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Hotel revenue per available room (revpar) rose by 8.4% in London but dropped by 5.6% across the regions in the week ending 21 November 2009, according to figures from hospitality research company STR Global. Revpar at London hotels increased to £117.89...
Posted: 10 December 2009 | 10:00
Demand for both permanent and temporary catering staff has risen sharply on a year ago, a new study into the labour market has found. The Recruitment and Employment Confederation's (REC) final REC/KPMG report on jobs in 2009 showed that demand for permanent hotel and catering staff...
Posted: 09 December 2009 | 10:22
London’s hotel market is leading the recovery in European hotel performance after 13 consecutive months of decline, research has revealed. The study by consultancy Deloitte and STR Global highlighted a dramatic increase in revenue per available room (revpar) in November for hotels in the capital...
Posted: 07 December 2009 | 13:28
Staying green through the gloom; overtime pay declines.
Posted: 04 December 2009 | 15:00
Eleven pubs in London close their doors for good every single week, according to new figures released today by the British Beer and Pubs Association (BBPA). A regional survey by the association showed that there were 281 closures in the first half of 2009 in the capital.
Posted: 03 December 2009 | 10:31
Marketing consortium Best Western hotels has increased its like-for-like sales in the six months to 31 October 2009, with members selling in excess of 4,250 rooms (or 1%) more than during the same period of 2008. “Although this isn’t a significant rise, given the current economic climate...
Posted: 02 December 2009 | 13:00
Hotel revenue per available room (revpar) dropped by 11.2% in the regions but by just 1% in London, according to figures from hospitality research company STR Global. Revpar at London hotels dropped to £123.26, down from £124.54 in the equivalent week of 2008.
Posted: 02 December 2009 | 11:17
Sales of leased pubs have been "decimated" over the last 12 months, according to property agents Fleurets.
The company said that, while historically 50% of its business has been selling leases, 70% is now selling freeholds for the pubcos. The company added that, for the second year running...
Posted: 01 December 2009 | 08:00
London alone of the 10 European cities monitored in the monthly HotStats survey managed to increase revenue per available room (revpar) in October 2009.
The UK capital increased revpar by 0.1% to €135.65 after successfully tapping into the leisure market to compensate for falling corporate demand.
Posted: 01 December 2009 | 00:00
An update on the weather is the most important information that British guests want to be able to access in their hotel rooms, according to a new report. Research carried out by Telindus, the network integration specialist, found that when offered a variety of information and viewing options...
Posted: 26 November 2009 | 14:45
Hotel revenue per available room (revpar) grew by 6.2% in London but fell by 10.9% in the regions in the week ending 7 November 2009, according to figures from hospitality research company STR Global.
Revpar at London hotels grew to £106.44, up from £100.26 in the equivalent week of 2008.
Posted: 25 November 2009 | 10:00
The UK’s fast food industry has benefited from the recession, with the sector increasing its presence by more than 8% in the last year, research has found.
While the leisure sector on a whole has seen a closure rate of 10%, fast food restaurants in the UK’s top 10 cities have risen by 8.2% ...
Posted: 23 November 2009 | 15:00
London was the only one of 10 European cities monitored in the Europe HotStats survey to increase hotel profitability in September 2009. Hotels in the UK capital achieved their first monthly increase in revenue per available room (revpar) since August 2008, rising by 0.5% to €131.64.
Posted: 23 November 2009 | 12:43
A round-up of the weekend's news affecting the hospitality industry. News includes: Compass’s Lloyds win from Aramark worth £100m; Delia Smith awarded CBE by Prince of Wales; Soho House delivers 19% boost to annual profits; staff stay on to rebuild Mumbai hotel attacked by terrorists...
Posted: 23 November 2009 | 10:25
Restaurant failures up by 25%; recruitment freezes start to thaw; and apprenticeship recognition.
Posted: 20 November 2009 | 15:57
Pubs serving food are increasing their market share as the consumer trend of visiting pubs to eat as well as drink continues, research has found. According to a report by market analyst Key Note, food-led pubs now represent 35.2% of the restaurant meals market, which it valued at £13.1b in 2009.
Posted: 20 November 2009 | 12:21
This was to be the year of the "Great Staycation", when the British public stayed in the UK and the hospitality industry reaped the benefits. But then, 2009 was also billed as a "barbecue summer" - and look how that turned out. Tom Vaughan reports.
Posted: 20 November 2009 | 11:31
Online restaurant booking service Toptable has reported a 187% increase in pre-tax profit, highlighting the consumer trend for booking tables online and taking advantage of special deals. For the year to June 2009, the company - which includes the toptable.com and city-eating.com brands...
Posted: 20 November 2009 | 10:00
New VisitEngland figures released today reveal that hospitality and leisure spend in the UK by disabled customers and their companions amounted to nearly £1b for the first half of the year. Its figures from the UK Tourism Survey show that overnight trips made by, or accompanied by, someone with a health ...
Posted: 20 November 2009 | 09:00
Despite a terrible year for hoteliers, there is now room for cautious optimism, delegates were told at the 2009 Annual Hotel Conference, hosted in Manchester by law firm Halliwells. Jonathan Langston, managing director of TRI Hospitality Consulting, said things were not as bad as had been predicted ...
Posted: 20 November 2009 | 08:00
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