Travelodge has improved an offer to landlords ahead of a vote this Friday to settle rent payments . In a bitter ongoing dispute between Travelodge and landlords the hotel company has made a number of concessions in a bid to try and win over angry property-owners. The latest episode in the saga was reported by Mark Kleinman, City editor at Sky News. Many of the … [Read more...]
Interview: Bold reopening plan unveiled by Q Hotels’ Group CEO
Reopening plan Q Hotels - Richard Moore, Group Chief Executive, Q Hotels Group As the Government continues to avoid giving hospitality businesses in England a date they can reopen, one hotelier isn’t waiting, he’s getting on and carefully planning for reopening 21 hotels on July 4. Richard Moore, Group Chief Executive, Q Hotels Group. We spoke with Richard to get a fuller … [Read more...]
Housekeeping for Covid-19 in line with Government guidelines
The UK Housekeepers’ Association has launched a new ‘Housekeeping Covid-19 Secure Standard’, developed through a strategic partnership with Umbrella Training. The standard has been designed to provide an industry-wide approach to cleaning, offering a clear process for housekeepers and accommodation managers to follow - in line with Government guidelines. With more … [Read more...]
Suppliers are essential to hospitality, show you’re the best
Preferred Hotels & Resorts is the world’s largest independent hotel brand representing more than 750 distinctive hotels, resorts, and residences across 85 countries. As Managing Director of Northern Europe a great many of our hotels across the UK, Ireland, the Netherlands, and Scandinavia, come under my remit. At Preferred, we strongly believe the travel industry … [Read more...]
Preferred Hotel Group acquires Beyond Green Travel
Preferred Hotel Group has today announced the acquisition of Beyond Green Travel – a world-renowned leader in providing sustainable tourism services and consulting, founded by ecotourism pioneer and global sustainability expert Costas Christ. Finalised on February 4, 2020, this is the first acquisition by the Ueberroth Family since they purchased Preferred Hotel Group, … [Read more...]
Pension fund acquires Gatwick Airport Hotel commercial ground rent
RPMI Railpen the investment manager for the £30bn railways pension scheme, has acquired the *commercial ground rent secured against a hotel next to Gatwick Airport. The former 185-room property is let on a 150-year lease to Axcel Hospitality Group. Formerly a Travelodge, Axcel Hospitality is to implement a comprehensive high-quality refurbishment of the hotel, … [Read more...]
OYO Hotels reopening procedures
OYO Hotels have new operational procedures in place to prepare for the reopening of hospitality across the UK. New procedures focus on a minimal-touch experience, ensuring stringent levels of hygiene and the ongoing need for social distancing. OYO will also introduce a ‘Sanitised Stays’ tag that will be displayed on online property descriptions, indicating that staff … [Read more...]
NH Hotel Group’s global reopening strategy
NH Hotel Group has launched a plan to gradually reopen its hotels around the world, in line with the easing of restrictions in most countries and with a view to reactivating activity as demand increases. The Company plans to have 55% of its portfolio open during the month of June, around 200 hotels out of the 361 it operates worldwide. Up until now, only 12 properties have … [Read more...]
Dining with the future
For me, a truly great, truly memorable dining experience is just that, an experience. Part food, part company, part atmosphere, a sum greater than its parts and something that will stay in my memory for a long time to come. Last December with a log fire crackling beside a well-dressed tree, in the Drawing Room of a Grade 2 listed hotel, I sat down to a delicious breakfast … [Read more...]
US closes Cuban hotels
The US Government has instructed Marriott to close all hotels in Cuba following President Trump’s tightening of the US trade embargo on Cuba. US closes Cuban hotels. The tightening of embargo conditions from the Trump administration is designed to pressure Cuba to adopt democratic reform and to cease support for Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro. Marriott operates hotels … [Read more...]
Global hotel superpower outlook
Global hotel superpowers share recovery outlook agreeing and disagreeing on where it will focus. Senior executives from Accor, Marriott, and other global hotel brands took part in a webinar event earlier this week hosted by New York University. The webinar event took place to review the impact from Covid-19 on hotels around the world, from hoteliers that operate … [Read more...]
Travelodge Owners Action Group raise temperatures in CVA dispute
Travelodge is embroiled in an ever increasingly bitter row following refusing to pay landlords any rent for the second three months of 2020. Travelodge is moving itself into insolvency proceedings using a company voluntary arrangement (CVA), in an attempt to reduce its rent costs by circa 40% to the end of 2021 and save 10,000 jobs. Where much of the disagreement … [Read more...]
Rocco Forte Hotels reopening – starting today
Rocco Forte Hotels announce European reopening dates as the repoening starts today in Rome. Rocco Forte Hotels has announced that a number of hotels and resorts within the hotel group are set to reopen for the summer months, showing signs of positivity in the hospitality industry. Hotels and resorts in the following locations, in Italy and Germany, will be the first … [Read more...]
citizenM acquisition signals growth
Dutch hotelier citizenM has acquired a property in Italy to be converted into a new hotel. The acquisition in a joint venture with European asset manager Antirion. The acquisition follows an ambitious new openings roll out across the US where citizenM has circa 20 new openings in the pipeline. This follows the announcement of the group’s fourth Paris property opening … [Read more...]
