Month: October 2011

Thistle Hotels is the AA Hotel Group of the Year 2011-2012. Thistle Hotels scooped the prestigious ‘Hotel Group of the Year Award’ on Thursday night at the AA Hospitality Awards 2011-2012. Hosted by popular BBC newsreader, Sophie Raworth, at the London Hilton on Park Lane, the ceremony rewarded the best performers in the UK’s hospitality industry, and was well attended by world-renowned chefs, prominent hoteliers, restaurateurs, hospitality gurus and key media. On selecting Thistle for the award, the judging panel were particularly impressed with how the hotel group have successfully kept their focus on the guest experience and developed teams in a way that delivered this commitment – genuinely and passionately.

QHotels has appointed Team Spirit as its preferred partner for team building events across its 21 hotels in the UK for the next 3 years

De Vere Venues have added The Commonwealth Club in London’s West End to its portfolio. The venue offers an auditorium plus a further eight meeting rooms

Friends House Conference Centre in Euston is launching a new facility this month following a £400k investment converting the second floor in to more energy efficient and flexible meeting space

Hotel Indigo Liverpool is a 151 bedroom boutique hotel, just opened in the heart of the heart of the commercial district – the four star property features the Marco Pierre White Steakhouse Bar and Grill. Opening rates start from £89 BB.

Hotel Verta goes has gone in to administration, one year after being opened by von Essen, the hotel will continue to run as normal whilst new owners are being sought

Akkeron Hotels Group Limited (“Akkeron” or “the group”) is pleased to announce that The Coombe Abbey Hotel near Coventry is now associated with it. This support service contract with Akkeron will increase the number of hotels in the group to 37, employing 1,630 people and with a combined annual turnover of over c£60m, cementing its position as one of the largest regional hotel operators in the UK. Coombe Abbey, originally a 12th Century Cistercian Abbey which is owned by Coombe Parks Limited under the No Ordinary Hotel Group brand, will continue to operate as usual, inside the portfolio of Akkeron Hotels. The hotel has 119 guest rooms and is set in 500 acres of English parkland gardens. Akkeron confirmed that it continues to work on an aggressive acquisition pipeline to increase the number of hotels into the portfolio over the next 6–12 months.