Nassar Khalil has one ambition; to carve a niche for a new transparent hotel group that puts technology and service excellence centre stage, with no nasty surprises for guests on departure
INTERVIEWS & ANALYSIS
Billed as a “residents’ club for people going places”, The Other House is a new hospitality brand from The Portfolio Club, a Joint Venture between investment firm London Central Portfolio (LCP) and Dutch pension provider
Fresh on the back of three new acquisitions, Douglas Waddell, operations director at Hand Picked Hotels shares an insight into the company’s recruitment and retention schemes as the portfolio grows
Beaverbrook Townhouse is the London site of its Surrey sister and marks an epic partnership between development powerhouse Cadogan Estates and the slick, well-oiled hotel business headed up by a Cadbury’s heir. We get the inside scoop on the new venture as the luxury property opens its doors
Angela Black, spa and leisure manager at Woolacombe Bay Hotel details how the hotel has worked hard in attracting new customers, with a new gym and its own cinema
Buxton Crescent Hotel in the Peak District opened last year after a challenging development process that dragged on for more than a decade. Thanks to investment from the National Lottery Heritage Fund and other stakeholders keen to restore the historic venue, the hotel finally launched to wide acclaim and marked Ensana Health Spa Hotels' epic debut UK venture. We stop by to check in on business performance
After a transformation project, the former Jamie Oliver restaurant space at Watergate Bay has been reimagined into seven new suites that will define a new room category at the hotel and within the wider portfolio
Building the foundations to a new hotel brand during a pandemic has been a costly, but thorough exercise for Ed Burrows and Charles Randall the founders of Wildhive, a new hospitality venture rooted in nature launching to market this August
In May, the Cutmore-Scott family opened the doors to their first boutique hotel in Norfolk, in a change of pace from running their successful portfolio of wedding venues across the country
In an exclusive interview, Bespoke Hotels’ Robin Sheppard and Mike Rothwell discuss how best to maximise space whilst generating a profit this summer, the continued importance of cashflow for survival and why now is not the time to get complacent
