Wetherspoon To Open At Heathrow Terminal 4
Wetherspoon is to open a new unit at Heathrow Airport. The Star Light will open on 2 October on the site of the former Carluccio’s…
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Blackpool Beats Brighton As Best Summer Bank Holiday Staycation Destination When It Comes To Affordability
With the Summer Bank Holiday fast approaching, research by finance specialists, RIFT, has revealed that Blackpool and the Lake District top the table as the…
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Uk Inbound Business Barometer Findings Reveal Top Priorities For Tourism Businesses
The latest data from UKinbound reveals that ahead of the next General Election – the top priorities that tourism and hospitality businesses in the UK…
Read more...Abolishing Tourist Tax ‘Would Boost the Economy by £10BILLION, says Report
A new report from Centre for Economics and Business Research (CEBR) released this week reveals that the removal of tax-free shopping in the U.K, introduced…
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Drinks Sales Dip Again As Soggy July And Rail Strikes Go On
On Premise drinks sales have fallen year-on-year for the second week in a row following widespread poor weather. CGA by NIQ’s Drinks Recovery Tracker, which…
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British Tourism Industry Calls On Government To Reverse Decision To Increase Visa Fees
UKinbound, The Tourism Alliance and English UK, are calling on the Chancellor to reverse the Government’s recent announcement to ‘significantly increase’ visa application fees as…
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Hospitality Alliances Announce Partnership to “Accelerate Change” in the Global Hospitality Industry
The Sustainable Hospitality Alliance (the Alliance), the network for responsible hospitality, and Travalyst, the sustainable tourism non-profit and coalition of travel and technology companies, have…
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Visitbritain Upgrades 2023 Inbound Tourism Forecast On Back Of Stronger Recovery
VisitBritain has upgraded its 2023 inbound tourism forecast. Visits overall to the UK this year are now forecast to be 37.5 million, 92% of 2019…
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Cost-Of-Living Is Starting To “Bite” Vacation Plans
The recent Travel Trends 2023* study by global consultancy Simon-Kucher reveals that 14 percent of UK consumers will not go on vacation this summer, largely…
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Lower Valuations And Economic Uncertainty Present Opportunity For Buyers Of Travel Companies
Rising interest rates, an uncertain economic outlook, concerns about what happens when ‘revenge travel’ ends, and the recent collapse of Silicon Valley Bank have recently…
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Travel Industry Shows Resilience in Face of Cost-of-Living Crisis
New research from world-leading hospitality group, Accor, has found that Britons are still prioritising travel despite the cost-of-living crisis facing many families. On average, consumers…
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Hat-Trick Of Bank Holidays Boosts Hotel Sector In May
The UK hotels sector benefitted from a starker increase in room rates than usual in May as the hat-trick of bank holidays helped to boost…
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New Rail Strikes A ‘Hammer Blow’ For Hospitality
A fresh round of rail strikes is expected to disrupt national networks during July, after the RMT union announced that 20,000 workers would stage three…
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Bristol Hoteliers Renew Calls For Urgent Airbnb Clampdown
Hoteliers in Bristol are renewing calls for tighter regulations and restrictions to be imposed on Airbnb properties which affect both the hospitality sector and the…
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UK’s Biggest Hotel Chain Is A Winner At Welsh Training Provider’s Awards
The UK’s biggest hotel chain with more than 800 hotels, 400 restaurants and 36,000 employees has picked up an award from a leading Welsh apprenticeship…
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