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London dances
to Tune Hotels
AIRASIA founder Tony
Fernandes is to open 15
hotels in London under
the Tune Hotels brand.
Plans have been un-
veiled for the hotels
which will open over
the next seven years as
part of a partnership
between Tune and pri-
vate investment firm
Queensway Group. Nick Jivraj, managing director of
The first property to Queensway Group and Mark Lankester,
open will be the Tune chief executive of Tune Hotels.com
Hotels.com-Westmin-
ster which is due to open later this year. The 15
hotels will create another 1,500 rooms in London.
Tune Hotels.com group chief executive officer
Capital fronts
Mark Lankester said: “Our limited service con-
cept encourages guests to spend less within the
hotel itself, driving more spend outside the hotel,
within the local business community.
Europe recovery
“More consumers are demanding a five-star
sleeping experience at a one-star price so they
Rob Gill.
months of occupancy growth from September to
can spend their hard-earned income on shopping, EUROPEAN hotels may be on the road to recovery January with occupancy in the final three
dining and recreational pursuits outside the hotel.” as demand for rooms has picked up over the past months of 2009 reaching 82.5% – a record for
Tune Hotels was first launched in Kuala six months. the fourth quarter.
Lumpur in 2007, and has nine hotels in Malaysia Business advisor Deloitte said hotel sales in Robert Milburn, UK hospitality & leisure
and Bali. Europe had been growing since October with leader at PwC, said: “Growth in the UK hotel
further rises of 4.2% and 3.3% in December and industry reflects the capital’s resilience to the
January respectively. recession. We think the worst is over and London
Thistle signs up
Alex Kyriakidis, global managing partner of looks set to build on its flourish in late 2009.”
tourism hospitality and leisure at Deloitte, said: During 2010, PwC expects revenue per
to eco-scheme
“No strong rebound in European tourism and available room in London to grow by 5.8% and
hotel performance is expected in 2010, but fur- increase by another 7.8% in 2011.
ther declines will now be city specific rather than The situation is less rosy outside London
THISTLE HOTELS has joined the CarePar scheme the norm. where a revpar increase of only 1.6% is expected
which measures carbon emissions made by “Demand should continue to return as more in 2010 followed by 3.1% next year.
hotels. people travel to and within Europe. This will give PwC said UK hotels outside London were
CarePar gives ratings on how hotels are reduc- hoteliers an opportunity to grow occupancy and heavily dependent on the dwindling corporate
ing their carbon footprint and provides guests then average room rates and revenue per and leisure demand
with information on the carbon impact of their available room.” Head of hotels research Liz Hall added:
bookings. London has suffered less than other major “Growth will be slow but it’s not all bad news as
Thistle has invested £60,000 in fitting energy- European cities thanks to the weakness of the some regional centres will buck the trend.”
efficient light bulbs at the group’s 33 hotels. pound and its limited number of hotel beds. On more pessimistic note, a survey of 155 UK
It has also installed motion sensors to A PricewaterhouseCoopers report into the UK hotel executives by law firm DLA Piper found
automatically switch off lights when not in use, hotel industry also emphasised the healthy only 2% expected a sustained upturn this year
and introduced new settings for ballroom and position of London hotels. while 52% think that room rates will not return
conference room lighting. The UK capital has enjoyed five consecutive to pre-financial crisis levels until after 2012.
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