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Chris Davy, chairman of the British Hospitality Association, says operators must influence Local Enterprise Partnerships to promote local trade
Posted: 22 April 2011 | 12:04
Hindsight is a wonderful thing - and it's something that the UK hospitality industry can benefit from in the run up to London 2012. Rosalind Mullen reports on what lessons can be learnt from last year's Winter Olympics in Vancouver
Posted: 19 April 2011 | 10:28
VisitEngland's Enjoy England Awards for Excellence 2011 have named London's Langham hotel and the Bay Tree hotel in Oxfordshire as its top hotels. The Langham took the award for large hotel following a recent £80m rolling refurbishment programme. Managing director Katie Benson...
Posted: 18 April 2011 | 16:55
The British Hospitality Association (BHA) has slammed the Government's failure to support tourism in England as a "lost opportunity" to meet the industry's aim to create 236,000 new jobs, after tourism body VisitEngland's bid for funding was rejected.
Posted: 15 April 2011 | 12:46
Last summer, Prime Minister David Cameron seemed to throw his full weight behind Britain's tourism industry, as he set out a vision for the country to be one of the world's top five destinations.
Posted: 15 April 2011 | 11:50
A round-up of the weekend's news affecting the hospitality industry. News includes: Ticket resellers demanding $500 per head for Grant Achatz' new restaurant; Jamie Oliver's school meals shown to improve results and attendance and more...
Posted: 11 April 2011 | 10:41
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The row over the pricing of hotel rooms during the Olympics has taken a new turn with a wholesale tour operator accusing properties of "inflating" rates. Mario Bodini, chief executive of JacTravel, said that rates in the wholesale markets were "vastly inflated".
Posted: 29 March 2011 | 00:05
Celebrity chef Brian Turner is to launch a restaurant at Butlins' Bognor Regis holiday park resort in West Sussex, with a further two sites in the pipeline....
Posted: 28 March 2011 | 12:48
Key figures involved in a row over the pricing of hotel packages for London 2012 are to hold a meeting today in a bid to discuss the situation. Representatives...
Posted: 25 March 2011 | 12:12
Hoteliers are furious that rooms they have agreed to supply to the organisers of London 2012 at a fair price are now being sold on at higher-than-expected rates via a third party.
Posted: 25 March 2011 | 10:35
Online booking agent Hotels.com, has welcomed today's Budget decision to freeze Air Passenger Duty (APD) for the coming year as a welcome break for UK travellers. The company said that any move to reduce the burden on consumers was very welcome.
Posted: 23 March 2011 | 17:17
The UK will nominate 11 places for world heritage status today, including the Forth Bridge and the Lake District. The Government has been deliberating over which sites Britain should put forward after concern from Unesco that the full list of world heritage sites was dominated by castles and cathedrals in Western Europe.
Posted: 22 March 2011 | 13:30
The Government is now 'changing gear' to start implementing its Tourism Strategy launched earlier this month. That's the message from Tourism Minister John Penrose, responsing to criticism from British Hospitality Association chief executive Ufi Ibrahim that the Strategy was...
Posted: 16 March 2011 | 13:36
Plans to abolish the first May bank holiday and replace it with something altogether more patriotic such as St George's Day ensured John Penrose a high national media turnout for the Tourism Strategy launch last week.
Posted: 11 March 2011 | 15:22
Peter Hancock, chief executive of Pride of Britain Hotels, on the 100 million Chinese tourists expected to travel outside their country within five years
Posted: 11 March 2011 | 14:32
David Curtis-Brignell, co-chairman of British Tourism Week, explains why UK businesses of all sizes should get involved in the official programme
Posted: 04 March 2011 | 17:07
The Government must do more to help small businesses deliver its Tourism Strategy, launched today. That's the view of the Association of Licensed Multiple Retailers (ALMR), which warned that failing to recognise the role pubs played would see the White Paper doomed to failure.
Posted: 04 March 2011 | 16:47
The Government has proposed a raft of measures including an industry task force dedicated to cutting red tape, and moving the May Day bank holiday as part of its long-awaited Tourism Strategy.
Posted: 04 March 2011 | 00:10
The Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) has accused the Government of "tinkering with tourism's potential" ahead of the launch of its Tourism Strategy, expected later today. The Government is expected to suggest moving the May Day bank holiday to the autumn.
Posted: 03 March 2011 | 12:16
VisitScotland has launched a new growth fund to help tourism businesses attract more visitors. A total of £1m of funding will be made available over the next three years to support up to 50% of marketing costs between £5,000 and £65,000 for destination organisations and industry groups.
Posted: 01 March 2011 | 16:30
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