Corus Hotels

Corus Hotels
Headquarters
Berkhamsted
Number of locations
10

Corus Hotels is a group of three hotels based in the UK, with two hotels in Malaysia. The hotels are owned by London Vista Hotel Limited, which is part of Malayan United Industries.[1] The brand name was launched in 1998 by the Regal Hotel Group, in order to differentiate it from Regal Hotels International.[2]

History

Corus Hyde Park London, Lancaster Gate.

In 2003, Corus launched a chef training school,[3] and later, a Reception School.[4]

In 2010, Corus Hotels found itself in the national newspapers for retiring maitre d' Elena Salvoni, on the same day that the Government announced plans to scrap the default retirement age. Ms Salvoni was 90 years old.[5][6]

Hotels

References

  1. ^ "Corus Hotel FAQs" website. Retrieved 27 September 2011,
  2. ^ "Corus Hotels" at Reed International's Caterersearch website. Retrieved 27 September 2011.
  3. ^ Ray Philpott, "Corus Hotels wins pupils at Chef School", PR Week UK, Friday, 24 October 2003. Retrieved 27 September 2011.
  4. ^ "Corus launches Reception School" 1 June 2005, at Reed International's Caterersearch website. Retrieved 27 September 2011.
  5. ^ Claire Daly, "Too old at 90? Soho's favourite maitre d' is told to get her coat", The Independent, Friday, 30 July 2010. Retrieved 27 September 2011.
  6. ^ Rashid Razaq (30 July 2010), "I want to work, says London's oldest maitre d' aged 90", London Evening Standard. Archived 5 August 2010 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 27 September 2011.

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