Sleeperz Hotels, the innovative UK budget hotel operator, is to launch Cityroomz – a rooms-based sister brand offering convenience and comfort at great value prices – with an opening in Edinburgh in May. Sleeperz Hotels specialises in building design-led premium budget hotels in city centres close to mainline rail stations. It currently operates successful hotels in Cardiff … [Read more...]
CBRE expands with addition of TRI Hospitality
CBRE has announced that TRI Hospitality Consulting (“TRI”), one of Europe’s leading hotel consultancy practices, is joining CBRE Hotels EMEA, further strengthening its consultancy practice. TRI’s team, which is led by the highly respected Jonathan Langston and David Bailey, will work alongside Graham Windle and the existing CBRE consultancy practice, and this move will … [Read more...]
Jupiter Hotels go wifi free
Recognising the need to provide fast, effective and free WiFi for guests, Jupiter Hotels is upgrading its Quadriga Genesis guest Internet and entertainment system to offer a comprehensive guest WiFi solution in all of its 26 UK properties, incorporating all 2861 bedrooms and public areas, as part of a major investment in guest technology. Shane Harris, CEO of Jupiter Hotels, … [Read more...]
LaSalle purchases the Travelodge Bath Waterside Hotel
LaSalle Investment Management has made its fifth Travelodge investment with the acquisition of the long leasehold interest in Travelodge Bath Waterside from Lloyds Banking Group for £11.2 million following a limited marketing campaign to selected parties. The transaction shows a net initial yield of 9.0 per cent with the property held on a ground lease having 123 years … [Read more...]
2013 National Hotel Marketing Conference to take place at Hilton St George’s Park on 28 June
The seventh annual National Hotel Marketing Conference will be held on Friday 28th June, at the Hilton St George's Park, the Football Association's brand new £100m centre of excellence near Burton-upon-Trent, Staffordshire. The Conference is expected to attract up to 200 hotel owners, General Managers, marketing and sales managers, marketing suppliers to the industry and … [Read more...]