After reaching an important milestone with 2,000 hotels offering Meetings & Events facilities, Accor has now launched the Accor Meeting Hotel Finder which enables meeting planners to search for their ideal venue. The search is available according to the following criteria: Geography (continent, country, city, airport hotels) Type of meeting (attendance, room layout, … [Read more...]
Cains Brewery Village gets planning approval
Construction on a new tourism, leisure and retail attraction in Liverpool will start within a year after councillors approved plans and granted listing building consent on 19 November for the £150m development of Cains Brewery Village. The first phase of the new one million square feet development, which will secure the city’s iconic beer brand and grade II listed brewery for … [Read more...]
European Hotel Design Awards 2013 – winners
The awards celebrate exceptional hotel design and architecture, honouring the work of industry leading architects, designers, hotel owners and operators. The winners were announced on Tuesday 19 November, and can be seen below, with links. British hotels feature with both the Bulgari hotel and the Plum & Spilt Milk Restaurant at The Great Northern Hotel winning. The … [Read more...]
British Tourism – a powerhouse for job creation
Tourism’s central role in creating new jobs across Britain has been underlined in a report just released by Deloitte - ‘Tourism: jobs and growth’ - commissioned by VisitBritain. Highlights: Tourism economy set to grow 3.8% per annum – faster than manufacturing, construction and retail Currently worth £127bn and growing to £257bn by 2025 - 10% of UK GDP Supporting 3 … [Read more...]
Peter Gowers is new CEO of Travelodge
Travelodge, the UK’s leading budget hotel chain, has announced the appointment of Peter Gowers (41) as its new Chief Executive Officer to succeed Grant Hearn. Peter will start on the 25th of November 2013. Peter Gowers joins Travelodge from Safestore Holdings plc, the UK’s largest self-storage operator, where he has served as Chief Executive Officer since 2011. Previously he … [Read more...]