Hotel & Venue News

London Bridge Arches is a quirky new underground events space which has recently opened at Glaziers Hall on the banks of the Thames in central London.

London Bridge Arches comprise three restored Georgian brick arches with a bespoke wine cellar as a backdrop.

The Arches offer a heritage setting for dinners, wine tastings, receptions and lectures - or as breakout space for larger events taking place in Glaziers Hall.

London Bridge Arches has its own private entrance and reception area.

London Bridge Arches will accommodate up to 72 delegates cabaret style for a meeting, 90 guests for a dinner or 120 guests for a standing reception.

London Bridge Arches are equipped with projector and screens, lectern and microphones, staging and up to 100MB fibre optic broadband.

Details: https://www.glaziershall.co.uk/london-bridge-arches/

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Plans to build a new Hotel La Tour in Milton Keynes have been given the green light.

At 14-storeys high, Hotel La Tour will be the tallest building in Milton Keynes.

Hotel La Tour Milton Keynes will have 250 bedrooms plus conference and events facilities, a gym and a pool.

The hotel will also feature a rooftop restaurant and bar accessed by a glass elevator.

Hotel La Tour will be located at Marlborough Gate in Milton Keynes. It is expected to open in 2020.

Details: http://www.hotel-latourmiltonkeynes.co.uk/

Details: Published: 26 April 2018; Hits: 827

The first Wilde Aparthotel by Staycity has just been officially opened in London.

It is the first of a planned range of aparthotels named in honour of the Irish playwright and poet Oscar Wilde.

Merlin Holland, grandson of Oscar Wilde, was the guest of honour at the official opening held on the Strand in central London.

Wilde Aparthotel by Staycity has 106 rooms - a choice of studios, superior studios and double rooms over eight floors including three sky level studios.

Each apartment is fitted with a kitchenette including utensils, dishes, a fridge, a dishwasher and a microwave.

Staycity intends to roll out the Wilde brand in gateway city centre locations throughout Europe.

A Wilde Aparthotel by Staycity is scheduled to open in King’s Stables Road in Edinburgh at the end of 2019 with a third UK unit planned in Manchester on St Peter’s Square with an opening scheduled for 2020.

Details: https://www.staycity.com/london/wilde-the-strand/

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Plans are afoot to transform Hadspen House in the heart of Somerset into a 30-bedroom boutique hotel.

The plan is the brainchild of Hadspen House’s new owner - a South African businessman who has created ‘Babylonstoren’ in his home country.

Babylonstoren is a Cape Dutch farm estate now converted into a hotel, spa, restaurant and winery.

Hadspen House is located near Castle Cary in south Somerset. It is a 17th century Grade-II listed mansion and estate. Plans would see the house and estate restored and transformed into a hotel with between 30 to 35 bedrooms, a spa and a visitor centre.

The hotel would also include an 80-cover restaurant using fresh produce from the estate’s kitchen garden, a café, pool, farm shop and cider mill.

A planning application has been submitted to Somerset South District Council. If everything goes to plan, then the Hadspen House project is expected to be taking its first guests during 2019.

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Construction of the new Moxy Hotel at Birmingham’s NEC site will begin in June 2018.

The Moxy Hotel, a Marriott International lifestyle brand, it will be built over eight floors and provide 224 bedrooms. It is due to open in mid-2019.

The hotel will be constructed ‘pod-style’ with the pods being manufactured in Italy and then transported in sections and assembled on site at the NEC.

The new Moxy Hotel complements significant investment at the NEC campus over recent years. This has included the £150million-plus Resorts World complex that opened in late 2015.

A Bear Grylls Adventure, to be operated by Merlin Entertainments, will open on the site later this year.

Details: http://vastint.eu/hospitality/