UK

Business travellers split between traditional and alternative booking channels

  Figures from the GBTA Foundation show business travellers from the UK, Germany and France are fairly evenly split between booking via traditional channels and alternative methods. The study shows […]

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Home sharing sites being abused, BHA chief tells MPs

Professional landlords operating outside UK regulations at an “industrial scale” are manipulating the so-called sharing economy and endangering the safety of the public, MPs have been told. The warning about […]

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Plymouth revealed as ‘best value’ city in UK

Plymouth is the best value city in the UK for a hotel stay, according to Trivago’s annual Best Value UK City Index. The list, which includes 26 cities with at […]

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Airbnb data reveals impact of the sharing economy

  More than 3 million people in the UK used Airbnb accommodation for their travels this year in a boost to the sharing economy, the site has revealed. There were […]

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STR: EMEA, Americas, and US hotel performance for September 2015

According to hotel performance data compiled for September 2015 by STR Global, when compared to September 2014, Europe reported a 2.3% increase in occupancy to 80.7%, a 5.4% increase in […]

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Rugby World Cup boosts RevPAR

The opening weekend of the Rugby World Cup provided a boost to hotels in the host cities, which reported a ‘significant’ growth in revenue per available room (RevPAR). According to […]

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More growth in 2016 UK hotels forecast

London hoteliers saw a record 2014 but so far 2015 hasn’t replicated this stellar performance, according to new PwC analysis.  While average performance metrics are still very high by most […]

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Hotel prices soar ahead of Rugby World Cup

Hotel room prices in host cities for the Rugby World Cup have increased on every match night in every city, at an average of £261 for a hotel stay, according […]

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North East Hotels record a 3.3% increase in GOPPAR

According to Hotstats July 2015 UK Chain Hotels review the UK provincial hotel market registered positive year-on-year movements across all key performance indicators for the month of July. Hotels in […]

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Overseas interest in UK hotels on the up

Figures from Expedia show an increase in the number of overseas visitors searching for hotel stays in the UK. The shopping data from May 2015 shows browsing figures from USA […]

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