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The British Hospitality Association (BHA) has replaced its council and national executive with a constitution and a new board of directors made up of high-powered executives from across the hospitality industry. The industry body said it had made the move because its old structure had become increasingly complex and unwieldy.
Posted: 14 May 2012 | 11:50
Tourism trade association UKinbound has criticised the Government for its "continued neglect" of inbound tourism at ABTA's annual Travel Matters conference. The organisation's chief executive, Mary Rance, said she was worried about the Government's continued efforts to extol the virtues of inbound tourism.
Posted: 11 May 2012 | 15:41
The Scotch Whisky Experience in Edinburgh has spent £3m revamping its tour, followed most recently by a £1m refurbishment of its shop. General manager Susan Morrison tells Neil Gerrard why it was important to evolve, and how whisky is driving international visits to Scotland.
Posted: 11 May 2012 | 12:50
Two-thirds of Britons have not paid any attention to a £3m advertising campaign led by VisitEngland and other regional tourist boards urging them to holiday at home this year. That's the claim from prepaid currency card provider Caxton FX...
Posted: 11 May 2012 | 09:54
There's an itch hoteliers dare not scratch - bedbugs. But with less than 100 days before the start of London 2012 and the expected tourism surge it will bring, some predict the parasites could form an unwelcome part of the Olympic legacy. Siobhan O'Neill explains
Posted: 04 May 2012 | 10:16
The British Hospitality Association is set to showcase the breadth and depth of the UK's hospitality and tourism industry by bringing together a host of industry leaders and key politicians at its first-ever Hospitality and Tourism Summit on 1 June. The event will take place on the Friday of the Queen's Diamond Jubilee weekend.
Posted: 01 May 2012 | 12:09
Michelin-starred chef Brett Graham is to cater for more than 150 top British chefs, restaurateurs and food producers at a reception at Number 10 Downing Street today. The event will launch VisitBritain's Food is Great, a key element of its GREAT Britain campaign, in partnership with the Sustainable Restaurant Association (SRA).
Posted: 30 April 2012 | 11:46
The hospitality industry remains optimistic that London's Olympic Games will be a great success, although some operators fear casual staff may not be up to the job, exclusive research by Caterer and Hotelkeeper in association with ACTClean and People 1st has revealed.
Posted: 27 April 2012 | 15:25
There is overwhelming support for a reduction in VAT from 20% to 5% on hotel accommodation, attractions and meals away from home among hospitality professionals. That's the key finding of a survey by the British Hospitality Association (BHA) of more than 200 of its members.
Posted: 23 April 2012 | 11:11
Budget airline Ryanair is set to shake up the hotel bookings market, after announcing the launch of its new hotel comparison website, RyanairHotels.com. Linking up with HotelsCombined, a hotel comparison engine, the site will search over 300,000 hotels across Europe and plans to deliver "honest, verified, guest reviews and the lowest bedroom prices".
Posted: 20 April 2012 | 11:28
Hospitality businesses have just a few days left to sign up to a VisitBritain initiative aimed at drawing international media covering the Olympics out of London to feature other attractions and events that the rest of Britain has to offer.
Posted: 18 April 2012 | 11:20
A search tool hosted on VisitBritain's website, designed to allow tourists to find accommodation across the country, has stopped working (www.visitbritain.com/en/Accommodation). The glitch means that the search tool will offer no results, whenever any British destination is typed into it.
Posted: 18 April 2012 | 11:20
The number of overseas visits to Britain in February stayed broadly flat when compared with last year. That's the finding from new figures collected by the Office of National Statistics. Arrivals actually saw a 3% increase on the same month a year ago, with spend up 1%, but that included the extra leap-year day.
Posted: 12 April 2012 | 12:21
Improvements to the visa application process for foreign tourists wanting to visit the UK should help boost overseas visitors, Tourism Minister John Penrose has told Caterer and Hotelkeeper. "I was very surprised and astounded that until fairly recently the explanation for filling in visa forms was only available in English."
Posted: 14 March 2012 | 16:42
Menus for British Airways customers during the Olympics and Paralympic Games – created by Simon Hulstone with support from Heston Blumenthal – have been unveiled. Hulstone's dishes have been inspired by the airline's menus dating back to 1948...
Posted: 14 March 2012 | 10:41
Travelodge has used the start of English Tourism Week to call on MPs with large tourism sectors in their constituencies to stand up for the industry in the House of Commons and enact the legislative reforms needed to help the sector grow.
Posted: 13 March 2012 | 11:42
The British Hospitality Association (BHA) is urging hospitality businesses to support the new VisitEngland campaign aimed at encouraging people to holiday at home. Launched today by the Culture Secretary, Jeremy Hunt, the Holidays at Home are GREAT promotion kicks off with a celebrity-led TV advertisement,
Posted: 07 March 2012 | 10:17
Jobs and economic growth in UK travel and tourism are set to outstrip the wider economy, according to a report released today by the World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC)...
Posted: 02 March 2012 | 09:45
Londoners are 11% more likely to stay at home over the summer this year than they were last year, allaying fears of an exodus abroad during the Olympic Games. Meanwhile, travel volumes to London and other European cities connected to it are expected to increase "significantly".
Posted: 01 March 2012 | 11:00
A promotion for British food aims to help the country's caterers capitalise on this year's Olympic fervour. Love British Food - formerly known as British Food Fortnight - will run alongside London 2012...
Posted: 29 February 2012 | 15:00
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