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Wednesday 21st May 2014

Wednesday 21st May 2014 AWARDS SHORT LIST ANNOUNCED, BOOK NOW FOR THE GALA LUNCH, VINI ITALIANI EVENT A TRIUMPH, LIFE’S A (CLEAN) BEACH AND MEMBERS TELL ALL.

Finally! We are delighted to announce the names of those who have made our coveted awards short list. Is your name there? Will you be at the Gala Lunch when the winners will be announced?

Countdown! 25 Days to the CH Awards (13th June) – Bookings now being taken. Find the booking form here and be sure of your place.

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All those listed below (alphabetically) have made it onto the Judges Short List. Congratulations to all and thank you so much for participating. Short Listed Suppliers will be announced on Thursday. Best Western Monkbar (York), Best Western Old Tollgate (Sussex), Bryn Elltyd (Wales), Chepu Eco-Lodges (Isla Chiloe, Chile), County Hotel (Essex), Crowne Plaza London – Docklands, Draycott (London), Firmdale Hotels (London), Four Seasons London at Park Lane (London), Haymarket Hotel (London), Hotel Storchen (Zurich, Switzerland),Park Hyatt Hadahaa (Maldives), Hyatt Regency London – The Churchill, Landmark London, Le Manoir Aux Quat Saisons (Oxfordshire), Macdonald Windsor, One Aldwych (London), Palais Namaskar (Marrakech, Morocco), Park Plaza Riverbank (London), Strattons (Norfolk) and Trenython Manor (Cornwall).

Our Considerate Award Sponsor - Berendsen Berendsen really does bring peace of mind to their customers. We take pride in servicing our customers to keep their operations running successfully. We provide service solutions, leasing, sourcing, cleaning and maintaining textiles for industry, commerce and the NHS public sector. We take pride in servicing our customers, keeping their operations running smoothly and successfully. By leveraging our buying power, our logistics system and a vast experience in the industry, we are able to provide dynamic, cost effective services. Berendsen is innovative and constantly develops new products and services to better serve the changing needs of its customers and their industries. Berendsen supports the Considerate Hotel of the Year awards.

Joint Networking Event Considerate Hoteliers & Vini Italiani Our first Networking Eventwas a most enjoyable evening: Good food (Agricola del sole, Tosca Bio), good wine (Villa Russiz) and good people! Thank you to all who came over yesterday, and we look we look forward to seeing you at the next one, and thank you to our Supplier Vini Italiani for the lovely Venue! Jumeirah Carton Tower, Brown's Hotel, Lalani, Tosca Bio, Agricola del Sole, Vini Italiani

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Following on from our Oceans of Waste last week, our partner Travel Foundation is asking for your help. The world's beaches are vital to so many of the holidays the travel and tourism industry sell and people enjoy. This July, “Make Holidays Greener” month will be your chance to give something back. TF want to see as many beach clean ups as possible across the globe throughout July. And for those who can't organise a clean up or don't do beach holidays, there will be lots of other ways to support the campaign. Everyone can get onboard - find out how here!

Members News aka The Bravo Zulus Askham Hall - We are delighted to announce that Askham Hall Gardens and Cafe have passed the VAQAS (Visit England's Visitor Attraction Quality Assurance Scheme) assessment, therefore meeting the National Tourist Board's seal of approval! Open to the public every day except Saturdays, 10am - 5pm. Hyatt Regency London - The Churchill We love having Chef Ali here at The Montagu!!! #vegan #healthyeating You don't have to be Vegan to enjoy the deliciously creative dishes, come in and try them! Have any questions about Veganism? Chef Ali will be with us until the end of next week to answer any queries or to talk about his recipes... Hotel Le Bristol Paris Did you know that... Le Bristol Paris has three hives on its roof. The honey from their first production has been used already: Can you remember the 365 cocktails imagined for le Bar du Bristol's anniversary? Princes Street Suites - Edinburgh The KiltWalk 2014, Team PSS....We did it!! Thank you for all your support and for the kind donations. We raised over £500 for the fantastic Aberlour - Scotland's Children's Charity. Bring on next year! St Ermin's Hotel London We're delighted to announce our new bee hotel is open! These stylish hexagon suites provide a home for a wide variety of bee species. The Arundell Arms Hotel Success in the national 2014 Visit England Awards. Top 5 result in the Business Tourism category. Not bad for a country sports hotel in the heart of the West Country! Colton House in Staffordshire were also awarded a Highly Recommended for Sustainable Tourism in VE’s Awards for Excellence. The Egerton House in London continued Red Carnation’s string of successes by being named the top UK hotel for exceptional service by TripAdvisor, and 19th in the world, and the The Montague on the Gardens Hotel said congratulations to our RCH team who completed the 10 mile run/walk/cycle between our 6 London hotels yesterday. Also, thank you to everyone who donated! We are delighted to have raised over £700 for Hospitality Action!

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Making the normal special - Boutique and Lifestyle Hotel Summit 2014 More than 200 delegates and speakers from around the world gathered at The Montcalm in London this week for the 2014 Boutique and Lifestyle Hotel Summit. Among the countries represented were Sweden, the US, Italy, Iceland, Australia, Dubai, The Netherlands, Romania, Hong Kong, Nigeria, Ireland, Germany and Switzerla The afternoon of day one saw delegates tour the Eccleston Square Hotel and Belgraves before heading to The Montcalm for a lively cocktail party and speed business card swap. Day two began with an invigorating keynote speech from "Food Busker" John Quilter in which he urged delegates to "reboot" their lives and businesses. The conference then heard some recent market statistics from Joe Stather of STR Global. Jason Holley of Universal Designs Studios gave a presentation on the design of the Ace Hotel in Shoreditch (an area which would be referred to frequently in the day's discussions), showing how subtle themes gathered from the area's history and architecture informed the look of the property A discussion about loyatly and engagement was one of the day's highlights. Youri Sawerschel of Bridge. A panel called Stripped offered some intriguing insights in to the hotel room of the future, particularly in urban areas. Charles Merchie, general manager of the Feversham Arms Hotel and Spa spoke of the importance of including the spa manager in a hotel's weekly revenue meetings. In the F&B session, Mark Fuller of Sanctum Hotels said his properties make as much money from food as they do from rooms, while Bob Puccini of Puccini Group said: "Restaurants today are like mini-vacations people want an experience." A session on country house hotels was told by moderator Tim Smith of HVS that hotels need to "know their brand, know their story, and make sure they deliver that to the guests The final session, called Beyond Boutique, heard from designer Ilse Crawford who said: "Airbnb is not a threat to good hotels, but it is a huge threat to the many bad hotels out there." Commune Hotels CEONiki Leondakis added that "Airbnb will become as critical to our industry as the OTAs have become." Crawford then beautifully summed up a special two days by saying: "Hotels are about making the normal special". Benedetta Cassinelli our Business Developer Director & Giulia Bonetti the CH Relationship Manager, had the pleasure to share the evening with hoteliers and industry experts and discuss sustainability in boutique hotels and how it can positively affects their operations. One of the topic covered was loyalty schemes and certainly it was clear how belonging to a group such as Considerate Hoteliers could have a positive effect on clients loyalty especially http://us5.campaign-archive1.com/?u=dde11f98e5ce03d93968ee089&id=00f54b94a1

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UK Government proposes changes to solar farm subsidies Large-scale solar farms will no longer receive financial support through the Renewables Obligation (RO) scheme as of next April, under proposals put forward by the UK government. According to DECC, large-scale solar is deploying much faster than it anticipated. The consultation on solar subsidies published by the Department for Energy and Climate Change (DECC) proposes closing the RO to new solar PV capacity above 5MW from 1st April 2015, across England, Wales and Scotland. However, projects above 5MW will be able to apply for support through the new Contract for Difference (CfD) regime, which guarantees energy prices for clean energy generators. The announcement follows the publication in April of the government’s Solar Strategy, looks to focus on deploying more solar panels on the top of industrial and public sector buildings, the uptake of which has been lower than expected. Industry projections indicate that, by 2017, there could be more solar deployed than is affordable – more than the 2.4-4GW set out in the electricity market reform (EMR) delivery plan.

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