We caught up with Tony Matharu, founder and chairman of Blue Orchid Hotels, to hear how it feels to reopen doors to the public, the appeal of independent living, and the comeback of the corporate traveller.
UK: The Central London Alliance is attempting to achieve a Guinness World Record this September to continue driving the recovery of London.
UK: IHM’s Urban Living Festival [ULF] returns for its third edition on 5-6 July 2023 as CEOs, ‘best of breed’ speakers and attendees, sponsors and solution providers come together to collectively share best practice, network, map the industry’s future and do business from right across the travel, hospitality and real estate landscape.
UK: Central London Alliance, a collection of London based organisations, has launched a campaign to stimulate visits to the city.
In partnership with the Central London Alliance, IHM held its latest event at The Skyline London, Tower Suites by Blue Orchid Hotels yesterday morning. “Pre pandemic central London provides 7% of all UK jobs, contributes 20% of total business rates, and pays £39-£40 billion in tax to be spread across the
BHN spoke to Tony Matharu, founder of Central London Alliance, and Varun Kapoor, founder of Optimiser, about London’s rebound and how they are supporting the city and hotels to recover.
UK: Following news that supermarket Tesco will repay £585m of grant support to the government, trade body UKHospitality is calling for the creation of a Hospitality and Tourism Recovery Fund and warns of a “bloodbath” as December’s rent date looms. UKHospitality chief executive Kate Nicholls said: “It is an admirable
UK: From 2 December, Prime Minister Boris Johnson has placed most of England into the two toughest levels of measures and hospitality leaders have expressed their views. Tony Matharu, chief executive of the Blue Orchid Hotels Group and director of the Central London Alliance: “Hospitality businesses are already severely impacted
UK: International Hospitality Media, the publisher of Boutique Hotel News, has hosted the first in a series of limited capacity business networking events. Sponsored by Central London Alliance and held at Blue Orchid Hotels’ new Tower Suites property in the City of London, the event included a discussion about “What’s
Worldwide: In the lead up to URBAN LIVING FESTIVAL: stay-live-work, International Hospitality Media has created a list of 50 innovators who have changed urban life. These 50 have led some of the most dynamic, exciting and successful businesses in the UK and abroad, all of which have changed the ways
