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PH Hotels shortlisted for ‘E-Commerce Website of the Year’ award

Jerome Smail September 3, 2014 0

PH Hotels’ online booking engine has been shortlisted for Wirehive 100’s ‘E-Commerce Website of the Year’ Award. Bournemouth-based digital agency IADigital developed and launched PH Hotels’ bespoke online booking engine in 2013 and the

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Badgemaster announces takeover

Badgemaster announces takeover

Jenny September 2, 2014 0

Name badge manufacturer Badgemaster, has announced the acquisition of principal competitor, Akorn Badge Company Ltd. Badgemaster is already the UK’s largest name badge manufacturer, and adds this as the most significant event yet to

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BHM takes the reins at hotels in Northamptonshire and Yorkshire

Jerome Smail September 2, 2014 0

A hotel management company has signed a contract to run two hotels in Northamptonshire and Yorkshire, safeguarding 35 jobs. The Hampton by Hilton – Corby/Kettering, which became Europe’s first Hampton by Hilton hotel in

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Accor continues to expand its UK hotel network

Accor continues to expand its UK hotel network

Jerome Smail August 28, 2014 0

Accor has announced the signing of five new hotels in the UK, spread across London and Edinburgh and due to open throughout the second half of 2014 and 2015. The first of the London

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Visits to England’s attractions up 5% in 2013

Visits to England’s attractions up 5% in 2013

Jerome Smail August 27, 2014 0

Visits to attractions in England increased by 5% in 2013, according to VisitEngland’s Annual Attractions Survey. Results also reveal that attractions which invested more money in marketing in 2013 than previously saw an 8%

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Hotelogix To Conduct Webinar On New Rules For UK Hotels

Hotelogix To Conduct Webinar On New Rules For UK Hotels

Jerome Smail August 26, 2014 0

On Wednesday 3rd September cloud-technology firm Hotelogix.com will be conducting a webinar on how small- to mid-sized UK hotels can learn to survive and thrive in a strengthening economy. To manage competition in the

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Macdonald Rusacks Hotel Selected To Host Ryder Cup Art Collection

Macdonald Rusacks Hotel Selected To Host Ryder Cup Art Collection

Jerome Smail August 22, 2014 0

The four-star Macdonald Rusacks Hotel in St Andrews has been invited to permanently display a unique collection of oil painted portraits of golfers deemed to have made the greatest contribution to the history of

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Redefine|BDL Hotels Supports Launch Of National Hotel School

Redefine|BDL Hotels Supports Launch Of National Hotel School

Jerome Smail August 20, 2014 0

Redefine|BDL Hotels has signed a deal to support the launch of the country’s first national hotel school. The company, which manages a portfolio of 54 hotels throughout the UK and Africa, has agreed a

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Leisure Travellers Dissatisfied With Coffee In Hotel Bedrooms

Leisure Travellers Dissatisfied With Coffee In Hotel Bedrooms

Jerome Smail August 19, 2014 0

New research has revealed that seven out of 10 hotel guests (75%) are dissatisfied with the quality of coffee in their hotel bedroom, rating it either poor or average. The survey of 1,000 UK

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Hotels Introducing Public Work Areas To Meet Business Travellers’ Needs

Hotels Introducing Public Work Areas To Meet Business Travellers’ Needs

Jerome Smail August 18, 2014 0

According to a recent guest survey from Hotel Solutions Provider HRS, 75% of business travellers in the UK usually have to conduct business duties at the hotel they’re staying in. The research, which was

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