Cairn Hotel Group has announced two promotions within its commercial leadership team as part of a companywide drive to accelerate growth and innovation. Sarah Powell-Abrams joins the commercial leadership team as director of marketing following four years as head of marketing at the group. Powell-Abrams’ appointment to director of marketing follows a series of high-impact […]
Great Scotland Yard Hotel, Westminster has announced the appointment of Saba Ewunie as its new director of finance. Ewunie has a distinguished background in hospitality finance and a track record of delivering strong financial leadership. She joins from her role as group purchase ledger clerk at Hyatt Regency London Stratford, where her career with Hyatt […]
Broomhill Estate in Muddiford, near Barnstaple, North Devon, has been brought to market on behalf of NAKO Modular, with a guide price of £1.15m. The freehold estate, formerly a seven-bedroom hotel, offers a potential redevelopment opportunity. The 18-acre site includes mature gardens, open meadows, established woodland, a tennis court and walking trails. The main building […]
The Rad Hotel Group has sold The Carlton Hotel in Prestwick to independent hotelier Henry Fitzsimmons, owner of The Riverside Lodge Hotel in Irvine, for an undisclosed price. The Carlton Hotel has been part of Rad Hotel Group portfolio since 2008. The transfer of ownership will see all 57 existing staff retained, with wages, benefits, […]
Hyatt has announced the appointment of Mohammad Labban as the new general manager of the Hyatt Regency London Blackfriars hotel. Labban, who has worked for Hyatt for more than 27 years across three continents, takes up the role after six years as general manager of Hyatt Regency Birmingham. He began his career with Hyatt in […]
Four Saints Hotels has acquired The Merrion Hotel in Llandudno for £4.5m, marking the seafront property’s first change of ownership in 75 years. The 62-bedroom Victorian hotel, which overlooks Llandudno Bay, was sold by brothers Gareth and Paul Bream, who are retiring. The Bream family has owned the hotel for more than seven decades, and […]
The hospitality industry, long known for its on-site, fast-paced work environment, has undergone a quiet but profound transformation in recent years. Faced with shifting workforce expectations, increased competition for talent, and rapid digitalization, many hospitality employers have begun embracing hybrid roles and flexible work cultures. While this trend was once considered incompatible with hospitality’s hands-on […]
Travelodge has acquired the freehold of a site on the outskirts of central Madrid from Grupo JRU, with plans to convert it into a 90-room hotel. The UK-based budget hotel chain, which operates more than 610 properties in the UK and Spain, said the deal brings its total number of hotels in the Madrid region […]
Arora Group has announced that it has acquired short stay specialist Bloc Hotels for an undisclosed fee. The purchase includes the 245-bedroom Bloc Gatwick and the 105-bedroom Bloc Birmingham, along with two further sites in the UK that are yet to be developed. The group believes that the purchase of Bloc Hotels aligns with its […]
Wyboston Lakes Resort has announced the appointment of Dan McDonald as business development manager to drive growth within the Conference and Training sector of the business. McDonald has more than eight years of experience as a hospitality professional, mostly recently as sales manager at Carden Park Hotel. He started his business development career in corporate […]
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