Lifestyle
The lure of the loo: how restaurant bathroom design went wild
Restaurants are giving their bathrooms a makeover: plush or pared back, flatteringly lit or full-on disco camp, a TikTok...
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Business
Digital ID comes of age as pubs and bars get go-ahead for biometric scan tech
New laws coming into force this week aim to streamline age checks although old-style plastic IDs will still be allowed
Technology
‘We’re not going to back down’: tiny Portland B&B stands up to Airbnb’s legal bid to ‘monopolise’ letters ‘bnb’
Three little letters - bnb-side’s name is a play on the local b-side arts festival, but Silicon Valley colossus sees thr...
Business
Hospitality industry urges Andy Burnham to lay out VAT cut plans
More than 800 businesses ask PM to make good on pledge, or risk more closures and job losses
Business
Ministers face backlash from hospitality industry over ‘tourist tax’ plans
Many mayors welcome power to impose tourist tax but industry warns of ‘irreparable harm’ and job losses
Business
The hospitality industry fears a tourist tax will deter visitors – the evidence says otherwise
Studies from hotspots across Europe that have introduced levies suggest they have no impact on visitor numbers
World
Much of Europe already levies a tourist tax – a nice little earner for Italian hotspots
While England makes its first foray into unfamiliar territory, it’s proved a boon for Italy’s cash-strapped municipaliti...