Hotel & Venue News

Research just published shows that budget hotel brands supplied 64% of bedrooms in the country in the first quarter of the year with Premier Inn and Travelodge between them accounting for 52% of that total.

The data published by HVS, AlixPartners AM:PM and STR also shows that Premier Inn and Travelodge are the two most active groups developing brands in the country.

Between them they represent almost half of the new hotels ‘in the pipeline’ with 5,086 and 2,660 new rooms planned, respectively.

The report compares the list of the UK’s top 10 hotel brands in terms of bedroom numbers. Premier Inn is the largest with 67,515 rooms, with Travelodge number two with 39,531 rooms.

In third place is Holiday Inn with 20,707 rooms but with only 430 new rooms planned. In fifth place comes Hilton with 14,793 rooms and a further 200 rooms in development.

Overall, it is the emerging brands that have the most ambitious opening plans: Hampton by Hilton are planning 1,881 new rooms. Hub by Premier Inn are planning 1,396 new rooms. Holiday Inn Express are planning 1,244 new rooms.

Researchers think this trend will likely continue for the foreseeable future. Smaller budget brands will continue their drive for greater distribution while the two giants, Travelodge and Premier Inn, slug it out to maintain their growth trajectories.

Details: https://www.hvs.com/article/8003/hotel-bulletin-q1-2017/?campaign=email

Details: Published: 15 May 2017; Hits: 525

A new hotel could be arriving in Southend if plans to build a new stadium for Southend United Football Club are approved.

A new hotel together with residential apartments and a training academy have been incorporated into Southend United FC’s proposal to build a new 22,000-capacity stadium.

The new ground at Fossetts Farm will replace their existing Roots Hall stadium.

A planning applications has been submitted by the League One football club to Southend Borough Council.

Details: Published: 12 May 2017; Hits: 509

The Grand Hotel in York will open their new restaurant – The Rise – in June 2017.

The Rise is part of a £15million expansion plan at the Grand Hotel.

The overall project which is due to complete autumn 2017 will also see the addition of a new bedroom wing increasing the number of bedrooms at the Grand hotel from 107 to 208.

The Rise is a 130-cover all-day dining restaurant, with Chef Craig Atchinson overseeing the menu.

The Rise overlooks the York city walls and will feature an open kitchen, a cocktail bar, a heated garden terrace and interiors inspired by York’s local heritage.

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

Details: Published: 11 May 2017; Hits: 524

The Grand Hotel in the centre of Birmingham will reopen in 2018 following its extensive £45million renovation.

The Grand Hotel was 137 years old when it closed in 2002. The French Renaissance-style building was showing its age and had fallen into a state of disrepair.

However the Grand Hotel has been undergoing a major refurbishment since 2012, a process designed to return the hotel to its former glory.

The new hotel will have 170 bedrooms.

Horton Estates, owners of the Grand Hotel, are said to be in the closing stages of negotiations with a four-star hotel operator to take over The Grand Hotel lease.

The main Grosvenor Suite in the Grand Hotel will open to the public this year for a series of special events, including the Flatpack Film Festival.

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