Monthly Archives: September 2013

HVS supports Nairobi Hotel Investment Forum

The appalling siege in Nairobi’s Westgate shopping mall has raised obvious concerns over security and safety in a country poised for growth. This was the conclusion of HVS London director Tim Smith, attending the Africa Hotel Investment Forum 2013 in Nairobi this week, following the decision by organisers to go ahead with the conference. “The […]

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Host acquires Style Services Group

Host Management has announced it has acquired the trade and assets of the Hertfordshire-based Style Services Group, which holds catering and vending contracts in business and industry, the government sector, leisure and retail. Style Services was founded in 2007 by John Rathbone, Ruth Fenton and Jim Walker. The business employs 95 people and has a […]

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Academy reveals finalists for 2013 UK Restaurant Manager of the Year

This year eight restaurant managers have made it through to the Academy of Food & Wine Service’s UK Restaurant Manager of the Year competition following a testing semi-final held at the Moat House Acton Trussell in Staffordshire yesterday [16 September 2013]. John Croft, AFWS executive director, said that the quality of entrants and the diversity […]

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Accra set to attract hotel investors, says HVS

Accra, the capital of Ghana, has become one of the fastest-growing cities in Africa and the subject of considerable interest from the hotel investment market, with many of the large global brands vying to open properties there in forthcoming years. Investors are attracted to the city because of its growing economy, political stability and conducive […]

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