Hospitality in the News - 16 April 2020

Your latest instalment of articles and opinions from across the Hospitality sector.

TW: thinkingdifferently

We are relieved to see that lockdown restrictions are slowly being eased in a small number of European countries and restaurants are starting to re-open across China. Winston Churchill once said after a key victory in World War II – "Now this is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning".

We dare to hope and know there is a long, long road ahead to any sense of normalcy.

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Latest news

Funding secured for 275-bedroom 'Jenga-style' Leonardo hotel in Manchester
(The Caterer)

Travel industry to give NHS staff free holidays
(The Guardian)

Airbnb's new billion-dollar deal signals confidence in recovery
(Forbes)

Massive goals: B&B Hotels aims to scale up 3,000 properties by 2030
(Top Hotel)

£106m deal to build London's largest Premier Inn at gateway to Canary Wharf
(World Architecture News)