Fleurets has confirmed the sale of the Izaak Walton Hotel on behalf of Peter Blair and Richard Saville of business rescue and recovery consultants Begbies Traynor, Nottingham, selling in their capacity as Joint Liquidators of the owning company. The Izaak Walton Hotel has been a popular destination for visitors to the Peak District National Park and as a wedding venue over … [Read more...]
Outline Planning for major leisure development at intu Lakeside
intu has received outline planning consent to create a multi-million leisure development at intu Lakeside, its market leading centre in Thurrock. The leisure proposals mark the continuing evolution of the centre, building upon existing plans for a £180m expansion of the centre that will bring 30-40 new stores and a substantial investment in local community … [Read more...]
BLUE BADGE STYLE – bringing the issue of ‘access’ to the forefront of hospitality
Blue Badge Style, the first app and website guide to a stylish lifestyle for the less-able, has been appointed a member of the British Hospitality Association in a bid to bring accessibility to the forefront of the industry’s attention. With her mobile app and Pictorial Access Description system the BBS Founder, Fiona Jarvis, hopes to help make British hospitality more … [Read more...]
47,000+ hospitality businesses see results from TripAdvisor’s Review Express service
TripAdvisor® has revealed that over 47,000 hospitality businesses, of which 30,000 are small to medium-sized hotels and bed & breakfasts, have used the site’s free Review Express service since it launched in May 2013. Review Express users are seeing an average uplift of 33 percent in reviews for their property on TripAdvisor as a result of using the service, helping … [Read more...]
Sunborn London Superyacht Hotel arrives
Sunborn London, the city’s first luxury Superyacht Hotel, operated by ISS Facility Services, cruised up the Thames on 1 April, 2014, sailing along the Thames estuary, having travelled from Holland. She was then taken up river to a temporary berth where she will undergo her UK re-fit before moving later in April to her final berth in East London’s Royal Victoria Docks alongside … [Read more...]