Hitched.co.uk, the UK's most popular wedding website, has announced the addition of a best new honeymoon hotel category in their 2013 hitched.co.uk Breakthrough Awards which recognises talent in the wedding ‘industry’ – from photography, to floristry or cake design. Dean Yardley, managing director of hitched.co.uk, said: “The hitched.co.uk breakthrough awards are the UK's … [Read more...]
Jurys Inn invests £1.7 million in IT platform and systems
Jurys Inn Hotel Group has announced it is investing £1.7 million in new software and technology upgrades across its 32 hotels in Ireland, the UK and the Czech Republic, significantly enhancing its management system capabilities and services offered to over three million guests who stay in its hotels every year. Cloud-based central property management and reservation … [Read more...]
Hundreds of booking engines on board for TripAdvisor service ahead of launch
Are you aware of the imminent arrival of TripAdvisor Connect, the new platform coming soon for independent accommodation businesses? If not, it’s time to check it out! TripAdvisor has announced that 210 Internet booking engines from 48 countries have already signed up in anticipation of the site’s game-changing online platform, TripAdvisor Connect, scheduled to launch later … [Read more...]
Great Hotels of the World wins Seven Star Global Luxury Award
Great Hotels of the World, the London-based hotel sales and marketing alliance has received the ‘Best Hotel Collection’ Award at the Seven Star Global Luxury Awards which recently took place at Villa Padierna Palace Hotel in Marbella, Spain. Great Hotels of the World received the award ahead of other nominees including Leading Hotels of the World, Small Luxury Hotels of the … [Read more...]
Marriott to lower carbon footprint in Europe
Marriott International has launched a number of strategic energy saving initiatives in Europe to reduce carbon dioxide or C02 emissions versus annual targets by an additional 7 percent over the next three years. Forged in response to the company’s global goal of reducing energy and water consumption by 20 percent by 2020, the initiatives will build on Marriott’s decades-long … [Read more...]