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TV ad boost for Staycity serviced apartments

Staycity has this week launched a €50,000 (£41,000) TV advertising campaign, the first for the serviced apartment sector. The TV campaign, which will run four times a year in the UK, targets the company’s core leisure market of couples, families and groups, aged 16-54. The 30-second advert will be screened 128 times over the next […]

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Staycity forges ahead with European expansion

Staycity, the Dublin-based serviced apartment operator, is on target for 30% growth over the next 12 months with new properties opening in Lyons, Venice and Greenwich, London. The company currently operates apartments across eight European cities – Dublin, Birmingham, Edinburgh, Liverpool, London, Manchester, Paris and Amsterdam – with a total of over 1,000 apartments. Investment […]

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Zolfo Cooper, HVS, AM:PM: Hotel Bulletin

The Hotel Bulletin Q4 2013 FINAL

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QuickBite reveals diner’s growing dietary concerns

Horizons latest QuickBite consumer eating out survey, conducted online by YouGov, shows that signs of recovery in Britain’s eating out market are being accompanied by concerns over food quality, the sourcing and provenance of ingredients and health and lifestyle factors. These issues are influencing where consumers choose to eat out. When asked about their choice […]

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HVS Hodges Ward Elliott advises on EDITION sale

HVS Hodges Ward Elliott is pleased to announce that acting on behalf of Marriott International, it has successfully arranged the sale of the London EDITION and agreements for the sale of the Miami EDITION and the New York EDITION. The total purchase price for the hotels was approximately $815 million. The London EDITION opened in […]

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Positive trading for hotels in 2014 but service update needed, says HVS London

The hotel industry in the UK and across Europe is facing a positive 2014 with demand on the up from both leisure and corporate guests, transaction activity set to improve and lending becoming more easily available. Across Europe hotel development remains active with 360 hotel projects ongoing, an additional 60,000 rooms. Many are expected to […]

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UK’s casual dining outlets and coffee shops face a positive 2014 with sales expected to rise

Casual dining outlets and coffee shops are likely to be the main winners in the foodservice sector during 2014 as consumers slowly start to regain confidence and increase their spending on eating out. Foodservice specialist Horizons predicts that the market will start to see some real growth during 2014, although it will be slow in […]

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UK’s top sommeliers join Wine Guild of the United Kingdom

SIX of the UK’s top sommeliers were awarded membership of The Wine Guild of the United Kingdom at the organisation’s Winter Banquet, held last night [25 November] in London’s historical Vintners Hall. Finalists and previous winners of the Academy of Food & Wine Service’s Moët UK Sommelier of the Year were ceremonially intronised into the […]

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Hotels must adapt to needs of modern traveller, says HVS

Hotels are in danger of failing to adapt to a new breed of guest whose needs and demands are entirely different to those of previous generations. This is the conclusion of a new study in the changing nature of hotel guests undertaken by global hotel consultancy HVS London. The report, ‘A New Breed of Traveller’, […]

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UK hotels see boost in performance as profits rise 3%

HVS London, in association with Zolfo Cooper and AM:PM, has today published its quarterly Hotel Bulletin, outlining the performance of the UK’s hotel sector. Findings show that regional performance in Q3 has been particularly strong, with all but two cities reviewed showing RevPAR (rooms revenue per available room) gains, with an average of 8% increases. […]

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