Knights Hill Hotel and Spa, located on the outskirts of King’s Lynn, has been sold to an independent operator off a guide price of £7.95m.  Directly fronting onto the busy A149, Knights Hill Hotel features 79 bedrooms and has previously been under the ownership of Howard Darking for 40 years. The sale marks the end […]

The Grand hotel in York has announced Shekhar Grover as its new hotel manager, a move it said rings in an “exciting” new leadership phase that will meet its current high service standards and prioritise guest experience and operational direction to enhance the business further. Grover steps into his new role with 17 years of […]

BWH chief executive Tim Rumney has warned that independent hoteliers face a £1.4bn increase in costs following the latest rise in the minimum wage, saying that “something has to give” in the sector.  It comes as the hospitality industry has seen successive increases in various operational costs. In light of this, Rumney fears that independent […]

Hotels are haemorrhaging revenue, missing up to 30% of inbound guest calls to busy signals and voicemail amid brutal front desk staffing shortages hitting 65% of properties. Night audit crews run skeletal shifts, with one or two staff juggling check-ins, security sweeps, ledger crunching, and global time-zone inquiries. Late-night surges from international callers overwhelm the […]

Radisson Hotel Group has officially opened the Radisson Hotel Amsterdam Schiphol Airport Hoofddorp, a 281-room property situated in the Beukenhorst Business Park. The hotel provides access to the airport, the Hoofddorp business district and local transport links. It is located seven kilometres from the airport and one kilometre from the train station. Guest rooms feature […]

A fully booked hotel can still lose thousands every month. Not because demand isn’t there but because rooms quietly fall offline, underperform, or generate complaints that force refunds and discounts. The cause is almost always invisible until it’s too late. £150+ lost per night for every room taken offline £7,000+ lost in a week when […]

The Angus Land Company Ltd (ALC) in Scotland has made a Proposal of Application Notice (PAN) to Angus Council for a £480m mixed-use hotel and resort development at Shank of Omachie, a rural locality situated to the north and east of the village of Wellbank. Spanning around 310 acres, plans for the ‘Brae of Angus’ […]

Classic British Hotels has added Whittlebury Park to its nationwide portfolio to increase its capacity for corporate and leisure bookings.  The 700-acre estate in Northamptonshire features a spa, 36-hole golf complex, and 254 guest rooms. The property is situated near the Silverstone circuit and occupies land formerly used as medieval royal hunting grounds.  It maintains […]

Hospitality brand Mason and Fifth has partnered with London developer Frank Capital to open its fourth site, a 56-studio guesthouse in Belsize Park. The project involves the restoration of a red brick manor house. The property, originally designed as a guesthouse, is scheduled to open on 18 May 2026 following successful launches in Primrose Hill, […]