Author Archives: Tilburstow Media Partners

The recovery of the Britain’s eating out sector appears to have faltered, with the penetration, frequency and spend on eating out seeing a slight year-on-year dip, according to Horizons latest Eating Out-Look survey, conducted by YouGov*. Following a slow but steady increase in the number of people eating out since the economic downturn in 2008 […]

Online travel agents (OTAs) such as Priceline and Expedia have become ever-more powerful as a result of strategic acquisitions of smaller, regional players with Priceline now controlling 62% of the European market, while Expedia holds around 70% of the US market. As a result hotels that have become increasingly reliant on bookings from OTAs might […]

THE UK, France, Germany, Spain, Italy and the Nordics are target areas for expansion for leading aparthotel operator Staycity, which will operate over 2,000 apartments by the end of 2016. Speaking at today’s Serviced Apartment Summit in London, Staycity chief executive Tom Walsh said that many of the key European cities offered a healthy mix […]

Serviced apartments have gained momentum across Europe as new openings, branding activity and a number of significant transactions have raised awareness of the sector amongst guests, investors, lenders and developers, according to a new report from global hotel consultancy HVS London, a leading expert on the sector. Speaking at this week’s Serviced Apartment Summit [7-8 […]

Tighter planning regulations in central Amsterdam will mean future hotel development will continue to be concentrated outside the city centre where properties in non-tourist locations face particular challenges attracting guests. Despite this the city’s mix of leisure and business travellers means demand for hotels remains strong, with the sector seeing record growth in overnight stays […]