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With over £100 million being spent over the next two years across our 33 hotels across the UK, including eleven in central London, and the addition of two new hotels on the exotic peninsula of Malaysia, there’s always something exciting going on at Thistle hotels.

Read about our latest news below. 

For further press information, to arrange a media interview or book a media visit at any of our properties, please contact the Thistle Press Office.
E: thistle@sirencommunications.com
T: +44 (0) 208 237 1210

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Date Press Release
14 Jan 2013 Thistle Piccadilly reveals brand new look
17 Dec 2012 Thistle Hotels launches free, unlimited WiFi service in London properties
19 Oct 2012 Guoman & Thistle Hotels announced ‘Best Employer’ at the Springboard Awards for Excellence
09 Oct 2012 Guoman Hotel Management (UK) Limited Achieves Carbon Trust Standard
30 May 2012 Guoman and Thistle Hotels Launches Mobile Site for On-the-go Travelers
13 Mar 2012 Thistle Hotels launch guest rewards scheme
08 Nov 2011 Thistle Holborn, The Kingsley celebrates as its aspiring manager - Beatriz Orta is recognised by the Insitute of Hospitality
25 Oct 2011 Guoman & Thistle Hotel’s Managing Director, Heiko Figge collects major accolade at the 2011 Springboard Awards for Excellence
27 Sep 2011 Thistle crowned ‘Hotel Group of the Year’ at prestigious AA Awards
27 Jun 2011 Guoman & Thistle Hotels Raise Over £100,000 for Springboard Charity
07 Jun 2011 Thistle's Rising Star Wins Caterer and Hotelkeeper Acorn Award
25 May 2011 Have Fun in the Sun with Thistle's Picnic in the Park Package
12 May 2011 Newly Appointed General Manager To Take On Liverpool's Hotel Industry
09 May 2011 Cardiff's Crown Social Restaurant At The Parc By Thistle Awarded Two AA Rosettes
07 Apr 2011 Thistle Port Dickson Resort Clinches Best Hotel Award
07 Apr 2011 Thistle scoops five honours at the North East Hotels Association Awards
30 Mar 2011 Thistle's Fantastic Five
29 Mar 2011 Star General Manager Flies Into Thistle London Heathrow
22 Feb 2011 The Parc By Thistle Announces New Partnership With Crown Hotels And Restaurants
07 Feb 2011 Thistle Haydock's Martin Gregory Wins Chef of The Year At Tourism and Leisure Awards
14 Dec 2010 Thistle Kensington Gardens Appoints New General Manager
23 Nov 2010 Thistle Westminster Celebrates Its Aspiring Manager – Ulyana Pustushencko Recognised By The Institute Of Hospitality
16 Nov 2010 Thistle Marble Arch Proudly Announces Its Award Winning Head Of Housekeeping
15 Nov 2010 Thistle’s Manchester Property Relaunches As The Portland Following Its Refurbishment
08 Nov 2010 Managing Director Heiko Figge Attends Launch of the New Hospitality Assured Standard
25 Oct 2010 Newly Appointed General Manager Has ‘Grand’ Plans For Leading City Centre Hotel
05 Oct 2010 The Kingsley Embraces its Literary Heritage with the Launch of its First Ever in-Suite Library
05 Oct 2010 Star General Manager Relocates to Kent to Reinvigorate Thistle Brands Hatch
04 Oct 2010 Thistle General Manager Heads Home to Newcastle to Oversee the Group's County hotel
20 Jul 2010 Guoman & Thistle Hotels Nurture Industry Future Leaders With Commitment Of Hospitality Graduate Scheme
10 Jun 2010 Pinchard Sold on Guoman and Thistle Hotels
10 Jun 2010 Housden is Perfect Accompaniment for Thistle and Guoman Hotels
10 Jun 2010 Thistle Launches Lunchtime Lie-in
10 Jun 2010 Thistle Appoints New London Operations Director
28 Apr 2010 Thistle hotels achieve four-way victory at Scottish Hotel Awards
25 Mar 2010 Thistle reports 'kidcations' on the rise in UK cities
04 Mar 2010 A new role and a fresh approach for Thistle in 2010
17 Feb 2010 Thistle checks in on carbon emissions with Carepar
14 Feb 2010 Cupid's arrow hits Cardiff as Wales tops the love league this Valentine's Day
01 Jan 2010 Thistle young achiever shines in industry awards
01 Jan 2010 The Parc Hotel celebrates four star success for the second year
01 Jan 2010 Thistle comes out on top at hotel excellence awards
08 Dec 2009 Chef royalty scoops excellence award at springboard
03 Dec 2009 Outstanding customber service comes as standard at Thistle
19 Aug 2009 First UK hotel group to boast 100% excellence accreditation from Institute of Hospitality
03 Aug 2009 Leading the way in Hospitality Management
20 Jul 2009 Thistle Bloomsbury Hotel Goes Back To Its Roots
19 Jun 2009 Thistle Exeter City Centre looks to its future with a £1 million refurbishment
18 May 2009 Thistle Brands Hatch pays tribute to the racing stars
29 Apr 2009 Multi-million pound refurbishment completes at The Royal Trafalgar
17 Apr 2009 Thistle St Albans, The Noke gets brand new look and name
15 Apr 2009 Thistle works the corporate look with best careerwear award win
25 Mar 2009 Thistle recruit chef royalty
17 Mar 2009 Thistle Aberdeen Altens swings into contemporary conferencing
02 Mar 2009 Three's a lucky number for Thistle Glasgow
20 Feb 2009 Thistle brings contemporary conferencing to Middlesbrough
26 Jan 2009 Grand by name, grand by nature
08 Jan 2009 Reveal the new you with Thistle Brighton
08 Jan 2009 Thistle Explores International Arena
29 Jan 2008 Grosvenor goes back to its Victorian Roots