The Red Carnation Hotel Collection was celebrating on 2 July a notable achievement: its domination of TripAdvisor’s London hotel rankings with all top five TripAdvisor places inhabited by five of its luxury London properties. The top five rankings on TripAdvisor: The Egerton House Hotel, Knightsbridge The Milestone Hotel, Kensington Hotel 41, Belgravia The Montague … [Read more...]
Mercure and the midscale hotel market
The launch of the Mercure London Bridge just last week was a clear indication of the importance of the Mercure portfolio to Accor, the world’s leading hotel operator with over 3,500 hotels in 92 countries. Mercure is the second largest hotel chain in midscale, with 732 hotels in 50 countries – and is rapidly expanding with an average of one opening per week and over 15,000 … [Read more...]
Raymond Blanc adds Légion d’Honneur to OBE
Raymond Blanc OBE has been presented with the insignia of Chevalier in the Ordre national de Légion d’Honneur in the ministerial Order du Mérite Agricole, for services to agriculture, the highest French decoration, by Bernard Emié, French Ambassador to the United Kingdom. Raymond Blanc was born in Besançon, France, but has lived in Britain for over 30 years. Arriving in … [Read more...]
Oakley Court Hotel in Windsor in administration and for sale
Following the appointment of John Hansen and Stuart Irwin of KPMG as Joint Administrators of Oakley Court Hotel Limited, Colliers International has been instructed to find a buyer for the business and property known as the Oakley Court Hotel. The Oakley Court Hotel is one of the finest and most renowned country house hotels in the gothic style in England, with net turnover … [Read more...]
Whitbread launches new hotel concept – ‘hub by Premier Inn’
Whitbread PLC, the UK’s largest hotel group, is launching a new hotel concept, ‘hub by Premier Inn’. The new concept will target major UK city centres such as London and Edinburgh, with the first ‘hub by Premier Inn’ to open on St. Martin’s Lane in London in summer 2014. ‘hub by Premier Inn’ looks set to become a formidable competitor in the UK’s city centre, economy hotel … [Read more...]