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6 days ago | 
hospitalitynet.org | Tom Brown
We take innovation seriously. Our continual investment in research and development (R&D) is not just about keeping up with industry trends, it’s about truly transforming hospitality. And as our customer base grows, so does our commitment to expanding our R&D teams, ensuring we deliver solutions that truly make a difference. Although other companies prefer not to, we openly share product roadmap.
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1 week ago | 
hospitalitynet.org | Tom Brown
Picture the scene: an international guest is on your website, ready to book a room. But they’re staring at a total in your hotel’s local currency, and they don’t understand it. Confused, they hesitate. Some abandon the booking, while others proceed, only to face surprise conversion charges from their bank. It’s an experience no guest wants, and one that costs hotels in terms of lost revenue through conversion fees, or worse, lost business. There is another way.
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1 week ago | 
telegraph.co.uk | Boudicca Fox-Leonard |Lia Leendertz |Tom Brown |Simon Lewis
Create your own charming outdoor space with a little help from America's homemaking queenMartha Stewart is the original lifestyle influencer. For four decades, the American businesswoman has been an authority on all things cooking, decorating and general home-making wholesomeness. Before there was ever Instagram, and even before Gwyneth created GOOP, Stewart was the honey-haired all-American domestic goddess.
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2 weeks ago | 
hospitalitynet.org | Tom Brown
Behind the reassuring headlines of strong bookings and stable occupancy rates, a deeper story is unfolding. Shifting traveler behavior, rising domestic demand and a growing need for adaptability in the face of political and economic uncertainty. Drawing from global market observations and extensive Mews data, this article dives into the early warning signs and emerging trends shaping hospitality today.
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2 weeks ago | 
telegraph.co.uk | Val Bourne |Holly Thomas |Tom Brown |Ria Higgins
Lavender creates its own summer heat haze and the flowers attract bees and butterflies galore, because aromatic plants produce nectar that's packed with a concentrated mixture of sugars. This mainly Mediterranean subshrub has been grown here since Roman times, although it does need a sunny site and good drainage. Once established, lavenders are drought-tolerant, but they do need watering after planting because they rely on developing deep root systems.
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3 weeks ago | 
telegraph.co.uk | Val Bourne |Tom Brown |Samantha Priestley |Simon Lewis
From star jasmine to honeysuckle and Oriental lilies, fragrant plants are perfect for pollinators, and add an extra dimension to your gardenFragrance is the gardening version of aromatherapy, because it's pure pleasure: it soothes the mind and conjures up past memories in a nanosecond. The scent wafting through the air is designed to lure in pollinators, and it's worth noting that nectar flows more freely in warmer, sheltered situations away from strong winds.
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3 weeks ago | 
telegraph.co.uk | Tom Brown
Different compost for different jobs - fine vs coarseThe majority of compost that gave good results in seedling germination were much finer in their texture. The very coarse compost that had a high wood content proved to be less suitable for seed-sowing. With peat-based composts, we became used to a particular product being suitable for sowing seeds and then potting on young plants.
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4 weeks ago | 
hospitalitynet.org | Tom Brown
What does it mean to be truly guest-centric? For decades or longer, the hospitality industry has talked about guest experience as a top priority. But when you look under the hood of many of the systems and metrics that hoteliers rely on, the focus is on rooms and reservations. It’s impossible to be truly guest-focused if you measure success by this narrow means, rather than a more rounded approach with guests at the core. However, this philosophy is finally changing.
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1 month ago | 
telegraph.co.uk | Bunny Guinness |Boudicca Fox-Leonard |Silvana Franco |Tom Brown
Plus other celebrity gardeners, including Jim Carter and Imelda Staunton, on the plants they love (and hate) the mostWe all have our favourite plants, as well as plants we long for but just can't grow - and, just as sadly, those we wish we had never planted. My cousin, Claire Austin, a serious perennial grower, surprised me by saying that she could not grow the newish, often adored Salvia'Amistad': her garden in Wales is just too wet, so it is not winter-hardy with her.
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1 month ago | 
telegraph.co.uk | Connor Ibbetson |Jessica Doyle |Ria Higgins |Tom Brown
Around early summer, your plants should start to produce flowers, which can be further encouraged with a high-potash fertiliser once a week to replace the nitrogen feed. A fertiliser that's high in potash would be a tomato feed or a comfrey fertiliser. Depending on the variety, the ultimate height of your plant should be achieved before too many flowers are produced.
