Filed under: Bournemouth Hotels, News | Tags: Accommodation, Bournemouth, Budget, Hotels, Travel
Budget hotel chains have been accused of providing guests with stained bedding and dirty bathrooms.
One hotel had mould growing on a mattress while a duvet at another had an apparent blood stain on it, an investigation found.
Others were found to have dirty walls and filthy toilets.
The survey by Which? magazine researchers, though only a snapshot, raised concerns about hygiene standards at low-cost hotel chains.
Lorna Cowan, editor of Which? Holiday, told the Daily Mail: ‘Paying guests should be guaranteed, at the very least, a clean room.
‘There doesn’t seem to be one single accepted standard for hygiene in hotels across the UK, and we would like to see this change.’
However, she added that some hotels were ‘getting it right’.
The survey by Which? magazine researchers, though only a snapshot, raised concerns about hygiene standards at low-cost chains such as Travelodge and Ibis.
Travelodge was named in the report, having three hotels in London and currently refurbishing a the former St. Nicholas Hotel in Scarborough.
A spokesman for Travelodge told the Daily Mail: ‘We take hygiene standards extremely seriously and have taken immediate action to remedy all of the minor issues raised by the Which? report.’
Three Premier Inn hotels in Bournemouth were spotless, but two of the London branches had ‘room for improvement’, the report added.
Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: Accommodation, Bournemouth, Budget, Hotel Offers, Hotels, Top Deals, Travel
Demand for UK holidays and short breaks are up due to the weak pound, according to Hoseasons, the UK’s leading provider of self-catering accommodation.
Hoseasons Holidays chief executive Richard Carrick said: “Over the last few months we have seen an increasing appetite for holidays in Britain, as a strong euro and a desire to manage household budgets has meant that more and more holidaymakers look to stay in the UK in 2009.
“We know that in times of economic uncertainly holidaymakers are more cautious, but they still want to take holidays, often at the expense of other luxuries.
Mark Pickering, Marketing Manager for English Rose Hotels, echoed Carrick’s statements, saying:
“Despite the Credit Crunch we are still seeing on increase in bookings on last years figures at our Bournemouth hotel in Dorset.”
“We believe that this is down to several factors, including the cost of holidaying abroad, the weak pound and the fact the we have being doing our best to put together some great special offers and late deals, ensuring that breaks at our UK hotels remain affordable during these tough times.”
So, there you have it, you can still afford that well deserved break you’ve being promising yourself all year. Start searching for those top UK hotel offers and bag yourself a bargain
Filed under: Attraction, Event | Tags: Accommodation, Attraction, Bournemouth, Bournemouth Air Festival, Event, Festival, Hotels, Travel
Bournemouth Air Festival is being credited with bringing a desperately-needed £24 million into the town and restoring the “feelgood factor” to the resort in a year of doom and gloom
The four-day spectacular was such a success that tourism chiefs want to make similar events a key part of the town’s appeal to visitors.
Tourism bosses knew the August event had been a triumph, bringing in more than 750,000 people to Bournemouth hotels from across the UK.
But a study carried out by Bournemouth University’s Market Research Group spells out the scale of its success:
- More £10.5m spent on food and drink
- More than £3m on fares and petrol
- Almost £9m on Bournemouth Accommodation
- More than £1m in other areas.
The festival was primarily funded by corporate sponsors and traders.
Evening events during the festival helped to attract and keep visitors in the town and helped reduce traffic congestion as day visitors left over a longer period of time.
Some 53 percent of the 451 people who took part in the university survey said they had a higher opinion about Bournemouth and Bournemouth hotel accommodation following the festival.
Another air festival is scheduled for August 20-23 2009.
The success of the 2008 event has been taken on board by the organisers of Bournemouth’s Town Centre Master Vision regeneration project.
Cllr John Beesley, deputy council leader, told the Bournemouth Echo: “I’m particularly delighted that, during a time of economic downturn, a council-organised event has generated significant income for local traders.
“This study has confirmed the importance of providing evening events to encourage people to stay in Bournemouth during a major festival and make the most of our excellent restaurants and hotels.
