Acting on behalf of Avid Asset Management Ltd, Christie + Co has been retained as exclusive adviser to sell the highly profitable Holiday Inn Nottingham. Situated next to the Castle Marina Business Park and within a short walk of Nottingham’s bustling city centre, the purpose built hotel comprises 128 en suite bedrooms and is available with the benefit of a franchise … [Read more...]
Kudos partners Coronation Street The Tour into 2015
Continuum Leading Attractions has awarded the Coronation Street The Tour contract to caterer Kudos. After a competitive tender process Kudos had its existing contract extended for a further 15 months. Planning permission was granted this month and the attraction will remain open until December 2015. The Tour opened in April 2014 and has already seen over 300,000 visitors. … [Read more...]
Lancaster London appoints Ben Purton as Executive Chef
The iconic mid-century Lancaster London, one of the largest banqueting hotels in Europe, has appointed Ben Purton as its new Executive Chef overseeing the hotel’s two restaurants Island Grill and Nipa Thai, banqueting for up to 3,000 guests, room service, plus the menus and Afternoon Tea in the Lounge Bar. He is also responsible for an 85-strong kitchen brigade (including … [Read more...]
‘Four in a Bed’ slot for Absolute Pubs
Absolute Pubs founder Simon Bailey is appearing on Channel 4’s ‘Four in a Bed’ programme all this week, as the Flower Pot Hotel in Sunbury competes against three other B&B and hotel operators. Bailey and Pierre Cudon, general manager at the Flower Pot, are shown hosting guests to the Flower Pot for an overnight stay with dinner. As required by the show format, Bailey and … [Read more...]
Punch quiz winners take on celebrities!
A quiz team from Kenilworth, crowned best in the country at the final of Punch Taverns’ Great British Pub Quiz, will host a special celebrity quiz event in November. The Unusual Suspects team representing Punch’s Royal Oak in Kenilworth were winners of Britain’s largest pub quiz competition last month. In addition to the £2000 cash prize, the team also won the chance for the … [Read more...]