Jurgen Ammerstorfer will be hotel manager at the Shangri-La Hotel, At The Shard, London with immediate effect. London’s first elevated luxury hotel – starting at 125 metres high – Shangri-La Hotel, At The Shard, London will occupy levels 34 to 52 of The Shard, Western Europe’s tallest building. Working alongside Executive Vice President and General Manager Darren Gearing, … [Read more...]
Restaurant & Bar Design Awards 2013 winners
Leading architects, interior and lighting designers, and hospitality operators from around the world gathered 12 September to recognise the latest innovative and inspiring designs to be found in the food and drink establishments in the UK and abroad. Now in their fifth year, the Restaurant & Bar Design Awards received 670 submissions from the UK and 60 other … [Read more...]
Best boutique hotel in the world? Time to find out…
Globe-roving boutique hotel experts Mr & Mrs Smith are celebrating 10 years in travel with the launch of their own hotel awards, and they’re inviting boutique hotel fans around the world to get involved and help select the best. For the first time, Smith is putting the properties in their hand-picked collection head-to-head in 12 innovative award categories, to find the … [Read more...]
STR forecasts London occupancy up but ADR down
STR reports that, based on STR Global daily data from August, preliminary data for Greater London shows: * increases in supply (2.3 percent) and demand (7.3 percent); * a 4.9-percent increase in occupancy to 86.3 percent; * a 16.7-percent decrease in average daily rate to GBP132.79; and * a 12.7-percent fall in revenue per available room to GBP114.54. “London has … [Read more...]
Overseas visitor spending up by 23% y-o-y for July
Figures from the 2013 International Passenger Survey (IPS) reveal a 23% boost in tourist spending compared to July 2012. This increase saw July enjoy record levels of spend as overseas visitors parted with £2.52 billion, beating the previous monthly record of £2.43 billion set in August 2012. The results also suggest tourism numbers have fully recovered one year on from the … [Read more...]