For the last three years, Andrew Munt has played a vital part in helping shape the penta portfolio in the UK.
Bespoke Hotels and Criterion Capital to open properties across London
The inaugural property will be an 86-bedroom MGallery, London, Leicester Square, situated on the North side of Leicester Square and set to open in late 2016. This will be followed by further sites in Leicester Square, Piccadilly and Greenwich.
London’s Hotel Xenia joins Autograph Collection
The first Autograph Collection property to grace West London, Hotel Xenia is an urban designed hotel located in a beautiful Victorian building on Cromwell Road in South Kensington.
UK in two minds – 40-million-pound tourism support by PM and expected increasing operating costs post Brexit
UK PM announces 40 million pound fund for tourism, while operators forsee increasing operting costs. However boht government and industry are seeing benefits due to “pound exchange rate”.
Dorsett City, London to open in Q1 2017
Set to open in Q1 2017, the 13-storey Dorsett City, London will be a sleek and sensitively designed building with 275 guestrooms and will also house two restaurants, a bar and 1,600 sq. ft. of meeting space for the business community.
Macdonald Hotels installs defibrillators in all properties
With cardiac arrests cited as a leading cause of death in the UK, Macdonald Hotels is aiming to give its over one million annual guests the best chance of survival, if this happens, by installing lifesaving defibrillators at all 45 of its hotels.
IHG makes two senior promotions to Operations and Development, Design and Openings leadership teams
Karan Khanna, Vice President, Design & Engineering, has been appointed Vice President, Operations, UK&I and Michael Walsh, currently Head of Capital Projects at IHG, will assume Karan’s vacated role.
UK hotel offers ‘Cancer Touch Therapy’ treatments
The Royal Crescent Hotel & Spa has announced that it is one of the first UK hotels to be trained and accredited in Cancer Touch Therapy, providing specialist spa treatments for cancer patients at the hotel’s The Spa & Bath House.
W Edinburgh to open in 2021
W Edinburgh will form the centerpiece of the 1.7 million square foot St James development, which will incorporate a blend of retail, entertainment, leisure and residential apartments.
Ben Thomas appointed Regional General Manager for Pentahotels
Since joining the penta-family in 2014, Thomas has contributed to the success of the pentahotels in Birmingham and Derby.
