Prism Expands into Europe with Belvilla Hotels as It Gears Up for a Record-Breaking IPO
Prism, the parent company of OYO, is making significant strides in expanding its footprint across Europe by utilizing its vacation rental brand, Belvilla, to enter the hotel industry. Prism has recently opened three hotels in Germany, signaling…
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Scrap proposed England holiday tax, hospitality bosses urge
Plans for a tax on people taking holidays in England should be scrapped, 200 hospitality and leisure bosses have urged.
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What The Belfry and Club Quarters learned from renovating while staying operational
What’s the best way to carry out extensive redevelopment works while staying open for business? It’s an issue many hotel investors and owners must face.
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How three hotel CEOs are steering their organisations through change
Three very different hotel organisations - an owner‑operator, a third‑party manager, and a brand affiliation group - are demonstrating how decisive leadership can reshape portfolios, strengthen performance, and prepare businesses for a demanding…
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How the UK Building Safety Act is reshaping hotel development
The UK Building Safety Act was introduced in 2022 to enhance building safety regulation in response to the Grenfell Tower fire tragedy. Although widely supported, it has resulted in higher costs and longer timescales…
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Rescued Scafell Pike hikers urged to pay hotel bill and return head torches
A mountain rescue team has appealed for two rescued walkers to pay a hotel bill they owe, return head torches they took and collect a hospital crutch one of them used to climb Scafell Pike in treacherous conditions…
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Ranking the top 50 UK hotel businesses: market report and strategic analysis
This annual market report from Hotel Owner delivers a comprehensive analysis of the UK hotel market, ranking the top 50 UK-registered hotel businesses and assessing the economic and operational forces shaping the sector. By examining scale…
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How Exclusive Collection’s Danny Pecorelli built the top luxury corporate hotel group in the land
As managing director of Exclusive Collection, Danny Pecorelli oversees one of the country’s most distinctive luxury hotel groups, with a portfolio that spans country house hotels, a gastro pub, destination spas, Michelin-starred dining, golf…
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Hotel concierges work hard to ensure that a guest's stay is perfect, and sometimes this means fulfilling unusual requests. David Haines is the Head Concierge at Park Plaza London Westminster Bridge and has been in the industry for decades…
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US porn tycoon buys up plush Scots hotel as she reveals vision for future
She and daughter Sydney have teamed up to transform the 1625 landmark
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The 'demanding' influencers who have become every five-star hotel's worst nightmare
The UK's poshest hotels were once solely the preserve of the rich, the famous and the royal - the wealthy, dressed exquisitely, would glide in and out of such establishments with little fanfare.
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‘We’ve seen everything’: tales from the frontline of hospitality's late-night workers
Sex, drugs, drinks – and great connections. Bar workers report from the frontline of the midnight shift
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London’s hotel patissiers battle as cakes become big business
The lines are the city’s top hotels and the weapons are Chantilly cream and croquembouche, as celebrity chefs compete to feed our appetite for fancy cakes
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Why capsule hotels are taking global cities by storm
What started out as minimalist sleeping pods for Japanese salarymen has morphed into an urban hospitality trend, with London leading the charge.
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Ads for Booking.com and three hotel chains banned over misleading prices
Adverts for three hotel chains and the travel site Booking.com have been banned for misleading consumers about the number of rooms available at the cheapest prices.
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Luxury hotel oversupply looms over London
London’s high-end hotel market is heading into its heaviest period of new openings in more than a decade, raising fears that a wave of luxury room supply could outstrip demand and put pressure on prices in one of the world’s most expensive cities…
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Tales from hotel car valets: knickers in a Ferrari and other secrets
They move million-pound supercars around London’s streets every day, but what happens when a wing mirror gets dinged or an owner is exceptionally rude?
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Gordon Ramsay's restaurant empire slashes nearly 200 jobs after losses hit £13.2million last year
Gordon Ramsay's restaurant empire has axed nearly 200 jobs after recording a loss of £13.2 million over last year…
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