Hotel & Venue News

The PIG at Combe hotel has just opened in the Otter Valley near Honiton in Devon. The hotel, formerly the Combe Hotel, is set in 3,500 acres of Devonshire countryside.

The ‘PIG’ team have refashioned the hotel. The old entrance and Great Hall have been converted into the main bar.

The formal banqueting space has been abolished. In its place is a stripped-back room with signature bare wooden floors and restored window shutters. In other words the ‘PIG’ formula tried and tested in the groups other four hotels has been introduced at The PIG at Combe.

The PIG at Combe has 27 bedrooms, 17 in the main house and 10 in the stable yard. The bedrooms are decorated and furnished in classic PIG style.
Two potting sheds in The PIG at Combe’s walled kitchen garden have been transformed into massage and treatment rooms.

The original Georgian kitchen with its range is now a private dining room for up to 14 guests.

The PIG at Combe joins The PIG, the original The PIG hotel in Brockenhurst. The other three include The PIG in the wall in Southampton, The PIG near Bath and the PIG on the beach at Studland in Dorset.

Details: https://www.thepighotel.com/at-combe/

Details: Published: 19 July 2016; Hits: 657

The Berkeley Hotel in London has just unveiled its new entrance, designed to “create the ultimate sense of arrival”.

The new entrance features a huge glass canopy supported by sixteen sculpted carbon fibre beams. Two ceiling glass pavilions flank the entrance doors. The extended outer walls of the hotel’s Blue Bar and Collins Room have both been redesigned.

The Berkeley Hotel is one of the leading 5-star hotels in London. It is located in Wilton Place in Knightsbridge and is managed by Maybourne Hotel Group, who also manage Claridges and The Connaught hotels in the heart of London.

Details: http://www.the-berkeley.co.uk/

Details: Published: 13 July 2016; Hits: 705

Accor Hotels Group has won approval to acquire FRHI Hotels & Resorts (FRHI) and its three hotel brands: Fairmont, Raffles and Swissôtel.

Fairmont, Raffles and Swissôtel encompass 154 hotels and resorts of which 40 are under development with 56,000 bedrooms spanning 34 countries in five continents.

The three hotel will now join the AccorHotels Luxury Brands. This grouping incorporates Raffles, Fairmont, Sofitel Legend, So Sofitel, Sofitel, MGallery by Sofitel, Pullman and Swissôtel.

Details: http://www.accorhotels.com/gb/brands/frhi.shtml

Details: Published: 13 July 2016; Hits: 625

Plans have been published to build a new £20million, 7,000-capacity conference centre at the Winter Gardens in Blackpool.

The new building would be directly linked to both the Empress Ballroom and the Opera House in Blackpool to form a flexible venue with joint capacities of up to 7,000 delegates.

The new conference centre would be built on a former split level car park site and would include a conference hall for 2,000 delegate plus a 1,200sqm exhibition hall.

Blackpool Winter Gardens opened initially in 1878. It regularly hosted the annual major political conferences until 2007 when the resort lost its pre-eminent position.

Advocates of the new conference centre are hoping the project will help Blackpool regain its position as one of the leading conference destinations in Britain.

Details: http://www.constructionenquirer.com/2016/07/12/blackpool-council-unveils-new-winter-gardens-plan/

Details: Published: 13 July 2016; Hits: 639

Final planning approval has been granted so the creation of the new 117-bedroom Hotel Indigo Bath can now go ahead.

The project, which will see two existing boutique hotels reshaped: Pratt’s Hotel and The Halcyon, plus a number of adjoining Grade-I listed Georgian buildings

Hotel Indigo Bath will feature a restaurant, bar and gym.

Hotel Indigo Bath will be located in South Parade in the centre of Bath. It is scheduled to open at the end of 2017.

Details: http://www.bathecho.co.uk/news/business/permission-granted-merger-two-hotels-bath-create-hotel-indigo-67866/