Hotels will be dramatically different when their doors reopen. Here’s how they plan to keep us safe this summer… Most hotels plan table service for breakfast and you may have to book a time slot Rooms are likely to get minimalist makeovers and mini-bars may be empty The big chains are arming housekeeping with ‘hospital- … Read more
Welcome to the post-Covid hotel: Next month can’t come soon enough for UK hoteliers – but it won’t exactly be business as usual Hotels are preparing to welcome back guests with three-quarters saying they are ready to open on July 4 Check-in times are likely to be staggered, or set later in the afternoon, to … Read more
Three quarters of pubs, restaurants and hotels could go bust unless the Government’s two-metre rule is scrapped, MPs warned last night. In a bleak assessment, a cross-party group of MPs said the majority of businesses in the catering and tourism sector would find it ‘impossible to operate financially’ if staff and customers were required to … Read more
Cyprus says quarantine hotels for families of coronavirus patients ‘will have a holiday vibe’ with nightly karaoke, shows and bingo – and that no one will need to sunbathe in a mask MailOnline Travel spoke to the island’s deputy tourism minister, Savvas Perdios He said quarantine hotels will have room service and nightly entertainment Mr … Read more
Professor Lucy Yardley, of Bristol and Southampton universities, suggested setting up South Korean-style quarantine hotels to clamp down on people flouting self-isolation rules Britons tracked down by contact tracers should be put up in quarantine hotels to clamp down on the tens of thousands of people flouting coronavirus self-isolation rules, one of Number 10‘s scientific advisers … Read more
Millions of Britons are patiently waiting for lockdown to end so they can try and resume normal life. The date on many lips is 4 July 2020, which is when many B&Bs and hotels plan to open their doors to guests again, with a boom in ‘staycations’ expected. While travelling abroad is up in the … Read more
Billionaire hotelier Surinder Arora has always seen himself as a ‘Mr Optimistic’, but the Government’s plan to introduce 14-day quarantine rules tomorrow is casting a cloud over his business. ‘We are going to be hit, big time,’ says Arora, whose string of airport hotels such as the Renaissance at Heathrow and the Sofitel at Gatwick … Read more
Are there any child-friendly Nile cruise ships? Where can I find a nice seaside hotel near Hertfordshire? The Holiday Guru solves traveller queries By Daily Mail Reporter Published: 14:04 BST, 21 December 2019 | Updated: 10:42 BST, 23 December 2019 The Holiday Guru is always on call to answer your questions. This week’s topics also … Read more
Hotels’ reward for our Covid heroes: The extraordinary ways hotels across the UK have been helping their local communities through the pandemic Seaham Hall hotel, County Durham, cooks 400 meals a week for local hospitals London’s Strand Palace Hotel delivers food to ambulance control rooms Best Western chain sends handwritten letters to those isolated by the … Read more
Fancy spending the night in an old London police cell or chilling out in a floating cabin in Swedish Lapland? Here we pick the hottest hotel openings for 2020 from around the globe, including the best for art-lovers, safari fans, budgeteers and more. Scroll down for the full list… LONDON NoMad The NoMad opens in … Read more