This year’s Hospace 2013 is rapidly approaching – it’s held on 21 November. Here, Carl Weldon previews this must-attend event. In these days of information assaults from all sides while you’re trying to do the day job, it pays to take some time out to step back and consider what is going on in the industry from experts, leaders and even your own colleagues. HOSPA is made … [Read more...]
Inaugural Smith Hotel Awards – the winners
Boutique hotel experts Mr & Mrs Smith announced 7 November the winners of their first ever hotel awards – a celebration of some of the world’s best boltholes and a marker of the evolution of the boutique hotel industry over the last decade. The international cast of stunningly beautiful and often dramatic hotels on display provided formidable competition, but Lime Wood, … [Read more...]
Menzies Hotels close to sale?
Property Week reports that the sale of the Menzies portfolio of hotels for just over £80m may be close, revealing that Sol Zakay’s Topland is in talks to buy it. KPMG are administrators to the portfolio of 15 hotels, appointed after parent company Cordial Hotels went into administration in May after defaulting on a £165m loan. None of the parties involved was prepared to … [Read more...]
BHA Chief Executive Ufi Ibrahim to chair HOSPACE 2013 ‘Leaders Panel’
British Hospitality Association (BHA) Chief Executive Ufi Ibrahim HOSPA is to chair a line-up of top hospitality captains of industry for HOSPACE 2013’s annual ‘Leaders Panel’ discussion – this year entitled ‘Key issues, trends and developments facing the industry today’. Under Ufi Ibrahim’s expert guidance, the panellists – HOSPA President Robert Cook, Chief Executive of De … [Read more...]
The Lanesborough announces renovation plans and auction
The Lanesborough has announced it will be undertaking an extensive renovation project as part of the hotel’s commitment to providing guests with unrivalled facilities and services. As a result of the planned renovation, it will close its doors on the 20 December, 2013 and re-open in the fourth quarter of 2014. Designs by renowned designer Alberto Pinto The new designs by … [Read more...]