£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 [...]

London businessman, Steve Lowy, is in the running to be crowned Entrepreneur of the Year in the nationwide Nectar Business Small Business Awards, which will be judged by one of the stars of hit BBC TV show Dragon’s Den, James Caan. Steve, who set up umi hotels, has been short-listed to the last five entrepreneurs [...]

Steve Lowy, owner and managing director of umi hotels, has been named one of the 2010 recipients of Caterer & Hotelkeeper Magazine’s Acorn Award that acknowledges flair within hospitality.

umi Hotel London, a budget hotel in the heart of London, is continuing to expand their numerous guest services. Thanks to the work of an intern, they have recently added a self-guided audio walking tour of the beautiful and historic Notting Hill and Bayswater area. Keeping up with founder Steve Lowy’s goal of providing students [...]