Previous Posts
- Scottish Hotels Outperform UK Rivals
- Premier Foods Launches Culinary Academies for Schools
- Best Western Hotels Announces Expansion
- People 1st Appoints New Chairman
- Sodexo Retains Balmoral Estate Contract
- Brakes Strengthen Partnership with Scotland Excel
- Diary Date: 20/8/09: Scotland Food & Drink Workshop
- CooperWhite Appointed On-Site Caterer at Scottish Senior Open
- Prestige Scotland Gains Catering Contract at RBGE Visitor Centre
- Roxburghe Hotel Receives Planning Approval
- Catering in Scotland's New Phone Numbers
Archives
- September 2010
- August 2010
- July 2010
- June 2010
- May 2010
- April 2010
- March 2010
- February 2010
- January 2010
- December 2009
- November 2009
- October 2009
- September 2009
- August 2009
- July 2009
- June 2009
- May 2009
- April 2009
- March 2009
- February 2009
- January 2009
- December 2008
- November 2008
- October 2008
- September 2008
- August 2008
- July 2008
- June 2008
- May 2008
- April 2008
- March 2008
- February 2008
- January 2008
- December 2007
- November 2007
- October 2007
- September 2007
- August 2007
- July 2007
- June 2007
- May 2007
- April 2007
- March 2007
- February 2007
- January 2007
- December 2006
- November 2006
- October 2006
- September 2006
- August 2006
- July 2006
- June 2006
- May 2006
- April 2006
- March 2006
- February 2006
- January 2006
- December 2005
- November 2005
- October 2005
- September 2005
- August 2005
- July 2005
- June 2005
- May 2005
- April 2005
- March 2005
- February 2005
- January 2005
- December 2004
- November 2004
Scottish catering and hospitality news in Scotland
Catering in Scotland magazine is published bi-monthly with in-depth features, views and news for the Scottish catering, hospitality and tourism industry. On this page we have the latest news to keep you constantly updated on the market. On the left hand side of the page you can search our archived news which is stored monthly.
Thursday, August 20, 2009
Scottish Hotels Outperform UK Rivals
Scotland's hotel sector has outperformed the other regions of the UK for both occupancy and rooms yield in the first half of the year, according to the latest survey by accountants and business advisers, PKF. The figures, although showing a decline in occupancy to 68.5% and rooms yield to ?49.18, are higher than anywhere else in the UK outside London, and are also indicating a slower rate of decline.For the year to date, occupancy in Edinburgh is among the highest in regional UK at 72.1% and rooms yield is the highest of anywhere in regional UK, at ?58.79. Meanwhile, Aberdeen's occupancy has fallen 8.6% since the start of the year, while rooms yield is down 5.3%, and Glasgow fell 4.6% and a decrease of 7.9% in occupancy and rooms yield respectively.
Scotland achieved the highest rate of occupancy and rooms yield of any of the UK regions in June.
'There has been something of an improvement for the Scottish hotel sector during the start of the summer as more people holiday at home and tourists are drawn by the continuing attractive exchange rate of the dollar and the euro,' says Alastair Rae, a partner in the Real Estate and Hospitality sector at PKF. 'Scotland, with its destination locations and strong tourist appeal, appears to be benefiting more from this stay-at-home holiday culture, with the result that hotels have experienced less of a reduction than in the rest of the UK.
'While it is too early to be clear whether this is a temporary blip in the figures, it would appear that tourists are continuing to visit Scotland in large numbers and the fallout from the economic decline doesn't appear to be hitting destination hotels across the country.'
