Whitbread has reported adjusted pre-tax profit of £316m for the first half of its 2026 financial year, down from £340m a year earlier, as Premier Inn maintained its lead in the UK hotel market and the company moved closer to profitability in Germany. Statutory pre-tax profit for the 26 weeks to 28 August 2025 was […]

Heritage, comfort and emotional connection are overtaking extravagance as the defining traits of modern luxury, according to PoB Hotels’ 2026 Luxury Travel Trends and Insights report. The study, conducted with market research firm Altiant, found that affluent travellers now value experiences that feel “personal, restorative and real” over displays of wealth. Nearly half of respondents […]

The Atholl Arms Hotel in Blair Atholl, Perthshire, has been brought to market with a freehold asking price of £1,650,000. Situated at the base of the Cairngorms National Park, the Atholl Arms Hotel is a 19th Century railway hotel and pub-restaurant, adjacent to Blair Atholl train station and close to the A9 road leading to the […]

A new operator is being sought for The Manners Arms, a Grade-II listed country house hotel and restaurant in the Vale of Belvoir. The 18th Century property, located in Knipton near Belvoir Castle, Grantham and Melton Mowbray, forms part of the Belvoir Estate. It was originally built as a hunting lodge and later converted into […]

Chatsworth Escapes has officially opened a new hotel – The Hide – on the edge of the Chatsworth Estate in the Peak District, which has been described as an affordable base for visitors to the area. The 25-room hotel has been developed by the team behind the Cavendish Hotel at Baslow. It is aimed at […]

Netherlands-based hotel brand CityHub is to enter the German market with the redevelopment of an existing property in Hamburg, marking its fifth European location and first hotel conversion. The project, which is in partnership with local investor and developer Kohler and von Bargen, will transform the former Hotel Pacific building into a 110-room site using […]

UK hotel group Surya Hotels has started the first phase of a major renovation of the historic Theobalds Estate near Waltham Cross. The grade-II listed Georgian mansion house, which was once the favourite country residence of King James I, was converted into a hotel during the 1990s and was formerly owned by the De Vere […]

Village Hotel Club has announced the appointment of Rob Lees as the general manager of its new Reading site, ahead of the hotel’s planned opening in December. The hotel, located at the former Crowne Plaza site at Caversham Bridge, is undergoing a multi-million-pound refurbishment and is expected to create more than 100 local jobs. Lees […]

Adagio has announced the appointment of Marc Lemarchand as chief financial officer (CFO) and member of the executive committee. A graduate of ESCP, Lemarchand has extensive experience in finance and operations. For around 10 years, he played an active role in the growth of the KFC brand in France, developing expertise in managing networked businesses […]

The Mount Somerset has been acquired by South West based luxury event venue firm PM Hospitality Limited for an undisclosed sum.  Originally built between 1805 and 1815 as a private residence known as Henlade House, the Grade-II English Regency mansion has operated as a luxury hotel throughout the 21st Century, and was renamed in 2011.  […]