We provided strategic advice and assistance with budgeting to the owners of The Bingham in Richmond, London. The Bingham was voted the ‘Best Small Hotel’ and ‘Best Gastronomic Experience’ for its restaurant in the 2009 BT Visit London awards.
Preparation of financial estimates for a midscale and budget hotel in Tripoli, Libya
We were commissioned to undertake a strategic review of the pricing structures at One Great George Street in Westminster, London. The venue is owned by the Institution of Civil Engineers and offers extensive conference and meeting facilities in the heart of London
The Exchange is to be the focus of one of the sustainable linked business parks that are being developed in Hastings and Bexhill in East Sussex. The eco-friendly venue will act as a business to business meeting point and will offer a restaurant, conference rooms and exhibition space. Bridget Baker Consulting assessed the likely market demand for these facilities
Planning needs assessment for a hotel project at Luton Airport. Planning permission granted
Market demand study, recommendations of optimum meeting facilities and preparation of financial estimates for a conference centre extension at a Holiday Inn in the Home Counties
Assistance with business plan preparation and pre-opening advice for a health spa in a historic market town in Southern England
Evaluation of the prospects for a hotel resort and real estate project in Southern Turkey
A range of market demand assessments for conference and event venues in the United Arab Emirates
Market demand Study and pre-opening advice for the myhotel Brighton. This 80 design led bedroom boutique hotel opened adjacent to the award winning Jubilee Library in Spring 2008
Expert witness services supporting the need for a 50 bedroom hotel at the 18-hole championship course at the Oxfordshire Golf Club in Thame. The appeal was won and planning permission was granted in the summer of 2008
Operational Review of a chain of hotels in Brighton. This included undertaking interviews with the management, assessment of procedures, evaluation of historic trading and recommendations as to the future strategy of the group of four seafront hotels
Preparation of evidence for a planning application for a hotel extension and health spa on a green belt site near Warwick, in the Midlands. The project subsequently obtained planning permission
Financial estimates were prepared by Bridget Baker Consulting for the Box End Water Ski Park in Bedford. This included estimates for the club house, meeting room and guest accommodation. Consequently the project received the funding required
An assessment of the historic and future demand trends in the hotel market in Derby was prepared for DerbyCityscape. This document is being used to promote the city to hotel investors and developers. A separate study was then undertaken for the Derby and Derbyshire Economic Partnership to assess the accommodation needs across the county, including the Peak District
Bridget Baker Consulting prepared an assessment of the necessary product and operational changes required at a 3-star hotel in London culminating in recommendations as to the future branding strategy for the property. The hotel is to be re-branded as an ‘umi’ hotel in the Spring of 2007
A market demand study was undertaken to evaluate the potential of a former academic institution in Yorkshire to be converted into a residential conference centre. This included telephone interviews with potential users and an assessment of the competition in the local area