Millions of Britons are patiently waiting for lockdown to end so they can try and resume normal life. The date on many lips is 4 July 2020, which is when many B&Bs and hotels plan to open their doors to guests again, with a boom in ‘staycations’ expected. While travelling abroad is up in the … Read more
Billionaire hotelier Surinder Arora has always seen himself as a ‘Mr Optimistic’, but the Government’s plan to introduce 14-day quarantine rules tomorrow is casting a cloud over his business. ‘We are going to be hit, big time,’ says Arora, whose string of airport hotels such as the Renaissance at Heathrow and the Sofitel at Gatwick … Read more
Hotels’ reward for our Covid heroes: The extraordinary ways hotels across the UK have been helping their local communities through the pandemic Seaham Hall hotel, County Durham, cooks 400 meals a week for local hospitals London’s Strand Palace Hotel delivers food to ambulance control rooms Best Western chain sends handwritten letters to those isolated by the … Read more
Step back in time, a century or so ago, and this green and pleasant land of ours was blessed with inns and hostelries to welcome weary travellers. But 50 years ago the domestic market paled and could not compete with the lure of a foreign tan and exotic sights. Now, though, home-grown hospitality has come … Read more
Check out the new check-in: Mini bars replaced by sanitation units. Housekeeping robots. And no more buffets… how the virus will change hotels, B&Bs and villas forever Hotel owners are working tirelessly to prepare to please guests once more There are plenty of bargains on offer at hotels and B&Bs to tempt travellers back But … Read more
Tens of thousands of Britons crammed onto packed beaches on the hottest day of the year so far yesterday, leading to questions about where they would be staying overnight, with hotels and campsites supposedly closed amid the coronavirus lockdown. Furious locals claimed to have spotted tents and camper vans late into Wednesday evening, after sun-seekers … Read more
Tens of thousands of Britons crammed onto packed beaches on the hottest day of the year so far yesterday, leading to questions about where they would be staying overnight, with hotels and campsites supposedly closed amid the coronavirus lockdown. Furious locals claimed to have spotted tents and camper vans late into Wednesday evening, after sun-seekers … Read more
Pepper the robot comforts coronavirus patients being quarantined at Tokyo hotels as officials take over 2,800 rooms to free up hospital space amid pandemic Coronavirus patients in Tokyo are moving into hotels while they quarantine The hotels are using robots to limit the spread of the virus to human workers One hotel features Pepper, which … Read more
Spain’s hotel chiefs have warned they won’t be able to afford to reopen after coronavirus lockdown ends unless British holidaymakers are allowed to return. Thousands of hotels in Spain won’t be able to reopen despite permission to do so from May 11 as part of the country’s de-escalation plan. Hoteliers say that without international holidaymakers, including the … Read more
Donald Trump on Sunday pledged to look into helping hotels left ‘devastated’ by closures in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. The president – who himself owns a number of hotels across the country – was asked about whether they will be offered help at his daily briefing. After mentioning his ‘wonderful place’ in Doral, … Read more