Long standing Michelin starred chef Alfred Prasad, formerly of Tamarind and Zaika joins Athenian grill restaurant, Suvlaki in Soho as a Consultant Chef. With his expertise, Prasad will bring an elevation to their already delicious, authentic and traditional Greek offering. Prasad has been working tirelessly alongside Elias Mamalakis on exciting new dishes which will feature on … [Read more...]
ME London dominates at international hotel awards
Luxury lifestyle hotel, ME London won two awards at this year’s International Hotel Awards. For the second consecutive year the hotel was crowned ‘Best City Hotel UK’, and has also been chosen as ‘Best City International Hotel’. Guillaume Marly, General Manager, ME London, said; “It is thanks to a great team effort that we have been recognised and presented with these … [Read more...]
HotStats UK Chain Hotels Market Review
West Midlands Hoteliers Make a Bright Start to 2016 Hotels in the West Midlands made a good start to 2016, recording a 1.5% increase in profit per room driven by revenue growth across all departments, including Rooms (+3.0%), Food & Beverage (+0.4%), Conference & Banqueting (+2.9%) and Leisure (+7.3%), according to the latest HotStats data. The overall 1.8% … [Read more...]
Upgraded customer experience drives a record year
Trading Statement for the Year Ended 31 December 2015 (Unaudited) Financial Highlights EBITDA(1) exceeds £100m for the first time in Travelodge’s history Total revenue(2) up 13% to £558m (2014: £494m) RevPar(3) up 11.7% to £38.44 (2014: £34.42); outperforming the market Average room rate(3) up 10.2% to £50.19 (2014: £45.53) Occupancy(3) up 1.0 percentage point to … [Read more...]
Tourism chiefs gear up for launch of 11th Scottish Tourism Week
Scottish tourism chiefs will rendezvous at Crieff Hydro on Tuesday 8 March as the Scottish Tourism Alliance (STA) prepares to hit the road for a week-long series of Scotland wide tourism industry conferences, seminars, business breakfasts, lunches and receptions. Scottish Tourism Week will see over 25 events held across the length and breadth of Scotland before the tourism … [Read more...]