Edinburgh's Caledonian Hotel has been put up for sale by owners Hilton International and could fetch £45m or more. Hilton International will keep control of the hotel's day-to-day operations and will ... [more]

Fuller Smith & Turner is to sell the Brigstow Hotel in Bristol to Pedersen Hotel Group for £17.09m. Opened in August 2001, the Brigstow is a contemporary four star hotel in the centre of the city, and... [more]

Restaurant operator Tragus Holdings is to undergo a strategic review that may lead to a sale or an IPO. ... [more]

The Oakley Court Hotel in Windsor is reportedly up for sale for over £50m. Owners Queens Moat Houses are thought to have hired Christie & Co to handle the sale.... [more]

Gourmet Holdings is to sell its entire pub restaurant operation following a strategic review. The group will concentrate on its Richoux brand, which it believes offers good opportunities for expansio... [more]

John Jarvis, owner of the Ramada Jarvis brand, is to invest £47m in his chain of 44 hotels with a view to selling the company next year. A flagship Ramada hotel is also under construction at Heathrow ... [more]

Punch Taverns is to acquire Mill House Inns, the chain of 82 pubs in the South and Midlands, in a £164m deal. Mill House's portfolio consists primarily of freehold and long-leasehold neighbourhood pub... [more]

Obviously in the mood for trimming down, Richard Balfour-Lynn has announced plans to sell off the 14-site Greens health club chain. Acquired as part of the earlier takeover of De Vere, apparently the ... [more]

Greens is not the only club on the market - Duke Street has asked Citigroup to circulate a memorandum of sale for the Esporta group. The private equity-owned chain Cannons has just appointed Hawkpoin... [more]

Stanley Leisure, the chain of 45 casinos, has accepted a £639m takeover bid from Genting International of Malaysia. Genting already owns 20 per cent of Stanley Leisure, and will pay 860 pence per sha... [more]

The Yesteryear Pub Company is selling nearly half of its estate of pubs and bars. The Wigan-based business, established seven years ago by pub veteran Tony Callaghan, is selling 10 of its venues as pa... [more]

Wolverhampton & Dudley, the UK-listed pub operator, is looking for buyers for 80 of its pubs, according to rumours cited by a Times market report. The unsourced item said the pubs were mainly tenanted... [more]

The Clermont Club, the upmarket Mayfair casino once frequented by celebrities such as Roger Moore, Tony Curtis and Peter Sellers, is thought to be close to a sale. Owners Rank are due to accept an off... [more]

Top Ten Holdings has acquired Lance Leisure, the operator of a bingo club in Mexborough, for £1.1m.... [more]

Aston Villa Football Club has agreed to a £63m cash takeover offer from Randy Lerner, the US owner of the Cleveland Browns NFL franchise. Billionaire Lerner will acquire the club through his company R... [more]

Living Ventures, the bar and restaurant group which owns the Living Room and Est Est Est chains, is up for sale with a £40m pricetag. The company was founded in 1999 by the leisure entrepreneur and fo... [more]

Following valuation by Price Waterhouse Coopers, the government has informed the British horse racing industry that it has until the end of the month to submit an offer at market value for the Horsera... [more]

Regent Inns has bought the chain of 31 Old Orleans restaurants from Punch Taverns for £26m. 27 of the restaurants are short leasehold outlets, and two operate under the Quincey's brand. Regent will ad... [more]

MyTravel, the UK tour operator, should make disposals to become more profitable and competitive, in the view of sector bankers and analysts. MyTravel is a complicated company, with some of the busine... [more]

Whitbread, the UK-listed leisure group, is negotiating a potential sale of its 50% shareholding in Pizza Hut to Yum Brands. Analysts estimate that £100m would be a reasonable price, due to Pizza Hut's... [more]