Boutique Hotelier – August 2019

UPDATE INDUSTRY HEADLINES

10 BOUTIQUE HOTELIER | August 2019

Luxury hotel

marketing

agency, Journey

has acquired VIP

Worldwide, a global company

specialising in hospitality film and

virtual reality productions. This

merger will allow hotels and

resorts to offer a fully integrated

digital marketing solution and

‘enhance the guest experience

through innovation, collaboration

and technology’. Journey was

started in 2010 by Simon

Bullingham.

The majority of consumers

will still choose to check

TripAdvisor over other review

sites before booking a holiday, a

new report has found.

According to a survey from Uberall,

over three out of four (76%) of UK

consumers have checked online

reviews on TripAdvisor, Google,

Facebook or Yelp, but in terms

of popularity, TripAdvisor is the

clear winner, with 68% of those

surveyed saying

they use the site

as their ‘go-to’ for

reviews.

HSBC has launched a Green

Loan scheme aimed at small

and medium-sized businesses

who want to grow their commit-

ment to sustainability.

The minimum

HSBC Green Loan

starts at £300,

with the scheme

out of a wider ini-

tiative by the bank to help British

companies meet their sustain-

ability objectives. The thinking is

that small businesses will be able

to demonstrate that a portion of

their funding is green finance.

BRIEFS FOR BUYERS

What makes a

hotel special?

A relaxing stay,

exceptional

staff and fabulous food are vital of

course, but ambience is also inte-

gral. Mitre Bespoke is the contract

soft furnishings service from Royal

Warrant holder Mitre Linen which

helps hotels introduce personalised

colour schemes, designs and brand-

ing to bedding, towels, curtains,

cushions and other soft furnishings,

to create a completely unique and

individual look. The highly-skilled

Soft Furnishings Team and in-house

manufacturing team will work to

and deliver your own design brief,

or come up with an original concept

to express the identity of your

hotel. Comfort, design, practicality,

colour – all play a part in providing

the best experiences for guests that

make your hotel memorable and the

Bespoke contract soft furnishings

service is not only excellent value

for money, but will help deliver a

unique style that will express the

character of your individual brand.

http://www.mitrelinen.co.uk

YOUR BESPOKE BOUTIQUE

INVESTMENT NEWS

ADVERTORIAL

Kingsmill Group in Scotland has
opened its second hotel, Ness
Walk in Inverness.
The Group has transformed a 19th
century historic Grade B listed build-
ing into a new 47-bedroom hotel with
fine dining restaurant, stylish bar and
event space, which opened its doors
this month.
Ness Walk is the second hotel from
the Group, and will become the sister
hotel to Kingsmill, also in Inverness.
The bedrooms at Ness Walk have
been named after the trees that sur-
round the hotel, including cedar and
laurel and decorated to reflect the

seasonal landscape of the Highlands

with soft colours and textiles.

The hotel’s Torrish Restaurant is led

by executive chef Craig Douglas, while

The Riverbank Room is the private

event space at Ness Walk.

Tony Story, CEO of The Kingsmills

Group said: “We wanted to create a

luxurious escape with Ness Walk, and

that’s exactly what we’ve done.”

Duke of Cornwall Hotel in
Plymouth has been sold to new
owners who have handed management
over to Bespoke Hotels, signalling the
group’s first property in the area.
The historic hotel has been sold
by co owners Jonathan Morcom and
Walter Combstock after 18 years at the
helm of the Grade-II listed building in
Millbay in a multi-million pound deal.
Duke of Cornwall Hotel has been

acquired by international Singapore-

based property developer Fragrance

Group, who has leased the business to

operator Bespoke Hotels.

Bespoke owns or manages around 70

hotels in the UK and this deal will be

the group’s first in Plymouth.

Its managing director, Graham Mar-

skell, said there will be no immediate

changes to the hotel and said it will not

be re-branded into a corporate entity.

Kingsmill Group open second property in Scotland with

launch of 47-bedroom boutique Ness Walk

Bespoke Hotels secures operating lease for first

Plymouth hotel sold to Fragrance Group