The new designs advance the Staybridge Suites’ brand hallmarks including The Pantry, the Evening Socials plus the 24-hour fitness and laundry facilities.
New communal spaces will offer more places to work, meet and relax.
A new style communal kitchen is designed to breaks down the barrier between hotel guests and staff, giving it a more ‘home-like’ feel.
Room designs are kept neutral which will allowing guests to ‘personalise’ their space and make it their own – so they feel ‘at home’ when they stay at Staybridge Suites.
Mike Greenup, Vice President, Brand Management, Staybridge Suites commented: “Staybridge Suites consistently scores highly in guest reviews but that doesn’t mean we want to rest on our laurels. As business travel needs change, so do our hotels. The new Staybridge Suites design was developed around guest insights, hotel feedback and key trends in hospitality, bringing an even more home-like feel to the brand. We can’t wait for guests to experience the new design at our openings later this year.”
Staybridge Suites is set to double the number of properties it operates in Europe over the next two years.
The next opening in the UK will be the 116 room Staybridge Suites Manchester - Oxford Road, due to open spring 2018. This will be followed by Staybridge Suites Dundee and Staybridge Suites London – Heathrow Bath Road.
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The new Iveagh Garden Hotel will source all its energy needs from an underground river running 50-metres beneath the hotel.
Turbines will convert the power generated which will be sufficient to meet the hotel’s energy requirements.
The heating, plumbing, cooling and hot water systems have all been removed and replaced with a new natural energy system.
Internally Iveagh Garden Hotel has undergone a complete refurbishment whilst retaining the buildings original Georgian façade.
Bedrooms facing the street have triple-glazed windows to both retain heat and to lock out the noise from the busy street below.
Iveagh Garden Hotel has 150 bedrooms which will be extended to 161 bedrooms next year.
The hotel has a bistro-style restaurant serving Irish-sourced produce as much as possible. The hotel also has an outdoor terrace overlooking the gardens.
Iveagh Garden Hotel is around a four-minute walk from St. Stephen's Green in Dublin.
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This piece of wisdom was in my mind when I went to view The Garden Museum in London - and venues do not get much more ‘Instagrammable’ than this.
The Garden Museum sits on the banks of the River Thames, alongside Lambeth Palace and opposite the Houses of Parliament. It reopened in May last year following a two-year total revamp.
The Garden Museum is dedicated to the art, history and design of gardens. It doesn’t have massive events space - but what it does have is very impressive. There are two principal rooms: The Nave and The Clore Learning Space plus the Garden Café.
The Nave is a breathtakingly impressive space.
The Clore Learning Space is an excellent ‘working room’ and is also available during the day which The Nave sadly is not.
The Clore Learning Space is flooded with natural daylight. It has a display of plants along one wall and a glass fronted wall overlooking the Sackler Garden.
Officially The Clore Learning Space will seat a maximum of 60 delegates for a theatre style meeting although I suspect a smaller group in a boardroom or cabaret style setup would find it an ideal and comfortable learning space.
The Sackler Garden was my favourite part of the museum. It is a fabulous and secluded Mediterranean-style courtyard garden complete with lime trees. A great area for refreshment breaks and alfresco lunches.
The Garden Museum is located on the south side of Lambeth Bridge. It is around a ten-minute walk from four tube stations: Westminster, Vauxhall, Waterloo and Lambeth North.
Book a meeting for the team at the Garden Museum. Don’t forget your phone, open an Instagram account, join the Millennials - and take it from there.
Details: https://gardenmuseum.org.uk/
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The group used 300,000 plastic straws last year.
By removing plastic straws from their UK hotels, Marriott will be making a small but significant step in reducing the volume of plastic which can be damaging to our environment and wildlife.
Marriott customers who request straws will be offered biodegradable or paper straws in place.
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New research conducted by Jurys Inns has revealed a list of items which the Brits pack when travelling for work.
Tea and coffee tops the list – with a fifth of workers packing their own stash whilst on a business trip.
The second and third most popular items were respectively an alarm clock, and bizarrely, bed sheets and pillows.
The list is rounded off with cuddly toys, hot water bottles and framed pictures of pets. These accounted for 23% of comfort items to take.
However, whilst hotel guests may take their own sheets with them, up to 1 in 5 guests forget essential items like a toothbrush or toiletries. 12% of guests regularly forget their chargers.
With this in mind Jurys Inns have introduced ‘Off the Shelf’ lobby shops in their hotels. They are currently on site in twelve Jurys Inns and offer a range of the ‘forgotten items’ from toothbrushes to snacks.
Details: https://www.jurysinns.com/press_and_media
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