IM London, specialists in service sector branding and web design, has just completed a contemporary new branding for 137-bedroom Aubrey Park Hotel in Hertfordshire. The re-brand includes a new website designed and built by IM London, new look social media and a full suite of printed collateral and signage. The new identity itself takes inspiration from the hotel’s classic … [Read more...]
Master Innholders to explore opportunities in economic recovery
The Master Innholders’ 22nd Annual Hotel General Managers’ Conference is expected to be another sell-out success as details of this year’s theme are announced. Taking place at London Hilton on Park Lane on 19 and 20 January 2015, a theme of ‘People & Places’ underpins a programme designed to provide hotel general managers with insight into what motivates customers in a … [Read more...]
Provinces and Scotland shine, London hotels flat
Whilst London’s hotel profitability showed positive year-on-year movements in the month of September, the UK provinces put the capital’s performance in shade with gross operating profit per available room (GOPPAR) showing a double digit growth. In particular, Scottish hoteliers recorded a 27.3% surge in this metric, according to the latest data from HotStats ARR in Scotland … [Read more...]
Landmark hotel in Llandovery on the market
The landmark Castle Hotel in Llandovery, Carmarthenshire - run by Welsh group, Taste Inn Wales - is on the market with sector specialists at Colliers International. The recently refurbished Grade II listed 19-bedroom residential inn overlooks the town centre and provides 15 en suite letting rooms plus four more basic walkers’ rooms. The public facilities include a bar and … [Read more...]
Sleep to get more creative with ibis exhibition
This November, a dozen British artists will gather together to share their artistic visual expression of sleep at a special exhibition at Gallery Different in London hosted by ibis hotels. The ibis Sleep Art exhibition, which takes place from 24 November, has been curated by ibis hotels, the hotel company which brought you the Sleep Art App - an iphone app which turns the … [Read more...]