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Mercure Leeds Centre opens September

Mercure Leeds Centre opens September

Mercure Leeds Centre is set to open this...

Indigo coming to Chester

Indigo coming to Chester

Construction has started on the new...

Dalata plan new Manchester Hotel

Dalata plan new Manchester Hotel

Dalata Hotel Group is planning to open a new...

Dalata plan new London Hotel

Dalata plan new London Hotel

Dalata Hotel Group will be the operators of a...

New Hotel opens in Glasgow

New Hotel opens in Glasgow

  A new hotel has just opened in...

  • Mercure Leeds Centre opens September

    Mercure Leeds Centre opens September

  • Indigo coming to Chester

    Indigo coming to Chester

  • Dalata plan new Manchester Hotel

    Dalata plan new Manchester Hotel

  • Dalata plan new London Hotel

    Dalata plan new London Hotel

  • New Hotel opens in Glasgow

    New Hotel opens in Glasgow


Harbour Hotels has purchased Richmond Gate Hotel in Richmond-upon-Thames.

It is the group’s first property in Greater London and the eleventh hotel to join the Harbour Hotels portfolio.

Richmond Gate Hotel is located in an eighteenth century building  at the top of Richmond Hill.  

Richmond Gate Hotel has 68 bedrooms. The hotel also has a restaurant and bar, a range of meeting and events spaces plus leisure facilities which include a 20metre indoor pool and gym.

Richmond Hill Hotel will be rebranded as a Harbour Hotel in winter 2018 following completion of an extensive renovation programme.

The renovation will also see the addition of the Harbour Hotels signature ‘Jetty restaurant and spa’.

Harbour Hotels Group has recently opened its latest new property: Southampton Harbour Hotel and Spa located at Southampton’s Ocean Village. Southampton Harbour Hotel and Spa with its super-yacht inspired design has 85 bedrooms, The Jetty restaurant on the ground floor and a rooftop destination bar, kitchen and club: ‘HarBAR on 6th’.

Details: https://www.harbourhotels.co.uk/