Building work has begun on a new luxury hotel in Edinburgh's Old Town. The 98-bedroom boutique hotel will be part of the Carlton Hotel Collection and will be located in Market Street on a site which has remained vacant for more than 50 years.

The site is within the UNESCO World Heritage boundary and the Old Town Conservation Area of Edinburgh.

The interior design of this hotel will reflect the heritage of the location. It will also feature a top floor lounge with panoramic views across the Waverley Valley from Princes Street Gardens to Calton Hill in Edinburgh. 

The hotel is scheduled to open Spring 2018.  
 

Bespoke Hotels has formed a partnership with Staying Cool, the operators of serviced apartments. The new partnership aims to expand the Staying Cool brand in Britain and beyond.

Joint development of new sites is also under consideration as either dedicated aparthotels or mixed use sites combining both hotel and serviced apartment elements.

Bespoke Hotels is a mid-size, independent hotel management company. The group was formed in 2000 and they now operate a management portfolio of over 9,500 UK hotel rooms.

Staying Cool was formed in 2005. They operate serviced apartments in Birmingham’s Rotunda building which sits alongside the Bull Ring, Grand Central and New Street Station in the city centre.

Details: http://be2b.bespokehotels.com/  /   https://www.stayingcool.com/


Holiday Inn Manchester City Centre is now open in Aytoun Street, just off Piccadilly Gardens in the centre of Manchester.

Holiday Inn Manchester City Centre is a new-build hotel with 298 bedrooms and a dedicated meeting and conference floor comprising 12 flexible meeting rooms.

Holiday Inn Manchester City Centre pays homage to the city’s music and football heritage. Music is the theme for the meeting rooms with suites named after Tony Wilson and Morrissey, for example. The Hacienda is the largest meeting rooms seating up to 160 delegates theatre style. The majority of the meeting rooms have natural daylight. 

The bedrooms are named after Manchester footballing heroes with the George Best and Colin Bell Suites, for example. The hotel taking care to honour both the ‘red’ and ‘blue’ sides of the city.

Holiday Inn Manchester City Centre features Holiday Inn’s new ‘open lobby’ concept - a relaxed open area which incorporates a  lounge, the restaurant, a Starbucks coffee outlet as well as the hotel reception. Holiday Inn Manchester City Centre also has a residents-only fitness suite.

Holiday inn Manchester City Centre is a five minute walk from Manchester Piccadilly station.

Details:  http://www.ihg.com/holidayinn/hotels/gb/en/manchester/mchas/hoteldetail


Holiday Inn Solihull is currently undergoing a major refurbishment of its bedrooms and meeting rooms and will be rebranded as the Crowne Plaza Solihull on 27th September 2016.

Holiday Inn Solihull has 120 bedrooms and 12 meeting rooms, a restaurant and bar and a well-equipped fitness room and steam room.

Holiday Inn Solihull is located at the rear of Touchwood shopping complex in the centre of the town. It is a five minute walk from Solihull station with an excellent rail connection to London Marylebone as well as to central Birmingham.

Details: http://www.ihg.com/holidayinn/hotels/gb/en/solihull/bhxsl/hoteldetail

 


Hallmark Hotels has just opened 53 new City Double bedrooms at the Hallmark Hotel Birmingham Strathallan Hotel.

It is part of a multi-million pound refurbishment package planned for the Hallmark Hotel group.

The City Double rooms include a standard 4ft 6” double bed, en-suite bath and shower, tea and coffee making facilities, a flat screen television, desk, hairdryer, an iron and ironing board, free wi-fi and complimentary parking.

Hallmark Hotel Birmingham Strathallan was formerly the Thistle Strathallan Hotel. Its distinctive round-tower design overlooking the Hagley Road makes it immediately recognisable..

Hallmark Hotel Birmingham Strathallan has 135 bedrooms in total, a restaurant and bar as well as seven modern, flexible meeting rooms – the largest of which is the Wallace Suite seating up to 170 delegates theatre style.

Hallmark Hotel Birmingham Strathallan is located in Edgbaston and is almost walking distance from the city centre. It is within easy reach of the Convention Centre, Symphony Hall, Birmingham Botanical Gardens as well as the night life on Broad Street and Brindleyplace.

Details: http://www.hallmarkhotels.co.uk/hotels/Hallmark-Birmingham-Strathallan