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Bean Coffee opens outlet at Venus in Trafford Park

Bean Coffee has opened its third Coffee Shop outlet in Manchester at Peel Land and Property’s landmark office building ‘Venus’ in Trafford Park. more...
Monday, 20. February 2012
Heathrow Premier Inn, UK, London, Hotel - Photo: Heathrow Premier Inn, UK, London, Hotel

Heathrow Premier Inn is ready for take-off

McAleer & Rushe has completed construction work on a 400-bedroom Premier Inn hotel at Heathrow Airport Terminal Five, handing the project over to developer Grove Developments three months ahead of schedule. more...
Friday, 17. February 2012

Shiraz Boghani purchases the InterContinental London Westminster Hotel

The InterContinental London Westminster Hotel was purchased for an undisclosed figure by Mr Shiraz Boghani, (one of the Partners responsible for initiating the project) who emerged as the successful bidder in a formal tender process... more...
Friday, 17. February 2012
Trowbridge St Stephens Place - Photo: Trowbridge St Stephens Place

Legal & General achieved planning consent on St Stephens Place Leisure Park

Legal & General Property, the owner of Castle Place Shopping Centre in Trowbridge, has achieved planning consent on St Stephens Place Leisure Park. Planning permission was granted... more...
Thursday, 16. February 2012

Andermatt Swiss Alps continues to develop dynamically in 2012

Andermatt Swiss Alps AG, a wholly owned subsidiary of Orascom Development Holding AG, provides an update on the Andermatt project. The development of the tourist resort continues to progress in leaps and bounds. Further important... more...
Wednesday, 15. February 2012

Ukraine has enough hotel rooms to host EURO 2012 guests

European football fans will have no problems finding accommodation during EURO 2012, said the Vice Prime Minister, Minister of Infrastructure of Ukraine Borys Kolesnikov. He explained that the reported shortage of places at hotels in... more...
Wednesday, 15. February 2012

Mandarin Oriental to open a luxury resort in Bodrum

Mandarin Oriental, Bodrum, which is slated to open in 2014, will be located on a 60 hectare waterfront site on the northern side of the peninsula, at ‘Cennet Koyu’ or Paradise Bay. The resort’s 82 exclusive guestrooms and 20 suites... more...
Tuesday, 14. February 2012

Central London hotel The Kingsley by Thistle was sold

CBRE Hotels announce the sale of The Kingsley by Thistle on behalf of Curzon Hotels to a private client of Citi Private Bank. The sale completed with the benefit of a management contract with Guoman Hotel Management (UK) Limited. more...
Tuesday, 14. February 2012

Riyadh hotels achieve the highest rates and profits in MENA in 2011

Hotels in Riyadh achieved the highest Average Room Rate (ARR) and Gross Operating Profit Per Available Room (GOPPAR) in the region for the month of December and full year 2011, according to the latest HotStats survey by TRI Hospitality... more...
Wednesday, 8. February 2012

Mövenpick Hotels & Resorts announces new Paris hotel

Mövenpick Hotels & Resorts to announce the management of its first hotel in the French capital. The upscale international hospitality company of Swiss heritage will take over operations of the hotel – currently branded as Courtyard by... more...
Monday, 6. February 2012
Cliveden - Photo: Cliveden

Cliveden House hotel sold

One of UK’s most famous hotels, Cliveden House Hotel is sold to Ian and Richard Livingstone. Christie + Co was acting for the administrators of von Essen Hotels. Christie + Co has now sold 20 properties from the group including the Thorn... more...
Friday, 3. February 2012

Modernisation programme follows sale of Best Western Hotel in Bath

A three-year modernisation programme designed to transform one of Bath’s oldest hotels, The Abbey, into a mid-market boutique offering, has today been announced by the hotel’s new owners Ian and Christa Taylor. more...
Thursday, 2. February 2012

Significant progress made at development scheme in Greenwich

Development Securities in joint venture with Cathedral Group plc, today announces that the construction of its 2.2 acre mixed use development, The Movement, Greenwich, will start in Q2 2012 having signed the S106 agreement with London... more...
Wednesday, 1. February 2012

Terence O’Rourke wins two UK hotel awards

National planning and design consultancy Terence O’Rourke Ltd and Blue Forest have received a double honour at The International Hotel Awards 2011 in association with Bloomberg Television, for their excellent work at Chewton Glen. more...
Wednesday, 1. February 2012

Chain Hotels Market: Mixed profit performance results registered for the month of December

Five of the ten European cities for which we present data this month registered Gross Operating Profit per Available Room (GOPPAR) growth in December according to the latest HotStats survey by TRI Hospitality Consulting. more...
Friday, 27. January 2012

London hoteliers record a 4.7% increase in profit per room in 2011

A difficult end to the year has not stopped hoteliers in London recording a second consecutive year of profitability growth, according to the latest HotStats survey of approximately 550 full-service hotels across the UK by TRI... more...
Thursday, 26. January 2012

German hotel investment market to remain stable in 2012 despite the Eurozone crisis

CBRE Hotels reflects on the positive performance of the German hotel investment market in 2011. Hotel transaction volume grew for the second consecutive year. In 2010 transaction volume increased by more than 100% on the previous year... more...
Tuesday, 24. January 2012

Malmaison agreement to lease new Dundee hotel

Malmaison it is to open its first new hotel since concluding a refinancing agreement last year and the appointment of Gary Davis as the hotel group's new chief executive. An agreement to lease has been concluded for a new 91 bedroom... more...
Monday, 23. January 2012