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Merlin Entertainments Group has opened a four-star themed hotel on the site of its Legoland Windsor Resort aimed at the leisure and incentive markets. It features 1,600 hand-crafted Lego models.
Posted: 05 April 2012 | 11:37
Wynyard Hall Country House hotel, in the Tees Valley, has strengthened its management team with the appointment of Adam Dyke as general manager. He brings 15 years' experience in the hospitality industry, having begun his career under the direction of Michelin-starred chef Raymond Blanc.
Posted: 05 April 2012 | 10:42
Two new members of staff have been appointed at Manchester's Holiday Inn Express on Oxford Road. Greg Ibrom has joined as a guest service manager. Originally from Poland, Ibrom has spent the past 11 years in America and was previously employed as assistant general manager at the Travelodge by the Bay, San Francisco.
Posted: 05 April 2012 | 10:39
Ian Thomas has joined QHotels as commercial director. He joins with more than 20 years' commercial sales and marketing experience having started his career at Kraft Foods, before making the move into hospitality when he was approached by Moat House Hotels.
Posted: 05 April 2012 | 10:38
Klaus Kabelitz, who is leaving his position as general manager at London's Berkeley hotel tomorrow, is to join the Dorchester Collection as general manager of Le Richemond in Geneva. Kabelitz takes up his new post on 23 April and will be based in Switzerland at the 109-bedroom hotel.
Posted: 04 April 2012 | 18:38
Apex Temple Court hotel in London, which opened last week, has announced the appointed management team that will be responsible for the new property. Karl Mitchell, who has been with Apex Hotels for seven years, has been named general manager of the 184-bedroom hotel...
Posted: 04 April 2012 | 16:59
Kim Sjobakk has been promoted to executive head chef at the Milestone hotel in London. Born in Norway, he began cooking at the age of 10. Sjobakk trained in Oslo and has worked with Gordon Ramsay at Maze and at the Dorchester, before joining the Milestone last year.
Posted: 04 April 2012 | 16:59
Darren Patt has joined De Vere Venues as operations director. With more than 20 years' experience, Patt has held hotel management and operations roles with Posthouse Hotels, Macdonald Hotels and, most recently, Thistle Hotels, where he was regional operations director.
Posted: 04 April 2012 | 16:58
Well-known London hotelier Simon Hirst has been named general manager of Raffles Praslin Seychelles. Hirst has worked with hotelier Gordon Campbell Gray since 1997 when he was appointed opening general manager of One Aldwych, London.
Posted: 04 April 2012 | 16:56
Ten years after induction was hailed as the energy efficient answer for fuel-hungry kitchens, Diane Lane reports on whether it has come of age
Posted: 04 April 2012 | 16:29
With local tourism marketing funding being cut or withdrawn altogether, Katherine Alano finds out about one group of regional hotels that have joined forces to help raise the profile of hospitality in their area
Posted: 04 April 2012 | 16:24
Perhaps more than any other sector, the hospitality industry needs to have a strong online presence. With search engines, online business maps and recommendation sites all able to push custom your way, not making the most of a website could leave you vulnerable to competitors.
Posted: 04 April 2012 | 16:08
As Gordon Ramsay's high-profile legal wrangle with his father-in-law showed, the break up of a business can be every bit as painful as a divorce. Barney Leaf explains your rights when a business relationship turns sour
Posted: 04 April 2012 | 16:07
Hilton Glasgow Grosvenor hotel has completed a major restoration and upgrade programme. Hilton Worldwide has invested £1.3m in refurbishing the property, located in Glasgow's bohemian West End. The hotel now offers 97 fully revamped bedrooms.
Posted: 04 April 2012 | 16:00
Klaus Kabelitz is leaving London's Berkeley hotel, where he has been general manager for nine years. Kabelitz said that it had been "an honour and a privilege" to look after the hotel and assured guests that the staff at the property would continue to look after them "in the exquisite and innovative way that has become a hallmark for the Berkeley".
Posted: 04 April 2012 | 10:22
Edinburgh's Sheraton Grand Hotel is launching a new restaurant this month, with the opening of One Square. Opening on 19 April, the 100-seat restaurant will be led by executive chef Malcolm Webster, who previously worked at the Mandarin Oriental hotel in London, offering a modern British take on the classic grand café.
Posted: 04 April 2012 | 09:35
Spanish hotel company the Barceló Group has agreed to pay a penalty fee of £20.25m after pulling out of an agreement early to operate 20 hotels in the UK. At the end of last year Barceló threatened to quit the UK if its request to Puma Hotels, the owner of the four-star properties, for a reduction in the rent it paid for the hotels was not met.
Posted: 03 April 2012 | 16:33
Out-of-hour deliveries are to be encouraged during the Olympic and Paralympic Games to help reduce the expected traffic congestion. Transport for London (TfL), London councils and the capital's businesses have reached agreement to be sympathetic to companies that need to make or receive night-time deliveries.
Posted: 03 April 2012 | 12:21
The 62-bedroom Ellenborough Park hotel, which opened in Cheltenham a year ago, has just been awarded five stars by the AA. Situated in a 16th-century manor house, overlooking Cheltenham racecourse, the hotel is operated by the Mantis Group.
Posted: 03 April 2012 | 12:17
The go-ahead has been given for the conversion of the former Port of London Authority headquarters, next to the Tower of London, into a luxury hotel. Work is now expected to start later this year on the development of the Grade II-listed building at 10 Trinity Square into a 120-bedroom hotel with 41 serviced apartments.
Posted: 03 April 2012 | 11:58
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