Marriott Hotels have partnered with University of Wales Trinity Saint David to introduce a BA degree course in International Hotel Management at the University's Swansea campus.
The programme comprises two years of full time study. Each year is divided into three four-month blocks, two of which are spent studying at Swansea Business Campus with the remaining block spent on placement in the Marriott Hotel.
Students will spend a total of eight months within the Marriott Swansea Hotel, working in a range of departments from hotel administration and management to enhancing their guest service skills.
The programme will have a strong international focus and international students interested in pursuing a career in the hotel and hospitality sector either in their home country or elsewhere in the world are encouraged to apply.
High achieving students will be well placed for selection onto the Marriott “Voyager” Graduate Management Training programme.
Swansea Marriott Hotel is situated in the Maritime Quarter of the city. The hotel has 119 bedrooms, 367 sq-mt of conference and event space as well as extensive leisure facilities including a swimming pool and fully equipped gym.
Swansea Marriott Hotel has a wide client base including business guests and leisure tourists as well as hosting visiting Premier League football teams for fixtures at the Liberty Stadium just over two miles away.
Details: www.uwtsd.ac.uk
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Berry Bros and Rudd, the wine merchants based in St James's in London, has opened Sussex Cellar, a new underground wine events venue.
Spread over two levels Sussex Cellar will accommodates up to 40 guests for a reception followed by lunch or dinner or 36 guests for a reception and a tutored tasting, followed by a lunch or dinner.
The cellar space is named after the Duke of Sussex, one of seven Royal Dukes who were regular customers of company in the early 19th century. The design is influenced by Spanish wine cellars or bodegas and uses handmade London tiles to create archways and columns that extend through both the mezzanine and the sub-basement level of the space.
Sussex Cellar joins the wine merchant’s existing Napoleon and Pickering Cellars beneath the shop in St James's Street in the heart of London.
Details: www.bbr.com
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Plans to expand the Grand Hotel and Spa in York have been recommended for approval. The £15million project would create an additional 121 bedrooms.
The extension would take place in the hotel’s recently acquired Roman House in Rougier Street, the former home of Aviva Insurance. It will extend the hotel from its original building which was once the headquarters of the North Eastern Railway.
In addition the planned extension will create a new business centre and valet parking area at ground floor level. There are also plans to create a new restaurant space on what is currently an outside terrace area which will offer dining space for 140 guests and will be open to both residents and non-residents.
A final decision is expected shortly.
The Grand Hotel and Spa is located in Station Rise alongside York's historic wall and a few minutes’ walk from York station and the heart of the city.
Details: www.insidermedia.com
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FC United, the football club formed by Manchester United fans left disillusioned after the Glazers took over the Old Trafford club, have recently moved into their new permanent stadium - Broadhurst Park in Moston, Manchester.
Broadhurst Park is the first new ground to be built and funded by a supporter-owned football club. The stadium, covered on all sides, with standing and seating in the main stand, has a 4,400 capacity.
The main stand includes a function room to accommodate between 300 and 400 guests plus three seminar rooms for the local community and businesses. There is also a medical suite, changing facilities and adjacent artificial pitch which will be used by the public throughout the week.
The stadium is also set to be one of the greenest. FC United is looking to create the first pollinator-friendly football stadium in the UK after supporters won an award to develop a landscaping project at the ground.
Broadhurst Park has good access from the M60 motorway from junctions 20 travelling clockwise and junction 22 travelling anti-clockwise. Newton Heath & Moston is the nearest Metrolink stop just under a mile from the stadium.
Details: www.fc-utd.co.uk
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Bounce is looking to replicate the success of its ping-pong venue, Bounce Holborn, at a second Bounce venue - Bounce Shoreditch – scheduled to open in September 2015.
Bounce Shoreditch will follow the same formula as the Holborn branch with a 440 person capacity, a pizza restaurant and 18 ping-pong tables.
It has also been designed with the conference and events markets in mind. It will feature versatile meeting space for conferences to accommodate up to 200 delegates theatre style. It will include a 10ft wide cinematic screen and HD projector with a state of the art wireless presentation system. The meeting space will also be suitable for board meetings, team building days, exhibitions and product launches.
The 12,000 sq-ft Bounce Shoreditch is located on the site of a former car park on the corner of Old Street and Pitfield Street in London.
Details: www.bouncepingpong.com
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