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Investment in UK hotels hits lowest level since 2012

Hotel Owner

Around £2bn of UK hotel transactions were recorded in 2023, according to new data from Knight Frank, though investment levels hit their lowest level since 2012. Excluding the Covid-impacted year of 2020, investment levels were at their lowest since 2012.

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Today’s news in brief – 8/1/23

Hotel Owner

Knight Frank reports that around £2bn of UK hotel transactions occurred in 2023 , marking the lowest investment levels since 2012. The rising cost of living and increased prices during school holidays are cited as reasons for the reduction in holiday plans.

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2024 Olympics: A Golden Opportunity for French Hoteliers

Revenue Hub

For instance, during the 2012 London Olympic Games, our survey of 30 area properties found that there was a significant increase in RevPAR during and after the event, but also a significant pre-event occupancy drop-off as their typical group and corporate business steered clear of the city.

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The Cost of Doing Business: Hidden Payment Fee Red Flags

Modern Restaurant Management

To help recoup the cost of accepting cards, some restaurants are raising the prices of menu items, and others (where permitted by state law and merchant services agreement) are adding a credit card surcharge to bills. According to the Wall Street Journal , the dollar amount of interchange fees more than doubled from 2012 to 2019, and U.S.

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Be more Selfridges

Boutique Hotel News

Smartphone ownership in adults aged 55 to 64 increased from 19 per cent in 2012 to 83 per cent in 2021. . Live pricing and availability of their catalogue. The UK is the world’s third largest eCommerce market, with 80 per cent of people shopping online – tipped to rise to 89.6 per cent by 2025. Learning from retail .

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SYBARITIC SINGLE TAKES TO NEW SKIES

Mary Gostelow

Some of the labels retail at prices higher than the traditional maisons and are produced in microscopic batches of just a couple of thousand cases a year. Starting in the fabulous Private Room at Changi Airport with the 2012 Taittinger Comtes de Champagne (the only one available in the lounge), he switched to a grower label during the flight.

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Restaurant Andrew Fairlie named best in the UK by Harden’s

Boutique Hotelier

Restaurants at all price levels are listed: from street food vendors to fine-dining haunts, with 2,800 restaurants listed in total. McLaughlin became head chef in 2006, while Dewsbury has been general manager since 2012. The 32nd edition of the guide is based on 30,000 reports from a survey of 3,000 diners.

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