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Michael McIntosh has been appointed F&B Manager at the 227-bedroom Clayton Hotel Chiswick in West London. McIntosh joined the hotel in January 2016 as Guest Relations Manager but now becomes F&B Manager as the hotel’s £21m refurbishment nears its completion. “It’s an exciting time for the hotel as we are reaching the end of a […]

Staycity, the Dublin-based aparthotel operator, has revamped its website giving it a more modern image that better reflects the urban-look design principles behind its newest premises. The new-look website, developed by Staycity and Zinc Design, gives customers mobile and tablet compatibility as well as making the company’s growing portfolio of sites clearer and more visual […]

American-themed barbecue pits, smokehouses, burger bars, and diners could be about to replace Mexican outlets as the biggest growth area on the UK’s eating out scene over the next few years, according to Horizons’ latest Ones To Watch research. The biannual Ones To Watch report, which tracks the growth of new and emerging brands with […]

Achieving on-going growth in a decelerating market was the key theme of this year’s Horizons’ Annual Briefing, held yesterday in the City of London and attended by over 120 industry representatives. Having heard from Bank of England agent for London Peter Andrews on the economic outlook for the UK, Horizons’ managing director Peter Backman told […]

3 March 2016, London: European hotel transaction volume totalled €23.7 billion in 2015, a record level and an increase of 66% on the previous year, according to the annual European Hotel Transactions report, published this week by HVS and its brokerage and investment services division HVS Hodges Ward Elliott. The year outperformed pre-downturn levels driven […]

1 March 2016, London: Europe’s hotel market experienced ongoing value growth and recovery in 2015 with hotels in many cities reaching record performance, according to the 2016 European Hotel Valuation Index (HVI) published this week by global hotel consultancy HVS. The year was particularly good for hotels in Eastern Europe, which bounced back from declining […]

The popularity of humble macaroni cheese continues as mac ‘n’ cheese clocks growth of over 550% on British restaurant menus since 2010, according to a new survey by eating out analysts Horizons. Mac ‘n’ cheese has become a firm favourite on British menus loved by both consumers and restaurant operators who can add simple twists […]

Next month [1 March] Staycity will open the doors to a further 125 apartments at its popular London Heathrow site with the addition of a guest lounge and café on the ground floor and breakfast area and terrace on the podium level. The extension to Staycity Heathrow sees the fast-growing aparthotel operator moving into its […]