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ACQUISITION
7 Hospitality
Management
acquires
DoubleTree by
Hilton Aberdeen
Treetops
Dundee based 7 Hospitality Management
has acquired the DoubleTree by Hilton
Aberdeen Treetops.
The hotel has been sold by Oaktree
Capital Management to 7 Hospitality
for an undisclosed sum. It is the second
UK acquisition for the business, which
is headed by Singaporean managing
director Mohan Mulani.
The 120-bedroom hotel is located in
the West End of the city and comprises
12 meeting and conference suites with
space for up to 800 guests - it is the
largest hotel event space in the city.
The management company will also
launch their leisure brand 7 Health &
Fitness at the property later this year.
Richard Ellison, director, said: “We
are delighted to win this contract
and confident that despite a tough
hotel market in Aberdeen, we can
demonstrate our dynamic approach
will deliver the owners desired return
on investment. We look forward to
repositioning the hotel through the
various skill sets we offer.”
Mohan Mulani, managing director,
said: “We are pleased to have acquired
our second hotel in Scotland. We have
appointed the team at 7 Hospitality
Management to manage our assets
in Scotland. It is one of the first steps
taken to tactically reposition the hotel
and add value to the asset.”
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APPOINTMENTS
Five-star
Fairmont
St Andrews
appoints new
commercial
director
Fairmont St Andrews has appointed
Lorraine Garvie as commercial director
at Scotland’s five-star luxury resort.
Having worked at the hotel since
2015, Garvie takes on the new role from
her previous position as director of
rooms and revenue. She will oversee
the strategic planning and financial
forecasting of the business with the
sales, marketing, events, revenue and
reservations teams reporting directly
to her.
The hotel said she will use her
experience to increase new opportunities
within the MICE industry and further
grow awareness of the resort in the
luxury leisure sector. The role will also
see Garvie bring cohesiveness to the
sales and revenue teams with a focus on
developing reach in the US markets.
Lorraine Garvie, commercial said:
“I’m delighted to be leading an already
established team at Fairmont St
Andrews. We have such a beautiful
product here in Fife and I am excited to
be continuing the strategic growth of the
business in the UK and new markets.
“The luxury hospitality industry has
always been a passion of mine since
my university years, and I now find joy
in mentoring and encouraging young
talent into this growing industry.”
John Keating, Fairmont St Andrews
general manager, added: “Lorraine has
been an integral part of the executive
committee for the past three years,
her extensive experience in strategic
planning, forecasting and generating
incremental revenue, is second to none.
Her positive leadership and social
strengths will make for a strong and
successful team.”
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AIRBNB
Airbnb
‘exclusion zones’
recommended
by head of
Bristol Hoteliers
Association
The head of the Bristol Hoteliers
Association (BHA) has called for city
leaders to investigate short-term
lets on platforms like Airbnb “as a
matter of urgency” and has called for
‘exclusion zones’.
While other major cities across the
world have implemented strict rules on
booking sites such as Airbnb, Imran
Ali, chairman of the BHA, said Bristol
has been to slow to address regulation
and policing.
Ali said the result has seen between
2,000 to 3,000 listings being offered
to Bristol visitors that are unregulated
on issues such as fire safety and are
not paying rates or VAT like all other
businesses.
The head of the BHA now wants
exclusion zones to be placed across
the city and local residents to have
the option and authority to block any
properties or rooms from being offered
in the street in which they live.
Ali said: “Not only do these
properties not pay business rates but
lack the required level of fire, health
and safety standards. I imagine as
well, many landlords who still have a
mortgage have not declared that they
are leasing out their property to their
lender and would be in breach of their
mortgage agreement.”
If you haven’t told
your mortgage lender
that you are letting out
your property it also
invalidates your insurance
Imran Ali, chairman, BHA
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