Hotel & Venue News

New plans for a 155-bedroom hotel on the banks of the River Foss in York have been lodged with City of York Council.

The new hotel would be a part-five and a part-six storey building. It would be located at 46-50 Piccadilly.

The site is currently a 60-space car park with a retail unit fronting Piccadilly. That building would be demolished to make way for the new hotel.

The proposed hotel would have around 155 bedrooms, together with a residential block of eight two-bedroom and three-bedroom apartments.

The new hotel would feature views across the River Foss to York's landmark Clifford's Tower.

Planning consent had already been granted for a 140-bedroom hotel on the site. It would have been named Piccadilly Riverside.

The site is now being operated by Avantis Hotel Group. The group propose to operate the new hotel as a Hampton by Hilton property.

Details: Published: 23 July 2018; Hits: 1117

Now the scaffolding has been removed passengers arriving at Manchester Victoria station are being treated to an uninterrupted view of the spectacular new Hotel Indigo currently under construction next to the station.

When complete, Hotel Indigo Manchester Victoria will combine a refurbished existing Grade II-listed building – the City Building - with a new 14-storey tower addition.

Hotel Indigo Manchester Victoria Stationwill house 187 bedrooms plus a restaurant and bar. It is scheduled to open autumn 2018.

Details: http://www.hotelindigomanchester.co.uk/

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A major £4.9million extension and redevelopment project has just begun at Quorn Grange Hotel, near Loughborough in Leicestershire.

The project will add 24 new bedrooms at Quorn Grange Hotel as well as expanding the hotel's events and meeting facilities.

The latest works follow recent upgrades to the bar and restaurant at Quorn Grange Hotel.

Development work is expected to last around twelve months and the hotel will be operating normally throughout.

Quorn Grange Hotel is set in its own grounds and gardens currently with 38 recently refurbished bedrooms, a restaurant and bar, a gym and meeting rooms.

It is located in the village of Quorn with good access to the main A6 running through Leicestershire.

Details: https://www.quorngrangehotel.co.uk/

Details: Published: 20 July 2018; Hits: 2410

A new four-star on-site hotel is part of a masterplan just published to develop Cardiff Airport.

As well as a new on-site hotel, the masterplan also includes the development of a new terminal building plus a new rail link off the Cardiff to Bridgend coastal line.

The new four-star hotel would include business meeting and conference facilities

The masterplan envisages flights to an increased number of destinations in its bid to expand Cardiff Airport over the next 20 years. The Welsh government-owned airport plan a growth from 1.5 million to three million passengers a year

The Cardiff Airport masterplan is "starting a dialogue". Feedback is requested on the draft plan by 14 September. A final plan will then be launched in the autumn.

Details: Published: 20 July 2018; Hits: 2413

Plans to convert the former Coventry Telegraph building into a boutique hotel have been approved.

Construction work is expected to start later this year to create a boutique hotel with around 100 bedrooms, a ground floor restaurant and bar, meeting rooms, penthouse suites and a rooftop bar.

The former newspaper building dates from the 1950's.

The hotel will retain many of the building’s original features including the paneled board room and the Lord Iliffe Suite –the restored top floor apartment of the former owner of the newspaper.

The new hotel will also feature individually themed bedrooms replicating significant stories from past newspaper reports.

The hotel is planning to open ahead of Coventry being the UK City of Culture in 2021. It is located in Corporation Street in the centre of Coventry.