The doors to London’s most anticipated hotel opened on Tuesday 6 May with the unveiling of Shangri-La Hotels and Resorts’ first property in the United Kingdom. With the city’s highest bar on level 52, modern European with an Asian twist 35 storeys above ground and a patisserie and deli at street level, London’s first elevated luxury hotel offers a food and drink destination … [Read more...]
STR Global partners with ASAP in serviced apartment data
In another sign of the growth and profile of the serviced apartment sector, STR Global is to partner with the Association of Serviced Apartment Providers, and has announced that it has expanded its data collection to include performance data for serviced apartments. STR Global, the leading provider of global hotel data, will now take on the data-collection aspects of the … [Read more...]
Moët UK Sommelier of the Year: semi-finalists announced
The Academy of Food & Wine Service (AFWS) has announced the names of the sommeliers going through to the semi-finals of the Moët UK Sommelier of the Year 2014 following the regional finals held earlier this week in Bristol, two London venues and Stafford. They are: Loic Avril, The Fat Duck, Bray Romain Bourger, The Vineyard at Stockcross, Newbury Lukasz Kolodziejczyk, … [Read more...]
BT Sport signs up 19,000 commercial premises
BT Sport has announced that more than 19,000 pubs, clubs, betting shops, hotels and other commercial premises have now signed up to its sports service. In just nine months since the channels went on air for the first time last August, BT Sport has captured 24 per cent of all pubs – nearly 1 in 4 - including groups and independents, putting BT Sport neck and neck with Sky at 25 … [Read more...]
Hotel performance improves across the UK
Zolfo Cooper, HVS and AM:PM have released the Hotel Bulletin for Q1 2014, including demand commentary using data points from HotStats™ and this quarter providing analysis of quarterly transaction values and potential investment indicators in the UK hotel market. Key themes continued widespread RevPAR and profitability growth in London and the regions – though greater in … [Read more...]