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CRIME
Brighton’s Grand
Hotel evacuated
following bomb
hoax
The Grand Hotel and the nearby
Brighton Centre was evacuated
following a bomb scare.
The hotel received an anonymous
phone call at 4.30pm on Sunday 10
September, with the caller saying that
an explosive device had been planted.
The hotel was evacuated and roads
around the hotel were closed for almost
five hours while specialists conducted
a search.
Sussex police said that nothing was
found and the call was being treated as
a hoax.
Chief superintendent Lisa Bell of
Sussex police said: “It was important
that this report was thoroughly
looked into, and we are grateful for
the patience and understanding of
staff, guests, and people using the
nearby car parks, whose afternoon and
evening was disrupted.
“A comprehensive criminal
investigation is underway to trace the
person responsible for the call. We are
not disclosing any details of the call,
but certain lines of enquiry are being
actively followed.”
SUSTAINABILITY
Edwardian
London Hotels
saves over £100k
in 6 months
by reducing
consumption
Independent group Edwardian London
Hotels has saved more than £100,000
by cutting resource usage over the last
six months.
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The hotel group monitored its
environmental performance and
encouraged its staff to place greater
emphasis on sustainability.
Working with hospitality sustainability
experts Considerate Hoteliers,
Edwardian Hotels London has been
using the Con-Serve data management
system across its 12 hotels to monitor
its consumption of electricity, gas and
water including correlating the figures
to occupancy levels and benchmarking
against the industry’s performance.
By comparing the six-month results
with the previous year Edwardian Hotels
London has reduced its carbon footprint
by 9% - the equivalent of growing
22,992 tree seedlings over 10 years.
The group’s utility costs were cut by
£107,700 by saving enough electricity to
boil five million kettles, sufficient gas to
heat 185 UK homes and the equivalent
quantity of water to fill 64,000 bathtubs.
Xenia zu Hohenlohe, joint managing
partner for Considerate Hoteliers, said:
“The results show how much can
be achieved through a combination
of measuring meaningful data on
resources and behavioural change.
“Edwardian Hotels London was
already very savvy on sustainability
and yet it demonstrates how making
a number of seemingly small
changes such as switching off a
computer at night, can together
make significant improvements.”
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ECONOMY
London hotels
suffer decline in
occupancy
Preliminary data from STR has
indicated a year-on-year decline in
occupancy levels for London hotels.
Occupancy fell by 2.7% to 82.3%
compared to the same period last year.
STR analysts note that London’s
occupancy decline was a result of the
spike in supply. The number of rooms
sold in the market went up, but supply
grew at a quicker rate.
On the other hand, the figures
suggest a growth in the average daily
rate (ADR) compared to last year’s data
with an increase of 3% to £143.28.
There has been a 4% increase in
supply and a 1.2% increase in demand
for hotel rooms.
RevPAR has also seen an increase to
£117.90, which is an uptick of 0.2% .
August marked London’s 10th
consecutive month of ADR growth, due
primarily to the pound devaluation in
the wake of the EU referendum.
QUOTE
OF THE MONTH
“There is need for a national role
to span these issues and ensure
that crucial businesses are
properly catered for.”
Kate Nicholls chief executive of ALMR said this about the need of a
hospitality minister in the industry
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