Plans have been submitted to create a new 130-bedroom Moxy Hotel in the Spinningfields area of Manchester city centre.

The Moxy Hotel would be created from a refurbishment and extension of the Silk Works building at Invicta House in Spinningfields.

The existing office building dates from the Victorian era and is located within the Deansgate/ Peter Street Conservation Area. 

The proposed development would retain the original Victorian façade with a new eight storey office development erected behind.  The building was initially being converted for office use

Moxy Hotels are part of the Marriott Hotels Group. They are boutique hotels ‘with the social heart of a hostel’. It is Marriott’s bid to capture the Millennial market.

Currently there are two Moxy Hotels in the UK at Aberdeen Airport and Moxy London Excel. A third opens this summer in Stratford in London.

Details: http://moxy-hotels.marriott.com/


Event and hospitality group Camm & Hooper will open Grace Hall, their new event space in London in autumn 2017.

Grace Hall is located in Leadenhall Street in the City of London.

Grace Hall will undergo an extensive overhaul to enhance the venue’s art deco heritage with a nod to its past as the headquarters of Grace and Co Bank.

Grace Hall will comprises four events spaces able to accommodate up to 200 delegates theatre style and up to 600 standing across the whole venue.

Each of the four rooms will be ideal for dinners, receptions and conferences as well as for additional breakout spaces.

Grace Hall will be Camm & Hooper’s sixth London venue.

The group’s first two locations, Tanner and Co and Tanner Warehouse opened in 2012. This was followed by Banking Hall, Cornhill in May 2014. The Victorian Bath House in Bishopsgate opened in December 2015 and Six Storeys on Soho launched in autumn 2016.

Details: https://cammhooper.com


Hotel operator, Fairview Hotels, has added three hotels to its portfolio. They are Ibis Cardiff City Centre, Ibis Rugby East and Novotel Newcastle Airport (pictured).

It is the second major acquisition for Fairview Hotels and follows the acquisition of four Novotel hotels in December 2016.

Fairview Hotels now operate twelve hotels in the UK with over 1300 bedrooms between them.

A renovation and refurbishment is now planned for the new hotels.

Details: http://www.fairviewhotels.uk/


Dominvs Group has been granted planning consent from the City of London to build a new hotel on Ludgate Hill near to St Paul’s Cathedral on a UNESCO World Heritage site.

The 7,664sqm sq-mt hotel will be developed behind the façade of Creed Court.

The façade will be retained and the existing buildings on site demolished. In place alongside there will be a part-five and part-seven storey building with three lower ground floor levels.

The luxury hotel will include bedrooms across six floors plus a restaurant and spa.  Existing retail units at ground level will be retained.

Dominvs will develop and operate the hotel, although the company has not yet published branding details.

The Ludgate Hill hotel will become Dominvs’ second development in London.

The group is currently converting the former Tower Bridge Magistrates Court into a luxury 200-bedroom hotel. It is expected to open in 2019 and operate under Marriott’s Autograph Collection.

A further hotel development is planned for London on a site Dominvs acquired last year on Old Marylebone Road in Westminster.

Details: https://www.dominvsgroup.com/single-post/2017/05/08/Dominvs-Group-granted-planning-consent-for-hotel-in-St-Pauls%E2%80%99-London


Staycity Manchester Piccadilly is a new aparthotel which has just opened at Gateway House, or the ‘Lazy S’ building as it is known locally, next to Piccadilly station in the centre of Manchester.

Staycity Manchester Piccadilly has 182 short-let apartments comprising one-, two-, and three-bed units. All the apartments are fully furnished with fully-equipped kitchens and bedrooms, an en-suite bathroom plus an open-plan sitting room and dining area.

Additional facilities include a café, lounge area, gym, car park and four meeting rooms.

Details: https://www.staycity.com/manchester/piccadilly/