Hotel & Venue News

Blackfriars Restaurant is a former medieval friary in Newcastle upon Tyne. It has just opened a series of new corporate and private events spaces within its 13th century buildings.

Blackfriars Restaurant has renovated several areas above the main restaurant.

The new space includes a 14-delegate cookery school and a meeting room to seat up to 40 delegates. The main Blackfriars Restaurant itself will seat up to 90 guests.

The new space has been refurbished by traditional craftsmen with furniture, lighting and fabrics all in-keeping with the distinguished history of Blackfriars.

Blackfriars is a former medieval friary dating back to 1239 when it was the home of the city’s ‘Black Friars’. In 1543, Blackfriars’ first floor rooms became the meeting house for the crafts guilds in the locality.

The first floor space has in recent years been used by North East of England Civic Trust who moved out a few years ago, with the space lying dormant ever since.

Blackfriars Restaurant is located in Friars Street in the heart of Newcastle on Tyne.

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

Details: Published: 22 August 2017; Hits: 563

Infinity Park, the iHub innovation centre in Derby, is opening new conference and events space for local businesses.

iHub provides flexible workspace for start-ups, early stage businesses and established high growth SMEs, particularly in the transport engineering sector.

The new facilities are designed for a variety of events including meetings and conferences for both existing tenants and non-tenants. The space will accommodate up to 150 delegates.

Infinity Park is located just off the A50 (J3) in the centre of Derby, five minutes from the M1 (J24) and 15 minutes from East Midlands Airport.

Details: http://www.infinityparkderby.com/

Details: Published: 22 August 2017; Hits: 579

The Icon Hotel in Luton has been awarded four stars by the AA following an inspection. It is now the only four-star hotel in Luton.

The Icon Hotel has just completed a £300,000+ refurbishment which includes additional bedrooms, a new bar and lounge area and an upgraded wi-fi system.

The Icon Hotel has 60 stylish bedrooms. Cappello’s is the hotel’s bistro style restaurant. The Aviator Suite is the largest meeting room seating up to 60 delegates theatre style.

The Icon Hotel is located in Stuart Street and is just two miles from Luton Airport.

Details: http://www.iconhotelluton.com/

Details: Published: 08 August 2017; Hits: 607

New Road Hotel is a new 80-bedroom boutique hotel scheduled to open in London’s Whitechapel in October 2017.

Privately owned, New Road Hotel will be located on the site of an old textile factory. Since its closure in 2000, the building has remained empty.

The interior design of New Road Hotel will reflects the building’s heritage and location within London’s East End. It will feature exposed brickwork, open lobby spaces plus views of the London skyline.

The bedrooms will also feature exposed brickwork as well as the building’s original large windows. New Road Hotel will include a range of loft rooms with a hot tub or Jacuzzi.

Each bedroom will be furnished with a 49” flatscreen television, a hypnos bed, a rainfall shower, a ‘handy’ mobile phone and air conditioning.

Marco Pierre White will launch a Mr White’s English Chophouse restaurant in New Road Hotel. The Chophouse will also be open for breakfast.

New Road Hotel will have two dedicated meeting rooms both with natural daylight and equipped with latest meeting technology including free wi-fi. Room capacities await publication.

Leisure facilities include a first floor library.

New Road Hotel is located in New Road, a three minute walk from Whitechapel tube station and close to The Royal London Hospital. The hotel has good access to London City Airport, Canary Wharf, Stratford Olympic Park and ExCeL.

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

Details: Published: 22 August 2017; Hits: 641

Plymouth City Council has now granted planning permission for the new 80-bedroom 1620 Hotel on the site of the former Quality Hotel, adjacent to Plymouth Hoe.

The 1620 Hotel will be an 11-storey luxury boutique hotel with 80 bedrooms – an increase from the 60 bedrooms originally planned, plus a 15-storey residential tower with 88 apartments.

1620 Hotel will also feature conference and events space, a health spa and two restaurants including one on the 11th floor overlooking Plymouth Sound.

The Quality Inn building, widely regarded in the city as an ‘eyesore’, was demolished last year.

Construction is scheduled to begin autumn of 2017.

The 1620 Hotel is due for completion in late-2019, in time for the 400th anniversary celebrations to mark the sailing of the Mayflower from Plymouth to the New World in 1620 – hence the hotel’s name.

Details: Published: 08 August 2017; Hits: 549

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