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...Phil Urban, chief executive at Mitchells & Butlers, the UK’s largest listed pub group, said the group’s drinks-led pubs, such as Ember Inns, expected to do “really well” during the World Cup but that big...
...When I heard a new coaching inn was opening in the Cotswolds, where the menu would centre around cooking over fire, I knew I had to go. Everything about that concept appealed to me....
...Konoba is Croatian for inn or tavern: often in a rural location, with traditional decor and hearty local dishes, the konoba is the soul of Croatian hospitality, and Stari Podrum was no exception....
...“We need to keep our powder dry,” says Phil Urban, chief executive of M&B and proprietor of Harvester and Ember Inns. “We are in uncharted waters”....
...IHG, whose brands include Crowne Plaza and Holiday Inn, pointed to its underlying results, which exclude one-off factors such as asset disposals....
...Founded 1998 by Starwood Hotels ———- “Barry Sternlicht is a legend in the industry and you would not bet against him,” said John Brennan, chief executive of Amaris Hospitality, which owns the Jurys Inn...
...In case you missed it, last week’s dispatch was all about the fine art of inn-keeping, and how few properties manage to master the business of offering a pleasant environment, complemented by excellent service...
...But before it was knocked down, American architect Geoffrey P Moussas rescued the inn’s wooden bathtub....
...Other sales over the past few years include a 45 per cent stake in UAE-based valve manufacturer KEF Holdings to Tyco International in March 2011, and four Holiday Inn Express hotels in Dubai....
...Since it was bought by DIC in 2006, Travelodge has been expanding its portfolio in competition with Whitbread’s Premier Inn for the UK budget hotel market....
...Under DIC, Travelodge has been expanding its portfolio in competition with Whitbread’s Premier Inn for the UK budget hotel market....
...Born in the Austrian town of Braunau am Inn, she is the former Piëch family nanny and mother of three of Ferdinand’s 12 children....
...It was when teaching at a kindergarten in Braunau am Inn, upper Austria, in 1982 that the then Ursula Plasser responded to a newspaper advertisement from a family seeking a nanny....
...Under DIC, the group has been expanding its portfolio in a battle with Whitbread’s Premier Inn for the UK budget hotel market....
...Travelodge, which rivals Whitbread’s Premier Inn in the budget market, last year bought 52 sites from Mitchells & Butlers, the pub group, among 96 exchanges in 2010....
...The budget Holiday Inn Express London City charges £12.95, and the Travelodge chain charges £10, while the five-star Shangri-La in Hong Kong offers wi-fi for nothing, as do several other renowned luxury...
...DIC’s regional budget hotel chain Holiday Inn Express is also being touted to potential buyers....
...Travelodge, which has 390 hotels and 28,000 rooms, is the country’s second largest budget hotel operator after Whitbread’s Premier Inn chain....
...On February 7 last year I was sitting in an inn not far from my home in Marysville, a town in the mountains about 100km outside Melbourne....
...Regent Inns, Orchid, and Food & Drink Group, the owner of Jamies wine bar – are among those that have fallen into administration....
...Premier Inn, a subsidiary of the Whitbread leisure group and Britain’s largest budget hotel operator, said in April that its sales had fallen as weekend leisure travellers decided to stay home....
...Enterprise Inns led the mid-cap risers, up 24 per cent to 143¼p as better than expected numbers from Punch Taverns triggered a short squeeze....
...Halifax fights back They are a hardheaded lot in Halifax, where the eponymous building society was founded at the Old Cock inn in 1853....
...Sue Decker, Yahoo’s president, spent about an hour with the pair on Wednesday night in the bar of the Sun Valley Inn while Jerry Yang, Yahoo’s chief executive met the duo after lunch on Thursday....
...Inside the Sun Valley Inn, where most of the conference sessions are being held, Rupert Murdoch and Sir Howard Stringer of Sony shared a grumble about the downturn gripping global markets....
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