SERVICED APARTMENTS HOTELS
SERVICED APARTMENT BODY PREDICTS ‘SUBSTANTIAL’ 2015 GROWTH
THE ASSOCIATION OF SERVICED APARTMENT PROVIDERS (ASAP) is planning to double its membership size by the end of 2015. ASAP managing director James Foice said the new members were a mixture of multinational businesses and smaller independents. He said this showed that “ASAP is the dedicated and recognised representative” for the sector in the UK.
Foice said that membership growth was mirrored by new serviced apartment units being delivered. “To date, we know of nearly 850 new apartments being opened this year, a 6 per cent increase on the current stock, but we expect that figure to rise substantially,” he said. Among ASAP members, the average occupancy in London in 2014 rose by 2.1 per cent from 2013 to 84.5 per cent, while occupancy for the rest of the UK rose to 81.9 per cent by 2.6 per cent. Serviced apartments feature, p96
AVIATION SAFETY
BELFAST TITANIC HOTEL PLANS RECEIVE £4.9M GRANT BOOST
PLANS TO DEVELOP A LUXURY FOUR- STAR HOTEL in Belfast where RMS Titanic was designed have been approved following a £4.9 million grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF). The 84-bedroom boutique hotel will be located on the site of the former Harland and Wolff headquarters building and drawing offices on Queen’s Island, Belfast. It was here that Belfast workers
created and designed more than 1,000 ships, including the White
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Star Olympic Liners Olympic, Titanic and Britannic, and naval warships such as HMS Belfast. The building has been vacant since 1989 and has been considered ‘at risk’ for almost a decade. The lottery grant will focus on
developing the two original drawing offices as spaces for public use. The hotel will also tell the story of Belfast’s industrial heritage, focusing on the building’s historic spaces such as the boardroom, telephony room and entrance lobby.
Safety officials recommend aircraft tracking
THE INTERNATIONAL CIVIL AVIATION ORGANISATION (ICAO) has recommended a new standard for tracking aircraft to help boost aviation safety. Under the proposals airlines will
be required to transmit their location every 15 minutes. The development was announced last month as more than 850 participants gathered at a high-level safety conference at ICAO’s Montreal headquarters. The recommended standard will be performance-based and not prescriptive, said ICAO. This means global airlines would be able to meet it using the “available and planned technologies and procedures they deem suitable”.
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