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Hotel construction continues into the future

December 08, 2011

106 hotels with 11,800 rooms opening in 2011 170 hotels with 21,500 rooms planned for 2012, says BHA Despite the recession, the UK hotel industry is continuing to expand with 106 hotels opening in 2011 (11,800 rooms) and a further 170 hotels (21,500 rooms) planned for 2012. Since the present hotel building boom started in 2003, over 105,000 new rooms have been added to UK hotel stock. Just over half (55 per …

Hotel construction continues into the future

High level of UK VAT is a deterrent to tourism growth

June 06, 2011

- BHA annual report says VAT is counterproductive to the prime minister’s growth objective Tourism is the only export of the UK which is subject to domestic VAT and its current high level is clearly a deterrent to visitors and discourages ‘staycationers’, says the annual report of the British Hospitality Association, published Monday 6 June.  “The present level of VAT in the UK is one of the most pressing issues facing the …