2/3/2012 1:06:02 AM
Yesterday at the British Museum in London the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media & Sport, Jeremy Hunt, called on tourism businesses to back the ‘Holidays at Home are GREAT’ campaign aimed at boosting dome... >> more

2/2/2012 12:24:03 PM
Jazz FM, Neopolitan Music and The Ingenious Entertainment VCT are launching the UK’s first three day, outdoor, camping jazz festival, Love Supreme Jazz Festival, to take place in Brighton in the summer of 2013.

La... >> more
2/2/2012 12:25:17 PM
TripAdvisor has been banned by the UK's advertising regulator the Advertising Standards Authority.(ASA) from claiming that its users' hotel write-ups are “reviews you can trust” from “real travellers”, after complaint... >> more

2/1/2012 1:58:05 PM
The draft regulations that will determine the arrangements for the new Machine Games Duty (MGD) tax were revealed this morning.

The tax rate and legislation for the new tax will be announced in the Budget on 21st ... >> more
2/3/2012 1:07:52 AM
London and the provinces reported positive RevPAR growth in 2011, according to data from STR Global. Despite the challenges throughout the year, demand grew in the majority of UK destinations.

For 2012, STR Global... >> more

2/2/2012 12:24:36 PM
Driven by debt restructuring deals, hotel investment activity is expected to remain stable across EMEA during 2012 with $11 billion worth of deals forecast for the year, reflecting transaction volumes similar to 2011 ... >> more
2/3/2012 1:04:46 AM
A third of tourists complained their hotel in Edinburgh was not value for money, according to research from VisitScotland.

The survey of visitors by the national tourism agency revealed widespread concerns about th... >> more

2/3/2012 1:04:15 AM
Building work to create a new hotel in Wimbledon in South London could start before the end of the year, according to the developers.

The proposed development would see three floors demolished and eight new floors... >> more

2/3/2012 1:03:14 AM
Planning has been granted for a four-star hotel in Lisburn after being given the go-ahead by the Northern Irish Environment Minister.

Plans for the 100-bedroom hotel on Hillsborough Road were re-submitted after bei... >> more

2/3/2012 1:01:46 AM
A three-year modernisation programme designed to transform one of Bath’s oldest hotels, The Abbey, into a mid-market boutique offering, has today been announced by the hotel’s new owners Ian and Christa Taylor.

The... >> more

2/2/2012 12:20:52 PM
Christie + Co have confirmed the sale of Cliveden House Hotel to Ian and Richard Livingstone.

Acting for the Administrators of von Essen Hotels (in Administration), the agents have now sold 20 properties from the ... >> more
2/3/2012 8:11:33 AM
Fuller's announced this morning that it has agreed to acquire 15 freehold, tied, tenanted pubs in west and south west of England from Enterprise Inns for £22.9
million.

Under Enterprise's ownership, these pubs gen... >> more

2/3/2012 1:15:31 AM
Fuller's has acquired The Market Hotel, an historic pub located in the centre of Reigate, Surrey, it's first in the town.

Managing Director of Fuller’s Inns, Jonathon Swaine, commented: “The Market Hotel is a grand... >> more

2/3/2012 1:05:27 AM
Toby Carvery has removed the weekday (Monday to Thursday) breakfast offer from 40 sites, but will still continue to serve weekend breakfast in these locations on Friday, Saturday and Sunday.

The remaining 101 Toby ... >> more

2/2/2012 12:23:33 PM
Mitchells & Butlers director Kevin Todd, who took on the role of business development director in the latest round of senior management changes at the company, is taking early retirement after 25 years with the compan... >> more

2/2/2012 12:22:09 PM
Aprés has taken on the lease on the former Flints bar in Mere Green, in Birmingham.

The chain plans to spend around £0.5m on refurbishment and plans to open at the end of March.

Colliers International acquired ... >> more
2/3/2012 1:01:11 AM
Living Ventures said it will invest around £1m to create Manchester’s first Michelin-starred restaurant in the Spinningfields development.

Managing director Tim Bacon said in an interview that his expansion plans ... >> more

2/3/2012 1:00:20 AM
Union Jacks is to open a site in Winchester.

The Jamie Oliver Group has taken a 25-year lease on a building that was a former Pizza Hut, and will open a Union Jacks restaurant later this year.

The branch in Winc... >> more

2/3/2012 12:59:42 AM
San Carlo Group has invested £2.5m in a new Venetian cicchetti bar, 'Fumo, which is due to open in April in Waterloo Street in Birmingham, adjacent to the original San Carlo Italian restaurant in the city's Temple St... >> more

2/3/2012 12:58:58 AM
The restaurant at Chapel Down Vineyard, Smallhythe, near Tenterden, run by celebrity chef Richard Phillips, closed on January 24 after less than four years of operation.

The decision was "very disappointing," said ... >> more

2/2/2012 3:17:35 PM
Carluccio’s is to open at Dorchester’s Brewery Square development. The restaurant is due to open this autumn.

The Dorchester site will occupy a 3,264 sq ft site in the listed Bonded Stores building, with a dining t... >> more
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