Sunday, October 11, 2009

Lagos yacht hotel creates turbulence

A year after the luxury Sunborn Yacht Hotel berthed at the Lagos Marina, it sits in complete disrepair on the quay of the Army Officer's Mess Headquarters, a mockery of what it was a year ago when it was received in Lagos.

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Cheap rooms and coffee help Whitbread through worst of hospitality slump

Premier Inn, the UK’s biggest hotel chain, will claim it is winning a cut-throat price war raging across the hospitality industry when its owners at Whitbread check in with trading results on Tuesday.
Chief executive Alan Parker will say that heavy promotional activity, spearheaded by comedian Lenny Henry, has helped it to increase its share of the key business market while attracting new custom from the tourist trade in the opening months of the year

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Swiss Surprise: Forte puts Le Richemond on the block

The veteran hotelier Sir Rocco Forte is sounding out potential buyers for the Le Richemond hotel in Geneva, one of 13 upmarket properties owned by his company, writes Matthew Goodman.

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