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KE Hotels lands Holiday Inn London-Luton
A private consortium of investors has sold the 124-room Holiday Inn London-Luton Airport Hotel for an undisclosed sum to KE Hotels, which was funded by Metro Bank.
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PPHE Hotel Group close to completing £300m pipeline
PPHE Hotel Group, which develops, owns and operates hotels and resorts, is nearing completion of its £300m pipeline, according to its Q3 update.
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Pizza Hut’s UK franchise slams crisis claims and plans growth
The boss of Pizza Hut’s major UK franchisee has hit back at claims that its restaurants are under threat of closure, claiming the firm is surging back to profits in 2023 and is ready to reignite expansion plans.
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Youth Hostel Association puts 20 hostels on the market as cost-of-living bites
The Youth Hostel Association (YHA) is stepping back from the management of a third of its 150-plus properties in England and Wales, with 20 hostels now on the market.
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Crown Estate puts historic Windsor hotel up for sale
The Crown Estate has put the Harte & Garter Hotel and Spa in Windsor up for sale as a prime hospitality development opportunity, seeking offers in excess of £13.25m.
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Shaftesbury reports “strong operational progress” after merger
At a pre-AGM trading update today (14 June), Shaftesbury Capital said the integration of its business and team was “progressing well” following March’s completion of the £3.5bn all-share merger between Capital and Counties Properties (Capco) and Shaftesbury.
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Franco Manca and The Real Greek plan expansion after sale approved
Shareholders in Fulham Shore, owner of the Franco Manca and The Real Greek casual dining chains, have approved the £93.4m sale of the business by Japanese food conglomerate Toridoll, saying that the deal will better enable the brands to achieve their growth potential.
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Travelodge owner to seek £1.2bn sale
US hedge fund GoldenTree is reported to be planning to sell budget hotel business Travelodge with a price tag of more than £1.2bn.
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Acuitus offers 11 lots for more than £1m at its March auction
A parade of shops in Southampton, Hampshire, with flats and offices above, listed at a guide price of £2.5m, will lead Acuitus’s 45-lot auction on 30 March, which includes 11 lots with guide prices of £1m-plus.
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Amazon Fresh store priced at £2.5m leads next Allsop sale
An Amazon Fresh store in Camden, north London, guided at £2.5m will be one of the star lots in Allsop’s next commercial online auction on 23 March.
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Starbucks opening 100 UK stores this year
Starbucks, the world’s largest coffee chain, will open 100 new stores across the UK this year following a 37% increase in sales in this country to £449.3m.
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P-THREE appointed to lease Olympic Park assets
The London Legacy Development Corporation (LLDC) has appointed real estate agency and consultancy P-THREE to lead on food and beverage leasing at Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park’s ArcelorMittal Orbit, The Podium and East Bank in Stratford, east London.
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Time Out Market appoints Gillingham Bell to support global expansion
Gillingham Bell International has been appointed global real estate partner by Time Out Market to supports its foodhall expansion.
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Distrkt’s Camilla Topham on the not-so-dry January for hospitality
The market has never felt harder to predict. Early in January on a Tuesday evening I visited a West End foodhall and was astounded by how busy it was.
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Boxpark secures consent for Liverpool brewery site
The Boxpark Group is to open its first site outside London in Liverpool’s Baltic Triangle area, after receiving planning permission and signing a 15-year lease with Cains Brewery Village.
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Energy and cost crises force Q4 2022 hospitality closures above previous year
A combination of energy and cost crises have driven the number of closures of licensed premises in the fourth quarter of 2022 above the Covid-hit period in the previous year.
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Godwin signs up Wendy’s for first UK drive-through
Godwin Developments is to add the first UK drive-through outlet for burger chain Wendy’s at its purpose-built roadside retail development Brampton Hut Services in Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire.
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Hospitality sector demands government action to stem closures
Hospitality sector leaders have called on the government to provide more support to prevent further closures in the light of a forthcoming reduction in energy bill support.
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Plans submitted for £150m Brighton student accommodation development
A Brighton manor house will be converted into a ’pub hub club’ alongside accommodation for 566 students under a recently submitted £150m redevelopment plan.
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Pubs raise glass to alcohol duty freeze
The government’s decision to freeze alcohol duty for another six months will allow £180m to be reinvested into the pub and brewery industry, according to the British Beer and Pub Association (BBPA).