Hotels
Jurys Inns brings new jobs to Sheffield
With the launch of the new Jurys Inn Sheffield on 16 January 2009, five people have been employed by the hotel after completing the company’s renowned Pre-Employment Programme, a scheme that aims to help the long term unemployed back into the job market.
The May Fair named official hotel of London Fashion Week
This February will see the typical flurry of fashionable activity as the fashion world descends on London. At the centre of everything proudly stands the May Fair Hotel, which has been announced as the official hotel of London Fashion Week for the second year running.
A re-branded collection of luxury hotels is unveiled
Jurys Doyle Hotel Group Ltd has unveiled its new brand identity and has announced the withdrawal of the Jurys Doyle brand from the market with immediate effect. The new International Luxury Hotel Group will be known as The Doyle Collection; a portfolio of eleven truly individual hotel experiences, in six major international cities in Ireland, the UK and the United States.
Pamper yourself with a girlie weekend spa break
Book a ‘Girlie Weekend’ pamper dinner, B&B break at the stylish Macdonald Frimley Hall Hotel & Spa, near Camberley, Surrey and have a great time away with the girls from just £139 per person per night. Sure to refresh and invigorate, the self-indulgent breaks include two relaxing Decleor spa treatments and complimentary use of the VITAL Spa facilities.
Baglioni Hotels continues expansion in Florence
The Baglioni Hotels Collection continues to expand with the acquisition from January 1st, 2009, of the Relais Santa Croce in Florence. Situated right in the heart of Florence, in the historic Palazzo Ciofi – Jacometti which dates back to 1700, the Relais Santa Croce is one of the finest hotels in the city and is the ideal destination for those looking for an environment that evokes the intimacy of a private residence.
Two new hotels for Liverpool
The Millennium and Copthorne hotels will be at the heart of the £160 million Central Village joint venture between Merepark and Ballymore. The two establishments, which will create in excess of 360 new hotel rooms in the city, are prominently located within the new development.
Rising prices in Europe mean Brits are going long haul
As the weaker pound has meant the prices paid by UK travellers to Europe have risen, Hotels.com is expecting to see more British holidaymakers considering a break to non Euro zone destinations in 2009, where they can expect more for their money.
Weak pound sees falling hotel prices
The weak pound has resulted in English and Scottish hotel prices becoming more favourable than in previous months. The price of a double room in London fell by 13 per cent from December to January to 116 pounds per night. In Manchester the average hotel price decreased by 22 percent (from 99 pounds to 80 pounds) and in Birmingham hotel prices dropped by 20 percent (from 86 to 71 pounds).
Queenstown resort voted one of the world’s best hotels
Queenstown’s five-star Millbrook Resort has been named among the world’s best 500 hotels for 2009 by prestigious international magazine Travel & Leisure. Millbrook is one of only five New Zealand properties to be included in the magazine’s sixth annual ‘500 best hotels’ list.
Premier Inn launches it’s first fully self check-in hotel
The UK’s largest hotel chain, Premier Inn, has announced that they are launching their first fully self check-in hotel at St Mary’s Gate, Sheffield, reducing check-in time to under a minute for guests.
Swissôtel wins prestigious employers award in China
Swissôtel Hotels & Resorts has been named one of China's top employers in a research programme conducted by Corporate Research Foundation (CRF). CRF is a global publishing organisation that specialises in research into best business practices, identifying leaders in the field of Human Resources, Strategy and Leadership.
Premier Inn unveils plans for UK’s first floating hotel
Buying a barge or joining the Royal Navy are no longer the only ways to sleep on the water, as Premier Inn today unveils plans for its innovative ‘Floatel’ (floating budget hotel) - a first for the British budget hotel industry.
Australia's newest luxury resort celebrates first birthday
Since opening a year ago, ‘qualia’, Australia’s newest world class luxury resort on Hamilton Island on the Great Barrier Reef, has much to celebrate. Its first twelve months saw the property being showered with praise, awards and accolades, saw it hosting a series of high profile events and celebrities as well as firmly establishing itself at one of Australia’s most luxurious ‘must stay at’ properties.
Rotana tempts Brits to Dubai for shopping extravaganza
Make the most of the newly extended duty free allowance and take your sale shopping to Dubai this January. The Dubai Shopping Festival, a month-long shopping, entertainment, and cultural extravaganza begins on 15 January 2009. This, coupled with the new duty free rules introduced on 1 December 2008, means that there has never been a better time to plan a shopping break to Dubai.
Eurozone travellers cashing-in on weak pound
Travellers from the Eurozone are flocking to London and other UK cities according to the world’s leading accommodation website, Hotels.com as the price they pay for rooms across the country have dropped.