Yearly Archives: 2015

Staycity announces nearly 850 new apartments for 2016

Aparthotel operator Staycity is to add 125 apartments to its London Heathrow property in 2016 and open five further sites bringing its total openings scheduled for next year to 843 apartments. The London Heathrow extension, due for completion in March 2016, will give the property 269 apartments as well as a larger lounge area on […]

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GM announced for Clayton Hotel Chiswick ahead of £20m upgrade

Thomas Doyle has been appointed general manager of Clayton Hotel Chiswick ahead of the completion of an impressive refurbishment and extension project at the hotel costing over £20m. London-born Doyle joins the four-star standard, 227-bedroom hotel and conference centre from Jurys Inn, where he worked his way up to becoming general manager of the company’s […]

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Hostel sector set to grow across Europe as sharing economy takes hold, says HVS

20 November 2015, London: The global growth of the budget and hostel sectors, including the fast-emerging commercialised private rental market such as Airbnb, is set to continue as the consumer increasingly values experience over formality and is highly influenced by social media in the choices they make. According to a new report on the limited […]

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Budget hotels make up half of UK’s development pipeline as popularity of low-cost rooms continues, says latest Hotel Bulletin

11 November 2015, London: The march of budget hotels continues in the UK, with over 1,500 budget rooms added to the sector’s pipeline in Q3 2015 alone, according to Hotel Bulletin Q3 2015 published this week by HVS, AlixPartners and AM:PM. For the first time budget bedrooms account for more than half the UK’s active […]

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Spain’s hotels market see values boosted as performance improves

9 November 2015, Madrid: Improving occupancy and rate performance across Spain has helped boost hotel values and drive recovery in the country’s hotel and tourism sector, according to a new report from global hotel consultancy HVS. Spain has experienced some challenging years on the back of the global downturn, particularly the crash of its real […]

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Artisan coffee stores head latest Ones to Watch survey

Despite the proliferation of branded coffee shops on our high streets, independent, artisan outlets specialising in high quality, freshly roasted coffee with a strong food offer are continuing to emerge and expand, satisfying the demands of an increasingly discerning coffee drinker. This was the conclusion of Horizons’ latest Ones to Watch survey, which tracks the […]

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Operators realistic as growth in food sales expected to slow, says Eating Out-Look survey

Confidence remains relatively strong amongst the UK’s eating out operators, with nearly two-thirds of those taking part in the latest Eating Out-Look survey saying that their food sales had increased year-on-year. However, compared with last year, a smaller proportion of operators reported a growth in sales, with nearly a third saying they had experienced no […]

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Eating out gets cheaper but side dishes boost consumer spend, says Horizons’ menu report

Competition in the eating out sector is pushing the price of some dishes down in many high street pubs, restaurants and hotels, although operators are compensating by introducing a wider variety of side dishes, extra toppings and special sauces to sell to consumers, according to Horizons’ Menu Trends report. “Our menu survey picked up a […]

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Patrick Dempsey joins Staycity board

Patrick Dempsey, former managing director of Whitbread Hotels & Restaurants, is to become a non-executive director of Dublin-based serviced apartment operator Staycity. Dempsey joins Staycity at a time of significant growth for the company. Its current estate of apartments and aparthotels stands at 1,000 across eight European cities, but an active development pipeline will see […]

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Staycity appoints new development director to advance European growth

Dublin-based Staycity, one of Europe’s leading aparthotel operators, has announced the appointment of Barry Hickey as Development Director. A chartered accountant by profession, Hickey joins Staycity with a strong property background having spent 13 years with Irish developer Ballymore, most recently as Finance Director UK & Ireland. “Staycity is a growing brand in an expanding […]

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