Preferred Hotel Group, a global collection of independent luxury hotels, has introduced its move from a multi-brand portfolio to one master brand, Preferred Hotels & Resorts. Leveraging the strong heritage of the Preferred name, this rebrand represents the company’s commitment to help travellers better identify the hotel that will provide them with a luxury experience … [Read more...]
Leonardo Hotels to open first UK hotel
Leonardo Hotels opens its first UK hotel on 16 March. The group has agreed a new 25-year lease with The Standard Life Investments Pooled Pension Property Fund. Opening on 16 March in the former Holiday Inn on Bath Road, Heathrow, the 230-room hotel has been re-branded as the Leonardo Hotel London Heathrow Airport. It will benefit from a substantial refurbishment bringing it … [Read more...]
London Hotel Rooms reach £500k per room
London hotel property prices have reached a new high of £500,000 per room, which are more expensive than an average London apartment of £417,234 according to advisers Colliers International. Colliers analysed more than 2,500 two to five-star standard hotel rooms that transacted in Central London over the last two years, at an aggregate price of over £1.5 billion, which … [Read more...]
TripAdvisor: 15 years of change and impact – what next?
TripAdvisor celebrates 15 this year and here a selection of senior TripAdvisor executives give for their views on how travel has changed in those years, what impact the website has had on the way we plan a trip, and what the future of travel might look like fifteen years from now. How has the way we travel changed in the last 15 years? Martin Vernon-Roe, VP Ad Sales, … [Read more...]
Moxy Hotels expects 150 hotels in Europe by 2020
Marriott International has announced plans to open 2,700 Moxy hotel rooms in key cities throughout Europe by end 2016. With a goal of 150 Moxy hotels and 25,000 rooms by 2020, the company expects to sign at least 4,200 rooms in 2015 alone. The announcement follows the successful debut of Moxy Milan Malpensa, Italy (above) in September 2014 and the news that the brand is … [Read more...]