Pennington Hotels acquires two historic Lakeland Inns
West Cumbrian hotel and leisure company Pennington Hotels has taken on two historic properties – the nine-bedroom Boot Inn in Eskdale and the 11-bedroom Pooley Bridge Inn near Ullswater.
Archives for October 21, 2012
People 1st launches Apprentice 1st online portal for hospitality businesses
Sector skills council People 1st has launched Apprentice 1st, an online portal which allows employers, learners and training providers to access all aspects of an apprenticeship, including coursework, assessments and practical training material, from a...
Chef Jeremy Wares opens restaurant at Macdonald Hotels' Houstoun House
Jeremy Wares, former chef-patron of The Angler's Inn in Perthshire, has joined forces with Macdonald Hotels & Resorts to open a restaurant at its 70-bedroom West Lothian hotel Houstoun House.
The Flat Chicken takes poultry craze outside of London
The recent flurry of chicken-led restaurants in London is now spreading outside of the capital with The Flat Chicken coming to roost in Stratford-upon-Avon next month.
New boutique hotel group The House Collection set for UK debut
The House Collection, a new group of boutique hotels in the east of England, is set to open its first property next spring - the Poet’s House hotel in the centre of Ely, Cambridgeshire.
Orient-Express Hotels evaluating 'unsolicited' takeover proposal
Orient-Express Hotels, the owner of Raymond Blanc's Oxfordshire venue Le Manoir aux Quat'Saisons, has become the subject of an 'unsolicited' takeover proposal by minor shareholder Indian Hotels.