Hotel comparison website Trivago has compiled a list of the 20 best value UK destinations for 2014. The Best Value Index takes into account both hotel prices and hotel reviews to produce a list of hidden gems: lesser known destinations travellers may not have considered visiting before. Top of the list is North Yorkshire’s Leyburn, a traditional market town above the northern … [Read more...]
Chinese spending in UK doubles
The latest data shows Chinese spending in the UK more than doubled in the first half of 2013, with China becoming the highest spending Asian market. And VisitBritain is now staging its biggest overseas business mission to date in Chengdu. Spend and visits from China have grown faster in percentage terms than any other of VisitBritain’s twenty-two priority markets, with spend … [Read more...]
New showerheads use less water and heat at Stoneleigh
Stoneleigh Park Lodge, set in the grounds of Stoneleigh Park, is having new environmentally-friendly showerheads installed in the en-suite bathrooms of its 58 bedrooms. The showerheads are being supplied by renewable energy specialist Integr8, also based at Stoneleigh Park, and are designed to reduce water consumption and heating costs as well as ensuring a constant flow of … [Read more...]
H20 urban hits high note with new Tune Hotel in E14
H2O Urban, the specialist canalside development partnership between the Canal & River Trust (CRT) and bloc, has secured planning permission to redevelop land at Cannon Drive, Isle of Dogs for a 130 bedroom hotel. The site – part of CRT’s UK portfolio of landholdings – will be developed by Raag Hotels Limited for a new Tune Hotel. The planning application secured by H2O … [Read more...]
Accor’s Pullman introduces its ‘Business Playground’ room
Pullman is reinventing meetings in its hotels with the “Business Playground” room created by designer Mathieu Lehanneur. This room reflects the brand’s “Work hard, Play hard” motto as well as its guests’ lifestyle. It combines performance and pleasure with a fresh take on the traditional aspects of a meeting: a meeting table designed like a poker table, a private area for … [Read more...]