Hotels
Festive holidays in the Highlands
Ardanaiseig is a unique and traditional Highland retreat in a wildly seductive setting overlooking Loch Awe and the Argyll glens. This festive season Ardanaiseig, which has sixteen individually themed bedrooms and one of the best restaurants in the Highlands, is hosting a week of fine food and festive celebration between 24 December and 3 January, available in three- and four day packages.
A match made in heaven at Hotel Du Vin
Hotel Du Vin at One Devonshire Gardens is the ideal backdrop for a memorable wedding and a luxurious honeymoon. Voted one of the five ‘Top hotels for weddings within the UK’ by the Conde Nast Brides magazine, the hotel is made up of five elegant interconnecting Victorian town houses at the heart of Glasgow’s bohemian West End.
Hilton sells Caledonian Hotel in Edinburgh
Hilton Hotels Corporation today announced the recent completion of the sale of the Caledonian Hilton hotel to The Caledonian Operating Company Ltd UK for the cash sum of £51.7 million (approximately $105.4 million). The purchase was funded by Bank of Scotland Corporate. Hilton will retain a long-term management contract for the 251-room hotel.
Noisy neighbours - the hotel extra you can live without
In a survey released today by The Sunday Times Travel Magazine noisy neighbours are most to blame for good getaways going bad. 28% of the 500 people surveyed said that noisy neighbours were their biggest bug-bear, followed by tired and shabby décor (21%), hair in the sink (19%), noise from the street (6%) and not being able to open the bedroom window (5%).
A dozen divine new rooms as Glasgow's top hotel gets refurb
Hotel du Vin at One Devonshire Gardens in Glasgow has opened the doors on twelve opulent new bedrooms - from the ultimate honeymoon suites to indulgent rooms for a weekend break.
Gary Rhodes protégé takes lead in restaurant relaunch
A protégé of Gary Rhodes is set to take on his first head chef role with the relaunch of a restaurant in one of London’s finest hotels. Marvin Jones, who has worked under Gary Rhodes for the past seven years, is taking the helm at Podium, London Hilton on Park Lane’s ground floor restaurant reopening in early September.
Head to London for crazy carnival fun this summer
Starting as a small local festival, offered to the community by the first West Indian immigrants to the UK in 1966, it was hard to imagine this would become the capital’s major carnival extravaganza. Notting Hill Carnival is now visited by more than 1.5 million people each year from all over the world and growing every year.
UK’s most expensive golf course opens to the public
Scotland’s new championship standard golf course, The Carrick at the De Vere Deluxe Resort at Cameron House on the shores of Loch Lomond has opened to the public. At £7 million, the course is believed to be the most expensive ever constructed in the UK and will, for the first time, make the Loch Lomond golfing experience accessible to all.
IHG to open Colorado’s first Crowne Plaza Hotel
InterContinental Hotels Group the world's largest hotel group by number of rooms, announced today that a four-story 500 room Crowne Plaza hotel in Colorado Springs (US) will open within the month. The conversion property is the largest branded hotel in the Colorado Springs market.
A house party with a difference in Devon this Christmas
Join a three-night house party (Monday 24 – Thursday 27 December) for just thirty-two guests this Christmas at Combe House - hotel and restaurant - a magical country hideaway near Exeter in the heart of Devon. Winner of the Good Hotel Guide UK Country Hotel of the Year 2007, Combe is the perfect venue for a festive house party – Christmas has been celebrated in the wildly romantic Grade I Elizabethan for around 400 hundred years.
Discover Austrian Massage at Spa Hotel Hochschober
Austrian spa therapist Harald Kitz is the mind behind the innovative haki method, a massage technique that has been lauded amongst those in the Central European spa industry over the last few years. But the secret’s out: haki has been nominated for the Spa Asia Treatment of the Year Award.
Thistle Hotels offer extra sweeteners this summer
Thistle Hotels has launched a series of package deals for families to stay at any one of more than 40 hotels across the UK and enjoy some added benefits at the same time. Tickets to West End shows, river boat trips, days at the races, free upgrades and a whole lot more are available as great value package deals.
St. Lucia’s Coco Palm joins world's best hotels & resorts
Expedia.com's exclusive Insiders Select list has positioned St. Lucia's Coco Palm as one of the best hotels in the world. The four-star Coco Resorts property, recognized for consistently delivering excellent service and a great overall experience, came in at 38th in the world and 4th in the Caribbean among the online travel company’s top hotels and resorts worldwide.
Magical London - Christmas at Red Carnation's hotels
At Christmas, London becomes even more enchanting than usual. To help put you in the proper Yuletide mood, Red Carnation Hotels is offering luxurious and fun-filled breaks at their three four-star London hotels - The Chesterfield Mayfair, The Rubens at the Palace, and The Montague on the Gardens - with a special Magical London package.
Celebrities head for Elephant polo tournament in Thailand
Thailand’s highly popular King’s Cup Elephant Polo Tournament returns to the hills in 2008. Event organiser Anantara Resorts announced that the 2008 tournament would take place from March 31 to April 6 in the northern-most region of the country known as the Golden Triangle.