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Self-service supercubes help hotel guests keep their cool

2 August 2017

Scotsman ice machines installed in top London hotel The London Marriott Hotel Regents Park is a luxury 4-star hotel with 311 rooms based in the heart of North London. Recently it has undergone extensive modernisation, with a new spacious lobby and each floor being upgraded to meet the expectations of modern travellers, with smart technology and stylish design inspired by the local area. One of the recent trends in upmarket hotels has been to provide guests with more opportunities for...

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Dirty ice: in the news yet again

28 June 2017

Hubbard calls for industry to crack down on hygiene practices BBC’s Watchdog programme has found bacteria from faeces in ice in three top coffee shop chains. Hubbard Systems, which markets the Scotsman range of ice machines, says it’s about time the industry cracked down on the poor hygiene practices that lead to the issue.  “It’s not like we haven’t seen this before,” says Mark Stebbings, technical and aftercare manager at Hubbard Systems.  “Every year for as long as I can...

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Endless ice with the Scotsman ice tower

25 April 2017

Hubbard launches compact undercounter icemaker that can produce ice all day long The demand for ice is growing across all sectors of the hospitality and catering industries.  Trends like self-service “bottomless drinks” in the fast food sector mean that operators need economical and reliable sources of ice in large amounts. Simultaneously, increasing pressures on space mean they need equipment to be as compact as possible. The Scotsman Ice Tower 56 from Hubbard Systems is an undercounter unit measuring 539mm(w) X...

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Ice confusion? There’s an app for that…

28 March 2017

Scotsman launches ice machine configurator app for iPhones and Android For operators and specifiers who don’t know which ice machine they need, there’s an app that can help.  With the Scotsman Ice app, the user simply goes to the ice machine configurator, selects what sort of ice they want from a scrolling menu (gourmet cube, dice ice, flake ice, nugget ice and so on) and then selects how much ice per day they want, again from a menu.  The app...

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