Library & Cultural Services: Hospitality, Tourism and Events Management: News

News

News and trade publications can be valuable resources for identifying and keeping up with the latest trends in the hospitality and events sectors. You can use the resources below to access both general and hospitality-specific news.

General News and Media

Factiva
Worldwide full text of international newspapers, trade publications, business newswires, press release wires, media transcripts, news photos, business-rich web sites, investment analyst reports, market research reports, country and regional profiles, company profiles, historical market data, etc.
Economist.com
The Economist online offers authoritative insight and opinion on international news, politics, business, finance, science and technology. It publishes all articles from The Economist print edition and maintains a searchable online archive that dates back June 1997. To access the electronic version of the weekly print edition, click on "Menu", navigate to "Weekly edition" and click on either "This week" or "Past editions".
FT.com : Financial times
The latest UK and international business, finance, economic, and political news with comment and analysis from the Financial Times team, plus an archive from 2005 onwards.
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Hospitality News Resources

Ehotelier.com
Useful website with a global outlook, primarily offering industry news through its publication ehotelier news.
Hotel News Resource
Large commercial US-based site that nevertheless offers a lot in the way of free news, trends & research aggregated from many sources around the world for the hotel, hospitality & travel sectors.
UKHospitality
Industry body created in 2018 from the merger of British Hospitality Association (BHA) & Association of Licensed Multiple Retailers (ALMR). Represents the interests of hotels, restaurants & food service providers. Some useful free publications.