London Olympics
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Premier Inn has announced it has acquired a site for a 267-bedroom budget hotel at Stratford, located adjacent to the Olympic Stadium. The Whitbread-owned brand will be making an investment worth £25m and creating approximately 90 jobs. The hotel will be the closest hotel to the new Stratford ...
Posted: 09 March 2010 | 10:11
The tourism industry needs to provide the right welcome and service if it is to make the most of the massive opportunities provided by the 2012 Olympics, Margaret Hodge, minister of state for culture and tourism, told an audience at Hotelympia, at London's ExCel.
Posted: 04 March 2010 | 14:44
By Janet Harmer London looks set to be ready to accommodate the hundreds of thousands of people expected to pour into the capital for the Olympic and...
Posted: 26 February 2010 | 15:15
It's great that the 2012 games will be held in London, but we can't expect the event to solve all our problems, says Peter Hancock, chief executive of luxury hotel marketing consortium Pride of Britain Hotels. With two years still to go, we are being reminded at every turn that London will play host to the next Olympic Games.
Posted: 24 February 2010 | 14:13
So much depends on the 2010 London Olympic Games - or so its advocates would have you believe.
Champions of the games claim the event will provide its vast worldwide audience with a tantalising glimpse of our culture, countryside, and cities and so spark a surge in inbound tourism.
Posted: 24 February 2010 | 14:05
Story of the week: Last Friday saw the rather unexpected release of the results of the 2010 Michelin Guide for Great Britain & Ireland, which were unveiled five days ahead of schedule after online retailer Amazon accidentally shipped copies of the guide ahead of its publication date.
Posted: 22 January 2010 | 15:57
As the General Election draws near, Christopher Rodrigues, chairman of VisitBritain, talks passionately to Janet Harmer about the support he hopes the new Government will provide the tourism industry in the run-up to the 2012 Olympics and Paralympics.
Posted: 22 January 2010 | 12:18
Hoteliers have been urged not to rip off guests during the 2012 Olympics as they search for creative way to increase income in the run-up to the games and for their duration. Speaking at the Master Innholders’ 17th annual hotel general mangers’ conference, Christopher Hale, head of London 2012...
Posted: 22 January 2010 | 09:48
Many in hospitality will have greeted New Year's Eve's midnight chimes not with Champagne and singalongs, but with an almighty sigh of relief. A decade that opened to the crackle of Millennium fireworks closed to the plaintive sound of operators thanking their lucky stars...
Posted: 11 January 2010 | 15:23
The past 12 months have provided a tough time for everyone within the hospitality industry. Daniel Thomas looks ahead to this year and tries to predict what is in store.
Posted: 07 January 2010 | 14:16
The London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games (LOCOG) has released its vision for food at the Olympic Games in 2012 and called for a celebration of the “diversity and quality of British food”. In its London 2012 Food Vision document, LOCOG outlines its plans ...
Posted: 07 December 2009 | 14:51
Visit London has dismissed a report by the European Tour Operators Association (ETOA) claiming that the city may not see tourism benefits from hosting the London Olympic Games and Paralympic Games in 2012. The tourist board rejected the points laid out in the ETOA report...
Posted: 06 November 2009 | 09:00
The announcement in July that England had won the right to stage the 2015 Rugby World Cup was the latest development in what is being dubbed by spectators as the UK's "golden decade of sport". The event stands to bring in an estimated £2.1b to the British economy, according to ...
Posted: 01 September 2009 | 13:00
Every week in the Caterer poll the industry delivers its verdict on the big stories of the day. Kerstin Kühn rounds up the results of the last six months.
Posted: 21 August 2009 | 10:15
London Mayor Boris Johnson has published an action plan outlining ways the capital’s tourism industry can maximise opportunities and boost the economy during the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
Posted: 18 August 2009 | 13:06
People 1st, the sector skills council for hospitality, has appointed McDonald's HR chief David Fairhurst as its new chairman. Fairhurst, who has been People 1st vice-chairman for two years, is vice president, chief people officer at McDonald’s Restaurants UK & Northern Europe...
Posted: 17 August 2009 | 10:35
If last weekend's Observer is to be believed, the golden arches of McDonald's will loom large over participating venues in the 2012 London Olympic Games.
Posted: 13 August 2009 | 13:51
Restaurateurs have criticised McDonald’s likely status as the sole branded food outlet visible at the 2012 London Olympics, insisting the US fast food chain does not represent British values. McDonald’s, one of the main sponsors of the games, is in talks with organisers to become the exclusive ...
Posted: 11 August 2009 | 07:00
A round-up of the weekend's news affecting the hospitality industry. News includes: McDonald’s likely status as sole Olympics food brand sparks anger; Hyatt to float to raise $1.15b; hundreds of hotels fail to comply with fire safety rules; Starbucks puts 31 UK coffee shops on the market; and more ..
Posted: 10 August 2009 | 12:32
Budget hotel chain Travelodge is to expand by a further six properties in the capital in a deal worth £84m, which will make it the largest hotel brand in London by 2012. The six London hotel exchanges will be a mixture of office developments and new-builds across five London boroughs ...
Posted: 30 July 2009 | 09:00
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