It now seems that Expedia, one of the UK’s leading online travel booking sites, has just recently announced the launch of Expedia Hotel View. This is a new service that combines Google Street View technology with Expedia hotels. This enables consumers to virtually experience their hotel before they purchase it.
Expedia Hotel View gives users an [...]

It now seems that the well known budget hotel chain Travelodge has just recently announced the launch its very first £3 million hotel in Newcastle. This hotel has 82 rooms and will be located at Lower Street, Newcastle under Lyme, Stafford. Due to the opening of this hotel, 20 new jobs have been created within [...]

It appears that hotels in London were hit the worst in the UK by the volcanic ash cloud travel chaos. This news comes despite a big hike in room rates. According to research done by PKF Hotel Consultancy Services, occupancy in London was actually down 7.6 percent this year when compared to April of 2009.
These [...]

The well known French hotel group Accor has just recently confirm that it is to sell 450 property holdings that are presently owned outright before 2013. This is all part of an ongoing Asset Right strategy initiated in 2005. It is based on adapting each hotel’s ownership structure to its segment and location.
In building a [...]

It now appears that the well known UK hotel chain Travelodge has promoted director Guy Parsons to chief executive. This move comes as the budget hotel chain seeks to maximize growth ahead of a potential sale.
As part of this top level reshuffle of people, chief executive Grant Hearn has become executive chairman. Mr Hearn had [...]

It now seems that world travelers do not think too highly of UK hotels, or at least according to a recent poll. Just two UK hotels were able to make it into the top 79 in a table of the world’s best hotels compiled by online travel company Expedia.
There were only 10 UK hotels that [...]