Students from the University of The Arts, London and the London College of Fashion were recently given a unique opportunity to showcase their design skills within the corporate world.  The competition winners have just been announced and their designs will become the new uniform for umi hotels’ staff in Brighton, London and Moscow. The brief [...]

The International Student Travel Confederation (ISTC) has just completed its pilot “Skills Exchange Initiative”, that provided a hospitality industry professional for ten days of free mentoring, to help Rosy Guesthouse in Cambodia become commercially sustainable.  John Firell MIH believes more hospitality businesses need to take their social responsibilities the extra mile and get involved in [...]

In the first project of its kind, the International Student Travel Confederation (ISTC) is working with umi hotels to give Rosy Guesthouse in Cambodia a strong brand and web presence with every minute of design, consultation and marketing, donated free of charge. Steve Lowy, Founder of the award-winning budget hotel group, umi hotels, volunteered to [...]

£9.99 hotel rooms with breakfast in bed The award-winning independent budget hotel group, umi hotels, is recognising the single traveller this January by offering hotel rooms at just £9.99 inclusive of breakfast in bed. Famed for their fresh, relaxed approach, umi hotels would like everyone to know that they don’t discriminate against the solo traveller [...]

Umi hotels and web agency 2am have released a new accommodation booking engine which enables users to book a room from their smart phone and helps independent hotels compete against larger industry players with greater online visibility. BookItWith is a secure online booking system that has been seven months in the making and is now [...]