The new dual-branded, 328-bedroom Crowne Plaza and Staybridge Suites Manchester – Oxford Road has just celebrated its topping-out ceremony and remains on course to open in early 2018.

The 19-storey building is just off Manchester’s Oxford Road and within walking distance of the city centre. It will include a 212-bedroom Crowne Plaza and a 116-bedroom Staybridge Suites.

Crowne Plaza, which will feature a 120-cover restaurant, seven meeting rooms catering for over 200 delegates and a gym, is spread over 11-storeys from the ground floor upwards.

Staybridge Suites will be located on the upper eight floors and will include a mix of studio and one bedroom suites all with fully equipped kitchens – with a complimentary hot and cold buffet breakfast served in the Hub Kitchen.

Public car parking for both hotels will be alongside the hotels. Crowne Plaza and Staybridge Suites Manchester – Oxford Road will be a five minute walk from Manchester Oxford Road station.

Details: www.crowneplaza.com   www.staybridge.com


Apex City of London Hotel is set to open a new Spa in September 2017. The Spa, part of a £1.5million development at the hotel, will be operated by Pure Spa & Beauty.

The Spa at Apex City of London Hotel will house five treatment rooms, an infra-red sauna, manicure and pedicure bars, a spray tan booth, relaxation area and a boutique retail area.

Apex City of London Hotel is located in Seething Lane, next to the medieval St Olave’s Church and close to the Tower of London and Fenchurch Street station.

Apex City of London Hotel has 209 bedrooms and suites, Addendum Bar and Restaurant and three conference suites. Existing leisure facilities include a techno gym featuring cardio and weight equipment.

Apex operate nine hotels in London, Edinburgh, Glasgow and Dundee, with its tenth hotel due to open in Bath in August 2017.

Details: https://www.apexhotels.co.uk/apex-city-of-london-hotel


French restaurant group Bistrot Pierre is planning to open visitor accommodation at Plymouth's historic Royal William Yard following an agreement with the site’s main developers, Urban Splash.

Bistrot Pierre Rooms will open with 14 bedrooms in Residence One, the Grade I-listed Admirals House on The Green.   It will be the first accommodation created at Plymouth’s ex-naval victualling yard.

Admirals House dates from the Georgian era.

Bistrot Pierre Rooms will maintain and enhance the buildings unique features. Luxury accommodation is promised.

Admiral’s House features a walled garden and views over Plymouth Sound.

A French Bistrot breakfast will be available at Bistrot Pierre Restaurant just across the lawns from the residences.

Bistrot Pierre Rooms is scheduled to open in late 2017

Details: https://bistrotpierre.co.uk/locations/plymouth


Mansfield Town Football Club in Nottinghamshire is planning to expand its facilities and open a new 100-bedroom Hilton hotel.

The Hilton hotel would be built on land next to the Quarry Lane stand at club’s One Call Stadium.

The plans are still at ‘an embryonic stage’, but further details could be unveiled in September. A formal planning application by Mansfield Town Football Club is expected to be submitted to the council in the coming months.

The One Call Stadium is located close to Mansfield town centre, around six miles from the M1 motorway and a five minute walk from Mansfield station.

 


The long-running and often controversial attempt to successfully transform the Grade II-listed London Road Fire Station in the centre of Manchester into a hotel appear to be reaching the end – at least of the planning stages.

Developers have finally been granted planning permission by Manchester City Council to turn the site into a boutique hotel plus restaurants, bars, apartments and work spaces.

The property has been vacant since 2001.

The Zetter Group will operate the hotel which is expected to have around 100 bedrooms. It will be the group’s fourth hotel and their first outside London.

London Road Fire Station is located in the shadow of Manchester Piccadilly station in the city centre.

Zetter Hotel at London Road Fire Station is scheduled to open in summer 2019.

Details: http://londonroadmcr.com/