McKays Hotel, Bar and Restaurant in Piltochry has announced it will provide around 100 free free-course Christmas Day meals for the town’s foodbank, after the event was threatened earlier this year by the closure of its former venue.  The Scottish hotel will supply three chefs to cook the meals for The Storehouse, Pitlochry’s community foodbank, […]

Watkin Jones has agreed a development partnership with Latium Enterprises to deliver a 294-bedroom hotel in central Wimbledon. The scheme will redevelop a former brownfield site on Worple Road and comprises an 11-storey hotel building.  Plans include guest accommodation alongside shared amenities such as a club lounge, gym, co-working space and café. Watkin Jones said […]

Dominus has acquired Ibex House, a Grade II-listed Art Deco building in the City of London, for redevelopment into a 382-bedroom hotel, in a joint venture with Cheyne Capital. The property, built between 1933 and 1937, is located close to Aldgate, Fenchurch Street and Tower Hill and is currently vacant, having previously been used as […]

Hospitality venues in England are set to face an average increase of more than £32,000 in business rates over the next three years, according to new analysis from UKHospitality. The figures suggest that the average hospitality property will see its annual business rates bill rise from £20,835 currently to £40,409 by 2028/29, despite the introduction […]

Scottish hospitality operator Buzzworks has acquired the Nether Abbey Hotel in North Berwick, marking the company’s first move into accommodation as part of its expansion plans. The hotel, which has been run by the Stewart family for more than 60 years, will be taken over in mid-January and will close to allow for a major […]

Travelodge has recorded its biggest year of development in more than a decade after opening 21 hotels and adding more than 1,800 rooms to its UK estate. The budget hotel chain said the openings included four new-build properties in Skegness, Harwich, London Beckenham and London Chiswick, alongside 17 hotels acquired from other operators and rebranded […]

Sir Peter Rigby, owner of the Eden Hotel Collection, has donated £2m to launch a new food redistribution hub in Birmingham following a call from the King for businesses to help tackle food waste and food poverty. The Sir Peter Rigby Coronation Food Hub has opened at Gravelly Park and will be operated by FareShare […]

The Old Lodge, a historic hotel in the centre of Malton, has been sold to new owners, Chris and Jane Berridge, following a sale process completed within weeks of an offer being accepted. The 17th Century Tudor mansion is set within 3.6 acres of private grounds and comprises 29 en-suite guest bedrooms alongside a bar, […]

Marriott International has agreed with V&A Waterfront Holdings to open an EDITION-branded hotel at Cape Town’s V&A Waterfront, with a planned launch in 2026. The project, to be known as The Cape Town EDITION, would mark the first EDITION hotel on the African continent. It is planned to include 142 guest rooms and suites, as […]

Met Hotel Leeds has opened Gott’s Bar and Kitchen, a new in-house restaurant following the completion of a major refurbishment of the Grade II listed city centre hotel. The venue operates an all-day dining menu using locally sourced ingredients. Menu items include steak and onion pie, grilled salmon with seaweed beurre blanc and Korean miso […]