Hilton Worldwide is opening more doors for its guests through the scaled deployment of its latest innovation: mobile-enabled room key. Beginning in late spring of 2015, Hilton HHonors members staying at U.S. properties of the Hilton Hotels & Resorts, Waldorf Astoria Hotels & Resorts, Conrad Hotels & Resorts and Canopy by Hilton brands, can simply and securely use … [Read more...]
St Mary’s: from hospital to Inn
Opened on 1 November 2014, St Mary’s Inn is located on the site of what was formerly St Mary’s hospital, 2 miles west of Stannington village in Northumberland. With a £1.5m investment creating 40 new jobs, the pub – which is part of the Jesmond Dene House family - is housed in what used to be the administration building of the hospital and will be the central focus of a new … [Read more...]
Thanks so much you have made my year
‘Thanks so much you have made my year’ was the sign off from John Harding in reply to our email advising him that he had won our Northcote - Villeroy & Boch competition. Having spoken with John a little earlier, it was a real joy to hear his delight at winning lunch or dinner for two and an overnight stay at Northcote. The competition details can be seen here. The … [Read more...]
Gleneagles announces new Managing Director
The Gleneagles Hotel, Perthshire, has announced the appointment of a new Managing Director, as the resort celebrates its 90th year and reflects on the success of September’s Ryder Cup. Patrick Elsmie (pictured above) will stand down as the resort’s Managing Director at the end of 2014 after 20 years with the company, although he will remain at Gleneagles on a part-time basis … [Read more...]
September: Birmingham up; London, Glasgow down
The latest Hotel Price barometer from hotel.info shows London and Glasgow overnight costs have decreased quite considerably - just as in several international major cities. The current Hotel Price Barometer from free hotel booking portal hotel.info is based on approximately 2 million bookings annually in 250,000 hotels. The results are shown for cities in Europe and in … [Read more...]