Starring role for Hull’s independent businesses as Hideout Hotel wins Four in a Bed

Management of Hull’s first boutique hotel are flying the flag for the city’s independents after emerging as the surprise package to win a TV hospitality challenge. The Hideout Hotel overcame tough competition from tourism heavyweights including North Yorkshire and Edinburgh to win the award for best bed and breakfast in Channel 4’s Four in a Bed show. Jodie Richardson and Enya Donohoe, who...

Hideout Hotel puts the spotlight on Hull in Channel 4’s Four in a Bed

Hull’s first boutique hotel will showcase itself and its city to a nationwide TV audience when it features in a challenge to find the country’s best bed and breakfast venues. The Hideout Hotel will line up against three other venues this week in Channel 4’s Four in a Bed, which airs at 5pm from Monday to Friday. Representatives of each destination visited their rivals for an overnight stay, ran...

Confidence for business travellers

Since reopening last summer, The DoubleTree by Hilton Hull has been providing extra assurance to business and essential travellers in the form of Hilton’s CleanStay program. This includes new procedures to help hotel guests enjoy an even cleaner and safer stay. As the hospitality industry evolves to address travellers’ changing expectations – especially in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic –...

We Love HU has been open throughout the pandemic – and now Phase II of the journey has just begun…

No one could have predicted what was about to kick off last spring. All of us have had to try to adapt and overcome as we watched the virus wreak havoc and take out many of our loved ones. As you know, the pandemic has hit businesses hard too, especially small enterprises, but We Love HU has remained open throughout to offer much-needed provision for our wonderful key workers in accordance with...

Extra support available for tourism businesses affected by Covid-19

The Humber LEP’s Business Growth Hub is inviting businesses in the region's visitor economy to apply to a 100% funded grant scheme to support with Covid-19 business recovery. First launched in September 2020, the Kickstarting Tourism grant scheme has awarded grants to more than 85 businesses to date, and with limited funding remaining, the Growth Hub is encouraging eligible businesses to...