Links and Resources

A selection of Links and Resources useful to those in the Hospitality, Hotels, Guest Houses and Accommodation Business, both Scotland and UK.

If you have a site which you believe will be of value to Hospitality Operators please Email the link to franco@galgani.co.uk and we shall be happy to consider it for free inclusion on this resources page. .

Partners

Southside Guest House: www.southsideguesthouse.co.uk.
is a 4 Stars (AA Highly Commended) Guest House situated in the heart of the City of Edinburgh close to the University of Edinburgh, the Royal Mile and all Edinburgh main attractions events

Holyrood Park Apartment: www.holyroodparkapartment.co.uk
Close by to Southside this quality penthouse self-catering apartment offers magnificent view over Holyrood Park.

Associates

IDP: www.idp-purchasing.co.uk
IDP is the UK's leading purchasing group specialising in the hospitality and Care Sectors

Lumison: www.lumison.net
With 13 years of experience in developing and deploying IP technology Lumison is best placed to manage your internet needs. Specialising in Internet access and hosting solutions for the business market. We use Lumison for IS provision in all our businesses and also for hosting our 3 websites. We have always found them very efficient and in these days of growing de-personalization in customer care and support, they provide in our experience, a first class and very swift service. You are able to immediately speak to an agent who will go out of his/her way to address and resolve your queries or problems.

WellMadeWebsite: www.wellmadewebsite.co.uk
WellMadeWebsite build web sites that are search engine optimised, easy to use and give the visitor what they want. They have built over 100 web sites since 1997. Their web sites are clean, clear, simple and fast.

News

Caterer Search: http://www.caterersearch.com/Home/Default.aspx
is the online search tool of the foremost hospitality magazine in the UK “Caterer and Hotelkeeper”. The site offers up to the minute news and an invaluable archive search facility. Highly recommended.

Hospitality Organizations

The Institute of Hospitality: www.hcima.org.uk
represents professional managers in the hospitality, leisure and tourism industries and has a worldwide membership with members represented in all sectors of the industry

The British Hospitality Association: www.bha.org.uk
is the national trade association for the hospitality industry www.bha.org.uk the industry’s premier networking group, established over 20 years ago, Arena brings the “crème” of the industry together to help facilitate business opportunities and to educate.

The American Hotel and Lodging Association : www.ahla.com
is the voice of the American lodging industry, an outspoken advocate, and indispensable resource for the $113 billion sector. Members benefit from product and service discounts, world-class training, in-depth information, fast research support, and a wealth of other resources

Springboard UK: www.springboarduk.org.uk
is a young dynamic organisation which promotes careers in hospitality, leisure, tourism and travel to a range of potential recruits

Hospitality Action: www.hospitalityaction.org.uk
is the benevolent organisation for Hospitality People. For the people who need their services and the people who make it possible for them to provide that service.

Hospitality Career Resources

The Caterer: www.caterer.com
Search thousands of jobs in the UK hospitality industry with Caterer.com. The industry’s leading hospitality job site with a huge range of great jobs to choose from.

h careers: www.hcareers.co.uk
An excellent database of employment opportunities and more.

Hospitality Consultants

Hotel Heads: www.hotelheads.com
specialises in Hotel Management and Hotel Consultancy. They advise on hotel franchising decisions as well as on market appraisals and feasibility studies. They also provide business advisory solutions on sales and marketing, e-commerce strategies, financial controls and hotel business turnaround.

PKF: www.pkf.co.uk/hotelcons
is a very well established consultancy with enormous expertize and resources.

Melvin Gold: www.melvingoldconsulting.com
offers a specialist service to those involved, or seeking to become involved, in the hotel industry. It is a specialist hotel industry advisory firm with Melvin working as the principal consultant on behalf of clients. He has a wide range of industry contacts and an excellent reputation in the sector.

Hoteliers International Corporation: www.hoteliersinternational.com
provide Experienced Professional Hotel Managers, Hotel Management and Hotel Consulting Services - Hotel Consultants and Hotel Managers in the Global Marketplace.

General Hospitality Resources

Intute: www.intute.ac.uk/socialsciences/hospitality/
is a free online service providing access to the very best Web resources for education and research. The service is created by a network of UK universities and partners. Subject specialists select and evaluate the websites in the database and write high quality descriptions of the resources.

The Hospitality, Leisure, Sport & Tourism Network: www.heacademy.ac.uk/hlst
aims to encourage and broker the sharing of good learning and teaching practice across the relevant subject areas of UK higher education

Hospitality Assured: www.hospitalityassured.com
promotes and rewards the highest standards of service excellence for organisations in the Hospitality Industry and is endorsed by the British Quality Foundation and Quality Scotland Foundation.

Hospitality Management: www.sprig.org.uk/htfo/htfohospitality.html#encyclopaedias
This guide aims to be a very general introduction to the literature of Hospitality Management and will highlight some of its principal texts and resources.

Fourth Hospitality: www.fourthhospitality.com/fourth/default.asp
is a world leader in delivering On-demand Hospitality Solutions and Software-as-a-Service They provide a completely integrated web based solution for the Hospitality industry.

Health and safety in catering and hospitality : www.hse.gov.uk/catering
Government support and advisory service for the catering and hospitality industry which covers a wide range of different businesses including hotels, pubs and restaurants, contract caterers in various industrial and commercial premises, fast food takeaways, cafés and bistros. As the industry sector employs over 1.7 million people and is continuing to grow, therefore it is important that the causes of accidents and ill health are effectively controlled

Hotel Chains: www.travel-lists.co.uk/lk2hotel.html
This is a handy list of UK and international hotel chains and collections. To be in the list these brands must have a portfolio of six or more properties and must be based in the UK or be global companies with a marketing presence or reservations office in the UK

Arena: www.arena.org.uk
An important industry’s premier networking group, established over 20 years ago, Arena brings the “crème” of the industry together to help facilitate business opportunities and to educate.

Useful and Interesting Links

CIA: www.cia.gov
The site offers an excellent World Fact book Section where you can search for intelligence on economic and other data for all countries in the world

Online Newspapers: www.onlinenewspapers.com
10,000 online newspapers at the click of the mouse

Contact GHC in total confidence for a free no-obligation preliminary discussion: email: franco@galgani.co.uk.