Hotel solutions provider HRS is reminding travel and procurement managers to review their travel programmes on a regular basis to get the best possible rates as they continue to soar in the UK and Ireland year on year. Prices grew in UK and Ireland in 2014 According to latest research from HRS, average prices for hotel room nights grew solidly in all of the UK and … [Read more...]
Considerate Hotel of the Year Awards 2015’
Considerate Hoteliers has launched the ‘Considerate Hotel of the Year Awards 2015’, with the winners to be announced at an Awards Gala event at the Mandarin Oriental Hyde Park London on July 3rd 2015. Entry is free and open to all its UK & International members, and also open to other non-member hotels in the UK and internationally (at a nominal entry fee), and the … [Read more...]
Reduce stress with Waggers at Staybridge Suites
Waggers, an adorable miniature chocolate labradoodle, is London’s first hotel dog. He has just been appointed by the 93-suite Staybridge Suites London Vauxhall to be part of the hotel’s ‘welcome home’ reception team. While Waggers (three months old) won’t be able to take guests bags on arrival, he is guaranteed to offer a waggy welcome and a heart-warming gaze. Working … [Read more...]
Andrew McKenzie of The Vineyard Group is Imbibe Hotel Personality of the Year
Having worked in the hospitality industry for nearly 40 years, Andrew McKenzie, Managing Director of The Vineyard Group, was delighted to have been chosen as this year’s winner of the Imbibe Hotel Personality of the Year Award announced at Mondrian Hotel’s Rumpus Room on Monday 2 February 2015. Andrew is no stranger to winning awards and was proud to accept the coveted Catey … [Read more...]
New Tune for Canary Wharf
Tune Hotels, pioneers of the hotel industry’s ‘limited service’ model, will open its fifth London hotel and the seventh in the UK next month. The 130 room Tune Hotel Canary Wharf opened its doors to the public on 2 February, continuing its strategic focus on London. Shoreditch will be the home of the sixth London hotel in 2016 and details of further openings are currently … [Read more...]