Reading Time: 2 minutesScotland: The Scottish Tourism Alliance, UKHospitality Scotland, the Scottish Licensed Trade Association and the Scottish Beer and Pub Association have issued a unified statement in response to the Scottish Government Budget this week.
Reading Time: 2 minutesScotland: The owners of Crossbasket Castle, a luxury hotel on the outskirts of Glasgow, have revealed first-look images of its £15 million expansion that is set to open to the public next summer.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteUS: Hotel and extended-stay hospitality company, AKA, has announced that the booking engine for its newest hotel in Washington DC is now live for guests to book stays starting from April 2024.
Reading Time: 2 minutesFinland: The Hotel Maria has officially opened its doors in the Finnish capital of Helsinki and joined Preferred Hotels & Resorts’ Legend Collection.
Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: Global corporate accommodation platform AltoVita has unveiled its new free-to-use EcoStats tool to accurately estimate the CO2 emissions for each night’s stay in any of the accommodations listed on the platform.
Reading Time: 3 minutesUK: UK Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has announced that the 75 per cent discount on business rates [up to £110,000] for businesses in the hospitality, leisure and retail sectors has been extended by another 12 months as part of his Autumn Statement.
Reading Time: 2 minutesUS: OTA Insight, a cloud-based market intelligence platform for the travel and hospitality industries, has rebranded to Lighthouse.
Reading Time: 3 minutesUS: Kasa Living, a tech-powered, flexible accommodations brand and operator, has closed a $70 million Series C fundraise to fund and accelerate its expansion across the United States.
Reading Time: 2 minutesUK & Ireland: Storied Collection, a collection of historic castles and estates across the UK and Ireland, has added three new historic properties to its portfolio and made them open to the public for accommodation for the first time.
Reading Time: 2 minutesGermany: Digital hospitality platform NUMA Group has raised $59 million [€55.5 million] in growth equity capital in a Series C funding round.
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