Strawberry Bank Hotel in Meriden in the West Midlands has reportedly been granted planning permission to go ahead and build a major 16-bedroom extension.
Strawberry Bank Hotel currently has 55 bedrooms.
Strawberry Bank Hotel also features a newly refurbished restaurant and bar.
The hotel’s Meriden Suite will accommodate up to 110 delegates for a meeting or conference. The Meriden Suite has its own private entrance, air conditioning and wi-fi as well as access to the grounds located at the rear of the building.
Strawberry Bank Hotel sits in two acres of landscaped gardens. It is located in Meriden at the centre of England - just three miles from the M42 and 10 minutes from the NEC, Birmingham International Station and Birmingham International Airport.
Details: http://www.strawberrybank.co.uk/
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- Published: 23 January 2018
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Artists Residence is a new boutique hotel set to open in Bristol summer 2018.
The ‘arty’ bedrooms at Artists Residence are created by artists in return for board.
In Bristol an old boot factory near Stokes Croft is currently being converted and this will house the new hotel. It is close to city centre Bristol.
Artist Residence currently has four ‘eccentric’ hotels in the UK in: London, Brighton, Oxford and Cornwall.
Details: https://www.artistresidence.co.uk/
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- Published: 22 January 2018
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Meliá Hotels International has announced that it will run the planned new hotel in the Echo building in the centre of Liverpool. See: http://www.venuebooking.com/newcsm/index.php/9-industry-news/2282-plans-for-new-hotel-in-liverpool
The hotel will be branded Innside Liverpool. It will join the four Melia properties already operated in the UK - ME London, Meliá White House, Innside Manchester and the upcoming Innside Newcastle.
The Innside brand is Melia’s pitch for the informal yet highly efficient ‘lifestyle design’ hotel aiming to attract the modern urban and business traveller and those seeking to combine leisure with work.
Expect multifunctional lobbies, creative meeting spaces, 24/7 exercise classes and endless wi-fi.
Innside Liverpool is scheduled to open in 2019 with 200 bedrooms plus food and beverage outlets and the fitness and meeting space attributes of the Innside brand – plus a rooftop restaurant and terrace overlooking the River Mersey.
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Sheffield United Football Club has published plans for the development and extension of the South Stand at its Bramall Lane stadium.
Sheffield United FC is seeking approval for a new second tier with an additional 5,400 seats plus an associated concourse with food/drink kiosks.
In addition, improved facilities for the less abled are planned together with new executive facilities, a media centre, a multi-purpose events facility and exhibition space. Approximately 250 car parking spaces over two levels will also result.
Bramall Lane stadium - the world's oldest continuously used professional football venue - is increasingly being used for a multitude of non-footballing events.
Bramall Lane stadium currently has ten conference and events suites with the Platinum Suite, the largest, seating up to 400 delegates for a theatre style meeting.
The on-site Copthorne Hotel Sheffield with 158 bedrooms also has extensive meeting and events facilities.
Detailed design information for the planned extension is to be submitted to Sheffield City Council following an outline consent originally granted in 2009. A decision is expected in early Spring 2018.
Bramall Lane Stadium is close to the heart of city centre Sheffield and offers free car parking and free wi-fi.
Details: https://www.sufc.co.uk/news/2017/december/south-stand-plans/
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- Published: 22 January 2018
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The Scottish Event Campus in Glasgow launches the latest addition to its conference and events facilities next month: the SEC Meeting Academy.
The SEC Meeting Academy is a £500,000 investment. It is new space designed for self-contained small to medium-sized meetings.
Alternatively, the space can be integrated with the wider SEC conference facilities providing a VIP space for larger meetings.
The SEC Meeting Academy features a central 300-400 theatre-style capacity room and links with breakout rooms and networking spaces overlooking the concourse.
Alongside the larger theatre space, the four smaller meeting rooms formerly known as the Seminar Suite are being upgraded in line with the new facility and form part of the SEC Meeting Academy.
The space is tailored to the needs of organisers and delegates and has integrated informal workstations and charging points as well as the latest conferencing technology.
The Scottish Event Campus is located just outside Glasgow city centre in the west-end, just off the M8 motorway with plenty of parking. The Campus has its own rail station with regular services to and from Glasgow Central station.
The SEC Meeting Academy officially opens mid-February 2018.
Details: www.sec.co.uk/secmeetingacademy
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