Accor has announced the take-over of FASTBOOKING, a digital services provider for the hotel industry. A French company founded in 2000, FASTBOOKING provides daily support to nearly 4,000 hotels worldwide. Its key areas of expertise are hotel website development, distribution channel management solutions, digital marketing campaign management, revenue management optimization … [Read more...]
Talented young chefs join Llangoed Hall
Three ambitious young chefs who have worked at some of the country’s top restaurants have taken up posts in the kitchen at award-winning Llangoed Hall near Brecon. Christopher Emery, 23, has been recruited as head pastry chef, Ashley Lewis, 23, originally from Swansea, has been appointed junior sous chef and Hayley Smith, 19, is the new chef de partie. Christopher and … [Read more...]
The Arch London appoints Luca Chisesi as F&B Manager
Luca Chisesi has been appointed F&B manager of 5* hotel The Arch London in Marylebone. In his new role, Luca will oversee the running of Hunter 486 restaurant, with its newly launched menu concept designed with ‘A Food Lover’s Guide to Britain’ author Henrietta Green, plus all other F&B operations within the hotel including in room dining, Afternoon Tea and Private … [Read more...]
Work underway for luxury Southampton Harbour Hotel & Spa
Nicolas James Group has announced that preliminary work is now underway on the development of its new Southampton Harbour Hotel & Spa at Ocean Village - Southampton’s first luxury five star standard hotel. Enabling works and setting out are now underway, with construction due to follow in the next few months. The anticipated works program will then run for approximately … [Read more...]
Hotel prices jump as Spring begins
Hotel prices have increased across European cities this month – including the UK - in some cases by as much as 58 per cent – according to the monthly trivago Hotel Price Index (tHPI) reported by comparison site trivago.co.uk. Travellers will pay an average of £10 more for their hotel room this month, with the average price per night jumping from £87 in March to £97 in April, … [Read more...]