ENGAGE! Webinar: “Who leads?”

Reading Time: 3 minutes UK: The latest in a fortnightly series of ENGAGE! webinars for travel buyers and suppliers of accommodation to corporate travellers was hosted last week by Mark Harris of the Travel Intelligence Network. 

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Does Covid signal the end for the hospitality brand assembly line?

Reading Time: 6 minutes One thing the major hotel companies aren’t short of as they plan their respective recoveries from the Covid carnage is brands. A quick scan of their websites reveals that, including soft brands or ‘collections’, IHG has 16 flags, Hilton 18, Marriott 31 and Accor a whopping 43.

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Turnover-based rents – a lifeline for hospitality?

Reading Time: 6 minutes In the wake of the Covid crisis and its devastating impact on the nation’s high streets, many UK landlords in the retail and restaurant spaces have moved from offering fixed leases to turnover-based rents, in order to allow struggling tenants to continue trading. Could the hospitality sector follow suit?

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The Altos
The Altos returns to London this December

Reading Time: 2 minutes UK: Corporate accommodation platform AltoVita will host its annual Altos event at Ham Yard Hotel in London on 2 December.

Wilde Oxford
Wilde to launch in Oxford in former cinema

Reading Time: < 1 minute UK: Operator Staycity Group will open a 145-room Wilde aparthotel in the former Odeon cinema in Oxford city centre.

Cheval Maison Dubai
Cheval Maison – Expo City Dubai appoints general manager

Reading Time: < 1 minute UAE: Christian Potvin has been named general manager of Cheval Maison – Expo City Dubai ahead of its opening in March 2025.

Uber
Opinion: An ‘Uber’ week for the OTAs and what it means

Reading Time: 4 minutes Short Term Rentalz editor Paul Stevens comments on the potential impact of Uber’s rumoured acquisition of Expedia. 

Your Apartment Bristol
Your Apartment expands in Bristol with latest opening

Reading Time: < 1 minute UK: Operator Your Apartment has expanded its presence in Bristol with the opening of nine serviced apartments in Clifton.

Punthill Tuggeranong
Veriu opens Punthill Tuggeranong aparthotel in Canberra

Reading Time: < 1 minute Australia: Operator Veriu Group has opened the Punthill Tuggeranong aparthotel in Greenway, Canberra, the group’s first property in the capital. 

Beaufort House
Beaufort House in London brought to market

Reading Time: < 1 minute UK: Business property adviser Christie & Co is marketing Beaufort House in Knightsbridge, London.

limehome UK
limehome appoints director of expansion for UK

Reading Time: < 1 minute UK: Tech-enabled operator limehome has appointed Will Kingston as the company’s director of expansion for the United Kingdom.

Bob W
Bob W appoints chief financial officer

Reading Time: < 1 minute Finland: Tech-powered hospitality operator Bob W has appointed Hervé Deligny as chief financial officer (CFO). 

Warren Collection
Warren Collection expands in England with debut property

Reading Time: < 1 minute UK: Belfast-based hospitality group Warren Collection has opened its first property England with an aparthotel in Newcastle.