The Mayor of London with support from the government and working with Intercontinental Hotels Group has secured 300 hotel rooms to enable Londoners sleeping rough to self-isolate. Londoners sleeping rough will now be provided with vital protection from COVID-19 as the Mayor’s team works with IHG to block-book rooms in London hotels. Through the weekend rough sleepers who … [Read more...]
VIDEO: Marriott CEO Arne Sorenson on COVID-19 “never seen anything like it in 92 years”
To gain perspective on the current impact on hotels from the global COVID-19 pandemic, the biggest hotel group in the world, Marriott, is worth taking some notice of. In a statement to the press Marriott Worldwide CEO Arne Sorenson said: “In terms of our business, COVID-19 is like nothing we’ve ever seen before, and for a company that’s 92 years old, that’s borne witness … [Read more...]
Spanish hotels being converted into emergency COVID-19 care facilities
The four star 360 bedroom Gran Hotel Colon in Madrid last Thursday morning closed to guests and opened for nurses and doctors, many of the doctors are young and not yet fully qualified. Wearing face masks doctors and nurses now welcome patients daily as the hotel has been converted to a care facility for people suffering with milder cases of COVID-19. Regional government in … [Read more...]
Macdonald Hotels emerge as hospitality heroes
Yesterday we wrote about the early emergence of heroes and villains in hospitality, while some heroes are looking after the interests of their colleagues and peers, Britannia Hotels made employees immediately homeless. We are delighted this morning to highlight a new hero emerging, Macdonald Hotels. In direct response to the situation of Britannia Hotels making some of their … [Read more...]
Restaurants and pubs forced to close alongside measures to aid hospitality workers in crisis
Prime Minister Boris Johnson this afternoon flanked by Chancellor Rishi Sunak and England's deputy chief medical officer, Dr Jenny Harries told all restaurants, pubs and cafes to close their doors to the public by end of business tonight. Nationwide closure from tonight All venues where social gathering takes place including leisure centres, nightclubs, theatres, cinemas … [Read more...]