, Ludovica Loda, became the lucky … [Read more...]