China International Marine Containers, the company which is building the new Holiday Inn Express at Royal Albert Dock in London with bedrooms converted from sea containers, has picked up another contract to build a hotel using the same modular system.

A new 200-bedroom Hampton by Hilton hotel is to be built at Bristol Airport, part of a £120million expansion plan for the airport. The sea containers are converted into hotel bedrooms complete with decoration, furniture and all fittings before being shipped to the UK for assembly on site.

The new Hampton by Hilton will be built close to the terminal building at Bristol Airport.

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Published: 26 November 2014

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Exhibitionist Hotel has just opened in South Kensington London with 37 individually designed and bespoke rooms, including a number of suites. Art and design is the central focus of the Exhibitionist Hotel with eight galleries for up and coming artists to showcase their work.
 
Exhibitionist Hotel has five room categories from a 15sqm deluxe room to the 75sqm penthouse suite. Every room is air-conditioned and equipped with a state of the art in-room entertainment system, a Smart television with complimentary Freeview channels and complimentary wi-fi.

The restaurant at Exhibitionist Hotel serves breakfast, afternoon tea and an all-day dining menu as well as offering a 24 hour in-room dining facility.

Exhibitionist Hotel has two meeting and event rooms. The Garden Room on the ground floor has plenty of natural daylight and can accommodate up to 15 delegates for a boardroom meeting or for private dining. The Penthouse Suite with a terrace features an outdoor cinema and can be used for private meetings and events for between 20-30 people.

The Exhibitionist Hotel is housed in a row of restored eighteenth century townhouses in Queensberry Place. The hotel takes its name from the adjacent Exhibition Road, home of the Victoria & Albert Museum, Natural History Museum and the Royal Albert Hall.

Details:  www.theexhibitionisthotel.com

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Published: 26 November 2014

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The Laslett is a new 51-bedroom boutique hotel opening in London’s Notting Hill in summer 2015.The Laslett is named after Rhaune Laslett the community activist and organiser of the original Notting Hill Festival.

The Laslett will reflect the cultural heritage of the local area. It will feature a ground floor which will be part coffee shop, part bar-kitchen and part gallery with installations from local photographers and artists. Bedrooms will be modern, comfortable and quirky.

The Laslett is housed in five Victorian mansions in Pembridge Gardens and is less than a minute from Notting Hill Gate tube station.

The Laslett will be operated by Living Rooms who also operate No.5 Maddox Street boutique hotel in Mayfair and two serviced apartment businesses in London.

Details:  www.thelaslett.co.uk

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Published: 26 November 2014

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The Clink Charity is a training initiative which offers prisoners hospitality training and work experience helping them find employment on release. It has just announced the launch of a new catering arm Clink Events.

The charity already operates Clink Restaurants at HMP High Down, HMP Cardiff and HMP Brixton. Clink Events is a wider scheme. Food prepared by prisoners training in the restaurant kitchens at HMP High Down in Surrey and HMP Brixton in London is delivered to event venues within the M25.

Clink Events offers an array of canapés and bowl food for receptions and standing parties of up to 500 people. Clink Events menus can include items such as pulled pork & lime apple crostini with crispy sage leaves, slow braised beef cheeks with red wine and porcini mushrooms, pilaf rice, aubergine caviar with rosemary pita bread and handmade chocolate & rum truffles.

Clink Events has established a collaborative partnership with Centrepoint, the UK’s leading young homeless charity, to provide a full service, from the food creation through to serving at an event. Candidates from Centrepoint undergo a short training programme to equip them with the confidence, knowledge and skill to serve guests food and drink.

Clink Events work alongside and promotes other work-based prisoner training projects using, for example, bread from the Bad Boys Bakery and uniforms from the tailoring workshop at HMP Brixton which works with the London College of Fashion.

Details:  www.theclinkrestaurant.com

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Published: 25 November 2014

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