Articles by Date : October 01 2006 - October 31 2006

Folio Hotels in £5m St James’s Club and Hotel refurbishment
Hotel operator Folio Hotels is ploughing £5m into the refurbishment of the St James’s Club and Hotel in London. more
(31 October 2006 16:50)

Record breaking summer for UK hotels
UK hotels have enjoyed their best summer’s performance since the millennium, according to sector analysts PKF. more
(31 October 2006 16:35)

Hospitality workers fear for their personal safety at work
Six out of 10 hospitality workers fear for their personal safety at work, according to a new survey. more
(31 October 2006 16:33)

Sheffield United signs Millennium & Copthorne hotels
Millennium & Copthorne (M&C) is to manage the new hotel at Sheffield United FC’s Bramall Lane stadium. more
(31 October 2006 15:45)

Hilton’s president of UK and Ireland to retire
Hilton’s president of UK and Ireland, Howard Friedman, is to retire after 17 years at the company. more
(31 October 2006 15:22)

Cafédirect launches high-street coffee shop
Fairtrade drinks company Cafédirect has opened its first high-street coffee shop in London’s Regent Street. more
(31 October 2006 15:02)

Skills gap won't be met if migrant restrictions are imposed
The limit on the number of Bulgarian and Romanian migrants allowed to work in the UK will have a damaging effect on hospitality employers, according.... more
(31 October 2006 14:39)

Bob Cotton joins IH&RA board of directors
British Hospitality Association chief executive Bob Cotton has been elected to the International Hotel & Restaurant Association’s (IH&RA) new board.... more
(31 October 2006 14:11)

New WTTC chairman announced
The World Travel and Tourism Council (WTTC) has appointed a new chief executive and chairman to take over from Vincent Wolfington, whose two-year.... more
(31 October 2006 14:10)

Five-star hotels in London most expensive for Wi-Fi in Europe
Five-star hotels in London have the most expensive wireless broadband access in Europe, according to a new survey. more
(31 October 2006 10:30)

Hilton Hotels Corporation sees turnover from internet bookings surge
Hilton Hotels Corporation expects to make more than $2.5b (£1.3b) in turnover this year from bookings made through its websites. more
(31 October 2006 10:22)

Still no buyers for struggling Honeycombe Leisure pub group
Nearly six months after putting itself up for sale, struggling pub chain Honeycombe Leisure has still not found a suitable buyer, it admitted last.... more
(31 October 2006 09:33)

Nigel Haworth and Craig Bancroft set to complete deal for second pub
Ribble Valley Inns (RVI), the Lancashire-based group behind the Three Fishes pub, has joined forces with Thwaites brewery for its second gastropub.... more
(31 October 2006 08:00)

Gleneagles hotel to introduce a 'carbon levy'
Gleneagles Hotel in Scotland is planning to introduce a 'carbon levy' so its guests can help reduce the impact of travel on the environment. more
(30 October 2006 17:17)

InterContinental Hotels Group goes to court to clear name
InterContinental Hotel Group (IHG) has requested that the Belgrade Commercial Court orders Internacional CG to stop using its brand name on a hotel.... more
(30 October 2006 15:22)

Costa Coffee introduces loyalty card
Costa Coffee is to introduce a loyalty card scheme at its UK stores. more
(30 October 2006 14:33)

Fuller, Smith and Turner’s Victoria is London’s best pub
Fuller’s The Victoria has been voted best London pub by the reviewers on online drinking guide fancyapint.com. more
(30 October 2006 13:11)

Accor Hotels appoints development director
Accor has appointed Andrew Shaw as development director for Accor Hotels in the UK & Ireland. more
(30 October 2006 13:00)

UK Bartender of the Year takes bronze in Athens
TGI Friday’s UK Bartender of the Year Charlotte Maxwell was placed third in the European Bartender Challenge final in Athens, Greece. more
(30 October 2006 12:51)

KFC to ban trans fats from products next year
Fast-food giant KFC is expected to announce the removal of cholesterol raising trans-fatty acids from its products by April next year, later today. more
(30 October 2006 12:21)

Marriott plans to add up to 100,000 rooms by 2009... and other International hotel news
Essential news from around the world, including: InterContinental opens sixth Indigo hotel; Fairmonts gets new vice-president of hotel sales;.... more
(30 October 2006 10:22)

Laurel Pub Company completes restructuring
Laurel Pub Company has completed the restructuring of its senior management team with a new appointment. more
(30 October 2006 10:01)

Ailing pub group looking for buyer... For more hospitality stories, see what the weekend papers say
A round-up of the weekend's news affecting the hospitality industry. News includes: Tourism at record level in Ireland; Corfu hotel manager facing.... more
(30 October 2006 09:38)

TheYou Tube threat
Allan Simpson, chief executive of eRoomBidder, the online trading marketplace for hoteliers, believes that YouTube is a massive threat to hoteliers’.... more
(30 October 2006 08:30)

Hospitality businesses could face £2,000 for employing illegal staff
Hospitality businesses employing illegal immigrants who have bought Romanian passports on the black market could be hit by £2,000 fines, experts have.... more
(30 October 2006 08:30)

Visit London to launch Europe-wide marketing campaign
Tourist board Visit London will today launch a Europe-wide outdoor marketing campaign. more
(30 October 2006 08:00)

Choosing a name for your business
How do you go about choosing a suitable name for your business? Deborah Wyatt from Business Link offers some guidelines. more
(27 October 2006 15:14)

How to choose the right premises
Choosing your premises is one of the biggest decisions you will make when starting up. Deborah Wyatt from Business Link provides pointers on how to.... more
(27 October 2006 15:03)

Property investment firm buys Mandarin Oriental Prague
Property investment firm Cedar Capital Partners has acquired the Mandarin Oriental hotel in Prague for an undisclosed sum. more
(27 October 2006 14:57)

Men's magazine moves into the food business
Men’s lifestyle magazine Maxim is branching out into the food business and is planning to lend its name to a chain of steakhouses in the USA. more
(27 October 2006 14:55)

Scottish universities join forces to keep hospitality and tourism graduates
An Edinburgh University has joined forces with a Glasgow counterpart in an effort to keep hospitality and tourism graduates in Scotland. more
(27 October 2006 12:50)

County Estate Managment eyes up Greene King pubs
Pub management firm County Estate Management has said it is interested in buying some of the 158 pubs to be put on the market by brewer and pub.... more
(27 October 2006 12:03)

Disabled man wins landmark case against Scottish hotel
A disabled man has won £3,000 damages in a landmark legal case against a Scottish hotel for failing to provide adequate disabled access. more
(27 October 2006 09:36)

SAS to sell Rezidor chain before floatation
Scandinavian airline SAS AB has announced today it is to sell its stake in the Rezidor hotel chain. more
(27 October 2006 09:21)

Banned words for job ads criticised by recruitment agencies
Recruitment agencies have criticised the decision by competitor Robert Walters to ban any potentially discriminatory age-related words in its job ads. more
(27 October 2006 08:30)

Hilton to open new Liverpool property
Hilton is to develop its first hotel in Liverpool, a new full service property in the £900m-Liverpool One retail development. more
(27 October 2006 08:00)

Lawyer will head up new Compass
Compass Group has appointed Jason Leek as managing director of its newly formed fine-dining division. more
(27 October 2006 00:00)

Set an example and cut carbon
The industry can help to tackle climate change and show environmental leadership with energy efficiency. Ian Pearson, climate change and environment.... more
(26 October 2006 16:06)

Historic Sussex hotel carries £4m price tag
An opportunity has arisen to buy an historic country house hotel in East Sussex for £4m by share transfer. more
(26 October 2006 15:21)

Award-winning Yorkshire restaurant on the market
The acclaimed Roasted Pepper restaurant and bar in rural North Yorkshire has been put on the market through the Leeds office of Christie + Co. more
(26 October 2006 15:17)

Popular Glasgow bar restaurant for sale
The chance to buy a popular, well-established city centre bar/restaurant in Glasgow has come to the market. more
(26 October 2006 15:11)

HR is no longer the soft option
Human resources (HR) is shaking off its "soft and fluffy" image within the hospitality sector to earn the respect of line managers, exclusive.... more
(26 October 2006 14:11)

London and Kent to get a £115m boost from Tour de France
Hospitality and tourism operators in London and Kent will receive a £115m boost when the Tour de France starts in the UK for the first time in July.... more
(26 October 2006 13:37)

Rossmark Hotel Group buys Bewleys in Glasgow for £10m+
Rossmark Hotel Group has made its maiden purchase with the acquisition of the prominent Bewleys hotel in Glasgow’s Bath Street for well in excess of.... more
(26 October 2006 12:56)

Bodmin pub owners buy neighbouring hotel
Dave and Dionne Morgan, who run the Masons Arms pub in Bodmin, Cornwall, have bought the neighbouring Casi Casa hotel. more
(26 October 2006 12:53)

Builders’ merchant buys food-led Pembrokeshire freehouse
The Bush Inn, a 200-year old food-led freehouse in Pembrokeshire, has changed hands. more
(26 October 2006 12:51)

Great Yarmouth hotel attracts London buyers
A London couple who own a Chinese medicine centre in Ipswich have bought the Cavendish House hotel in the Norfolk holiday resort of Great Yarmouth. more
(26 October 2006 12:48)

S&N sells Airdrie bar to Glasgow-based operator
Scottish and Newcastle Pub Enterprises has sold the Wayside Bar in Airdrie, Lanarkshire, to Jaguar Scotland Estates, which owns and operates a number.... more
(26 October 2006 12:45)

Lochside hotel in Campbeltown changes hands
The Seafield hotel in Campbeltown, Argyll, has been sold to Doug and Saskia Archer from County Durham. more
(26 October 2006 12:41)

Gateshead buyer for Whitley Bay guesthouse
George Houghton from Gateshead has bought the Mayfair Guest House in the holiday resort of Whitley Bay on the Northumbrian coast. more
(26 October 2006 12:38)