Manchester10 The best things in Manchester are free

Manchester’s thriving cultural scene is now in the palm of your hand with the launch of the Manchester10 iPhone app. The app is free to download and use.

Manchester10 previews the top 10 things to do in the city each week. Nobody pays to be listed and that only way to be included is to do something outstanding.

Guests staying at Manchester's hotels will be able to find the pick of the week's activity and lonely nights in the hotel room wondering what to do in this world class city of ours can become a thing of the past.

Listings contain hyperlinks making it easy to click through to find out more information and book tickets for the best of this week’s events.

The app was dreamed up by World Class Service Ltd as part of the Manchester Made it Easy initiative. World Class Service developed the app with La Factory Del Software.

 You can download Manchester10 here.

*The Manchester10 app includes free and paid for events and activities.

Manchester Hotel Market showing signs of Recovery

Crains, Manchester's Business Paper, has a Focus on Hospitality and Travel this week (w/c June 7) and runs with the above headline.

The first quarter of 2010 has seen revPar (revenues per room) rates continue their steady recovery since the drop in 2009 (Q2 was 18.5% down on 2008's figures).

Overall revenue is up, accompanied by a 4.7% increas in occupancy levels, now at 68%. Deloitte, who published the figures say a large number of business visitors have helped the recovery.

Simply Manchester - The new book

Simply Manchester have produced a new book listing the best of what's on offer around Manchester for all event booking requirements. You can now view and download the pdf here.

Manchester Made it Easy Meeting 10th May

The next Manchester Made it Easy meeting is on May 10th.

The meeting will update on progress being made to package and promote Manchester as a desirable, Family Friendly destination, in particular over the mid July - early September period.

The gathering will take place at the Malmaison (Mal1 meeting space) on Monday 10th May at 10.30. All are welcome. If you'd like to come along and haven't done so already, please rsvp to louise at World Class Service

You can keep in touch with the Manchester Made it Easy movement at the website, the blog and via twitter and facebook.

Strategic Leadership Programme

Dear MHA Member

World Class Service Ltd has teamed up with Manchester Business School and Manchester Metropolitan University to create a brand new strategic leadership programme specifically for hospitality leaders.

The programme which will be for just 25 current and future business leaders is designed to inform, to create time to think, create the opportunity to network, to inspire, to exchange thinking and to help these leaders understand the implications of shifts in the UK and European market.

This five day residential course will span the implications of the new government, current economic trends and macro-economic effects, social technology developments, leadership, lifestyle and design, finance and management, customer management, organisational psychology and planning for change.

The emphasis will be on leadership issues over the next three to five years. The business units will be lead by some of the luminaries of thinking in the UK including Professor Carl Williams, Professor John Murphy, Professor Peter Kawalak and Dr Mark Batey alongside leading industry figures such as Robin Wilson (Director Digital PR and Social Media, McCann Erickson) who can provide operational perspectives.

The programme will include evening dinners and receptions and will be based at the five star Radisson Edwardian Hotel in Manchester.

The Course will run from midday on Monday 12th July to early afternoon on Friday 16th July 2010. Costs will be significantly less than similar overseas programmes and are expected to be around £4,500 + VAT per person fully inclusive of all materials, five star accommodation, all dinners, hospitality, transfers between venues and follow up alumni contacts.
If this course is of interest to you or members of your management team we would be delighted to hear from you.

Kind regards
Howard Raynor
Managing Director
World Class Service Limited
0161 456 6007
Email: Howard