Both Camden Town Brewery and more recently BrewDog have announced or raised funding through crowdfunding – the latter seeking a further £25 million through its record-breaking crowdfunding scheme called Equity for Punks. A host of other hospitality and foodservice businesses have already used crowdfunding to raise the funds they need to launch or expand their businesses, to … [Read more...]
Drum Property plans Aberdeen hotel
Proposals to build a new 210-bedroom hotel in the North Dee area of Aberdeen city centre have been announced by Drum Property Group. A detailed planning application has been submitted by Drum for consideration by Aberdeen City Council. Subject to planning consent, the new 90,000 square foot complex will be built by Drum, with construction beginning before the end of 2015. … [Read more...]
Planning consent for landmark Urban Villa Hotel in Edinburgh
Union Hanover Securities has been given Minded to Grant planning permission for a £35m Urban Villa boutique hotel by the Union Canal Basin in Edinburgh. The 180-room hotel on Freer Street has been designed by award-winning New York-based architect Grzywinski + Pons with Edinburgh-based Michael Laird Architects. The champagne cladding and grey brick build is defined by … [Read more...]
Everybody’s Famous – the new ibis campaign
Rockstars, fashionistas and superstars are all about to arrive at ibis hotels in the global hotel brand’s latest TV campaign ‘Everybody’s famous at ibis’ which launches today and sets out to stylishly challenge the perceptions of the economy hotel brand. The new ad campaign is chic, humorous and entertaining and portrays ibis hotels in a new light, as the perfect fit for even … [Read more...]
Protect hospitality client data or risk compensation claims
Moore Blatch, one of the UK’s leading commercial and technology law firms, is warning Restaurants and hospitality businesses that they could be hit with compensation claims in the event of a data protection breach even if no ‘financial loss’ occurs. This follows the ruling in last month’s Google Inc. v Vidal-Hall Court case, where the Court of Appeal clarified the rules under … [Read more...]