It will be another twelve months before construction is complete but the 'topping-out' ceremony for the new Hilton London Bankside has just been held. When it opens in summer 2015 the Hilton London Bankside will have 292 guest rooms plus an all-day dining restaurant, a bar and coffee shop. Extensive leisure facilities will include a swimming pool. Hilton London Bankside will have eight meeting rooms with conference and banqueting facilities for up to 700 guests.

Hilton London Bankside is located in Great Suffolk Street, a short walk from Tate Modern and Southwark tube station.


Ace Hotel London Shoreditch will be unveiling their new 7th floor events space in July 2014.  This is an assortment of flexible conference rooms with loads of natural daylight and views across Shoreditch, the Gherkin and the City of London. The 7th floor meeting rooms are all equipped with state-of-the-art teleconferencing systems, portable projection screens plus digital projectors with Mac and PC inputs, flatscreen televisions and complimentary wi-fi.

Ace Hotel London Shoreditch is on the site of the previous Crowne Plaza property on Shoreditch High Street. It is a modern, quirky hotel from its roof terrace down to its live music venue in the basement; which reflects its location in East London. Ace Hotel London Shoreditch has 258 bedrooms. It opened in 2013 and is a five minute walk from Liverpool Street station.

Details: www.acehotel.com


Yorkshire Event Centre has been granted planning permission by Harrogate Borough Council to build a new £10million exhibition and events hall. The hall will replace the existing building.

The new Yorkshire Event Centre will increase floor space to 6,270 sq-mt from the current 5,372 sq-mt. Construction is expected to begin July 2015 following next year’s Great Yorkshire Show.

Commenting, Heather Parry, managing director of Yorkshire Event Centre Ltd said: “We are absolutely thrilled with Harrogate Borough Council’s endorsement of our vision. This will be the largest single project we have ever undertaken and are a real investment into the future of Harrogate to help it become the finest events town in the country.”

Details:  www.eventcentre.co.uk


The 135-bedroom Park Inn Leigh Sports Village is set to become a Holiday Inn Express following its recent sale. The hotel will be rebranded in August 2014 following a refurbishment programme. The hotel will be trading as Leigh Sports Village Hotel during the transition period.

Leigh Sports Village Hotel opened in 2008. It is a modern, purpose-built hotel with a restaurant, bar, meeting and leisure facilities. It is situated alongside the Leigh Sports Village stadium which features twenty five meeting rooms for all manner of corporate events including conferences, training events, meetings, interviews, away days and exhibitions.

Leigh Sports Village is located within a five minute drive of the M6 at junction 22 in Greater Manchester.

Details:   www.leighsportsvillage.co.uk


Ballogie Estate has lodged plans for the redevelopment of the existing Potarch Hotel on the Ballogie Estate on Royal Deeside in Aberdeenshire.  The existing six-bedroom hotel will be transformed in a planned £7million investment into a 40-bedroom hotel including a spa, conference and events facility along with a new restaurant.
Subject to planning and building warrant, work will start on the Ballogie Hotel and Spa next year with a projected opening date of summer 2016.
Ballogie Estate is a family run land management business covering 6000 acres on Deeside. Activities include livestock farming, cropping, forestry and field sports especially salmon fishing along a 3.5 mile section of the River Dee which traverses the estate.

Details:   www.ballogie-estate.co.uk