Hotel & Venue News

Rudding Park Hotel Spa and Golf in Harrogate, North Yorkshire, has released plans to build a new £6million destination spa. The new development will incorporate a 17metre pool, a hydrotherapy pool, ten treatment rooms and three different heat treatment cabins. Plans will be submitted next month with a view to work starting on site in 2015. Rudding Park Hotel Spa and Golf is set in 300 acres of landscaped gardens and woodland with 90 bedrooms. It has a 2-AA Rosette restaurant, a spa and a 14 seat private cinema. The hotel has a wide selection of meeting rooms from the Radcliffe Room seating up to 300 delegates theatre style to a range of interconnecting rooms on the ground floor. Rudding Park Hotel Spa and Golf is located in Follifoot less than three miles from the centre of Harrogate.

Details: www.ruddingpark.co.uk

Details: Published: 14 May 2014; Hits: 1515

Manchester Meeting Place is the new brand name for the University of Manchester’s Staff House Conference Centre, near to Piccadilly station in the city centre. Manchester Meeting Place has completed the final phase of its refurbishment with new furnishings and upgraded AV equipment in all of its meeting rooms. These range in capacity from 20 to 90 delegates theatre style with free wi-fi access and plenty of natural daylight. There is a 100-seater restaurant plus ‘The Hub’ an all-day refreshment lounge.The University of Manchester’s core Hospitality and Events team are also based in the building.
Manchester Meeting Place joins a group of 30 venues available for hire at The University of Manchester.

Details: www.conference.manchester.ac.uk

Details: Published: 14 May 2014; Hits: 1281

Shangri-La Hotel at the Shard has opened in London with the first batch of 59 bedrooms. Located between levels 34 and 52 of the Renzo Piano-designed spectacular Shard building overlooking London Bridge, it is Europe's tallest hotel. Eventually Shangri-La Hotel at the Shard will feature 202 bedrooms and suites, three restaurants and bars including London’s highest cocktail bar, London’s highest infinity pool plus three conference and banqueting suites. The views from the hotel span the London city-scape and this will undoubtedly be a major attraction for guests at least initially. Shangri-La Hotel at the Shard in London is the third Shangri-La hotel to open in Europe joining properties in Paris and Istanbul.

Details: www.shangri-la.com/london

Details: Published: 12 May 2014; Hits: 1866

Ham Yard Hotel opens in the heart of Soho on 1st June 2014 with 90 individually designed bedrooms and suites plus 24 apartments. Ham Yard also includes a restaurant and bar with outdoor dining and drinking. There is a drawing room and library as well as a spa and gym, a 176 seat theatre and several private event rooms including a 1950’s Texan bowling alley. A rooftop garden will provide views across the London skyline.
Ham Yard Hotel, part of Firmdale Hotels, has been designed by Tim and Kit Kemp. It sits on a previously deserted three-quarter acre site connecting Great Windmill and Denman Streets in Soho, just a block from Mayfair.

Details: www.firmdalehotels.com

Details: Published: 12 May 2014; Hits: 1554

Hotel Colessio is the latest addition to Aurora Hotel Collection. It opens in Stirling in Scotland in early July 2014 with 40 bedrooms plus the Grill Room restaurant and bar and extensive conference and banqueting facilities. It will be Stirling’s first five star hotel. The bedrooms are equipped with every modern convenience and the latest in 21st century technology including a music system, a widescreen television with satellite channels and a DVD player. Hotel Colessio offers free wi-fi and internet connection. Meeting facilities include a range of rooms with a main suite to accommodate up to 300 guests.
Hotel Colessio is located on the site of the former Stirling Royal Infirmary in Spittal Street in the city centre. There is good access to the M9 motorway to both Edinburgh and Glasgow.

Details: www.hotelcolessio.com

Details: Published: 12 May 2014; Hits: 1610

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