For me, a truly great, truly memorable dining experience is just that, an experience. Part food, part company, part atmosphere, a sum greater than its parts and something that will stay in my memory for a long time to come. Last December with a log fire crackling beside a well-dressed tree, in the Drawing Room of a Grade 2 listed hotel, I sat down to a delicious breakfast … [Read more...]
US closes Cuban hotels
The US Government has instructed Marriott to close all hotels in Cuba following President Trump’s tightening of the US trade embargo on Cuba. US closes Cuban hotels. The tightening of embargo conditions from the Trump administration is designed to pressure Cuba to adopt democratic reform and to cease support for Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro. Marriott operates hotels … [Read more...]
Global hotel superpower outlook
Global hotel superpowers share recovery outlook agreeing and disagreeing on where it will focus. Senior executives from Accor, Marriott, and other global hotel brands took part in a webinar event earlier this week hosted by New York University. The webinar event took place to review the impact from Covid-19 on hotels around the world, from hoteliers that operate … [Read more...]
Travelodge Owners Action Group raise temperatures in CVA dispute
Travelodge is embroiled in an ever increasingly bitter row following refusing to pay landlords any rent for the second three months of 2020. Travelodge is moving itself into insolvency proceedings using a company voluntary arrangement (CVA), in an attempt to reduce its rent costs by circa 40% to the end of 2021 and save 10,000 jobs. Where much of the disagreement … [Read more...]
Rocco Forte Hotels reopening – starting today
Rocco Forte Hotels announce European reopening dates as the repoening starts today in Rome. Rocco Forte Hotels has announced that a number of hotels and resorts within the hotel group are set to reopen for the summer months, showing signs of positivity in the hospitality industry. Hotels and resorts in the following locations, in Italy and Germany, will be the first … [Read more...]