Rudding Park joins Accessible Hospitality Alliance as operator member
Rudding Park, the independent, family-owned luxury resort near Harrogate, has joined Accessible Hospitality Alliance (aha), bringing its established commitment to inclusive hospitality to the alliance’s growing operator membership. Set within 300 acres of landscaped gardens and woodland in North Yorkshire, Rudding Park combines 90 bedrooms and suites with luxury lodges and cottages, a destination spa, […]
BT Tower the next venue for The aha Forum, in partnership with Thomas Franks
Accessible Hospitality Alliance (aha) has announced that the next aha Forum, in Partnership with Thomas Franks, will take place on the 34th floor of the BT Tower in London on Wednesday 11 November 2026. From the summit of the BT Tower, the Forum will convene hospitality and catering operators, people with lived experience of barriers […]
Thomas Franks named Accessible Hospitality Alliance Foundation Partner
Accessible Hospitality Alliance (aha) has named Thomas Franks as its Foundation Partner, recognising the role the company has played in the development of the alliance from its earliest days. The new relationship category recognises a business that saw the importance of accessibility early and chose to act. That was evident in June 2025, when […]
Center Parcs Launches Sensory Library at Elveden Forest
Center Parcs has launched a Sensory Library at Elveden Forest to provide additional support for neurodivergent children and children with additional needs during family breaks. The free service, developed with specialist SEN childcare, training and consultancy organisation SENNIES, allows guests to borrow sensory tools, communication aids and practical equipment throughout their stay. The initiative follows […]
Starbucks UK Trains More Than 10,000 Baristas to Support Customers Who Stammer
Starbucks UK has partnered with STAMMA to introduce training designed to help baristas better support customers who stammer during everyday coffeehouse interactions. More than 10,000 Starbucks baristas have already completed the programme, representing over half of the company’s approximately 18,000 baristas across the UK. The training was developed with STAMMA, which represents more than half […]
Access Champions: Leadership in Accessibility with Kofi Jeffers, Kimpton Fitzroy London
Accessible Hospitality Alliance’s purpose is simple: a hospitality world that welcomes everyone. Turning that purpose into everyday practice requires people within hospitality businesses who are prepared to lead, question, listen and make accessibility visible. Access Champions do exactly that. At Kimpton Fitzroy London, Security Manager Kofi Jeffers brings accessibility into areas including safety, emergency […]
Greene King Partners with AccessAble to Create Access Guides for 200 Pubs
Greene King has partnered with AccessAble to create Detailed Access Guides for more than 200 Hungry Horse and Farmhouse Inns pubs across the UK. AccessAble’s specialist surveyors will work with pub general managers from this month to assess customer areas at each participating venue. Guided video assessments will record photographs, descriptions and measurements covering both […]
Hilversum is working on accessible hospitality
The Municipality of Hilversum is launching the ‘Accessible SME Route’ together with Ongehinderd. This initiative helps entrepreneurs make their shop, bar, hotel, café, or museum more accessible to people with disabilities. “Accessibility affects us all. It is a basic prerequisite for being able to participate fully in society. I want people with disabilities in Hilversum […]
Christopher Moore appointed Ambassador to Accessible Hospitality Alliance
Accessible Hospitality Alliance (aha) has appointed Christopher Moore, President of Washington DC based PathNorth, as an Ambassador. The appointment brings another experienced hospitality and social impact leader into the aha community, providing the alliance with a valuable perspective on developments and thinking in the United States and its capital, Washington DC. Moore brings more than […]
Muscle Help Foundation Becomes Title Partner of South East Powerchair Football League
The South East Powerchair Football League (SEPFL) is delighted to announce a new two-year partnership with the Muscle Help Foundation (MHF) charity, with the league becoming known as the “Muscle Help Foundation South East Powerchair Football League” for the 2026–27 and 2027–28 seasons. The partnership builds on MHF’s longstanding connection with Powerchair Football, having previously […]