The hotel’s owner, Dorsett Hospitality International Group, has gained planning approval to develop the Shepherd’s Bush Palladium alongside the hotel into 74 serviced apartments.
Development is expected to begin in 2018 with completion the following year.
The building will have eight storeys added to accommodate a combination of one-bedroom and duplex serviced apartments. The ground floor will feature a restaurant linked to the Dorsett Shepherds Bush and the lower ground floor will house a café and entertainment space.
The Shepherd’s Bush Palladium dates back to 1910 and is steeped in history. The redevelopment will preserve the building’s original Edwardian façade as well as the historic details.
The 317-bedroom Dorsett Shepherds Bush opened in 2014 and it marked the group’s entry into the UK hotel market.
Their second hotel, also in London, will be the 267-bedroom Dorsett City in Aldgate. It is planned to open on 2nd July 2017 with 267 bedrooms, two restaurants, a 24-hour gym, event space and a destination rooftop terrace bar.
Details: http://www.dorsetthotels.com/unitedkingdom/london/shepherdsbush/
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The Postal Museum promises to be a light, bright and contemporary space which chronicles five centuries of social and communication history across Britain. The Postal Museum also features a private sunny courtyard and innovative living wall.
The Postal Museum will be available to hire for up to 140 guests for events such as cocktail receptions, summer parties and BBQs.
Across the road from the Postal Museum is Mail Rail - the Post Office’s former underground rail system.
In operation for over a hundred years the rail system was used to distribute the mail underground across London. The former engineering depot and tunnels will now be reopening as an events venue.
It may be 70 feet below ground but Mail Rail does offer a unique blank canvas space - in a historical building complete with its original architecture including vaulted brick arches and other railway influences.
Delegates will be able to board a miniature train to transport them through the historic tunnels which once delivered mail across the city.
The space will accommodate up to 275 guests for a standing reception or 140 seated. It can be used for dinners and receptions, product launches and award ceremonies, networking and breakfast briefings plus filming and photography.
The Postal Museum and Mail Rail are located at the Royal Mail’s sorting office in Mount Pleasant, Farringdon. It is a short walk from Euston and Kings Cross St Pancras stations and an even shorter walk from Russell Square and Chancery Lane tube stations.
Details: https://postalmuseum.org/
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Curtain Hotel will have 120 bedrooms, including six suites, a rooftop pool and lounge, a 24-hour fitness centre, treatment rooms, co-working space and 6,000 square feet of events space, with a ballroom and screening room.
New York restaurateur Marcus Samuelsson will be opening a branch of Red Rooster at Curtain Hotel. It will be based on his Harlem restaurant with roots in American cuisine.
Curtain Hotel will also feature an all-day taqueria and bar on the ground floor of the hotel.
The private members club will be integrated within the hotel and will feature dedicated areas for members.
Curtain Hotel is located in Curtain Road, a short walk from Liverpool Street station.
Details: http://www.thecurtain.com/
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Pub and hotel group, Daniel Thwaites, has added two hotels to its portfolio.
Middletons Hotel has a restaurant and bar plus five conference and meeting rooms. The largest meeting room is the Organ Factory seating up to 70 delegates theatre style.
The group’s second acquisition is Langdale Chase Hotel on Lake Windermere.
Langdale Chase is a Grade II-listed country house hotel, originally built in 1895, with 29 bedrooms, an eight bedroom lake house, a boat house and two jetties.
It has a recently built a 24-bedroom staff accommodation building, a 15-bedroom former staff house and a three bedroom gatehouse.
The Oak Room seating up to 36 delegates and a boardroom are the in-house meeting and events facilities at Langdale Chase Hotel. Sailing, walking, trekking and horse riding can all be arranged as team building exercises.
Langdale Chase is located on the shore of Lake Windermere in six acres of landscaped gardens with mountain and fell views.
These acquisitions take the Daniel Thwaites’ portfolio of hotels and inns to 21.
Details: http://www.thwaites.co.uk/
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The Ned was formerly a Midland Bank, built by English architect Sir Edwin ‘Ned’ Lutyens in 1924. It is located just around the corner from the Bank of England in the heart of the City of London.
The building’s vast triple height banking hall and the acres of marble have all been preserved and incorporated into the property’s new design.
The Ned has 252 bedrooms, nine restaurants and fifteen bars. Eight of the restaurants are open-plan demarcated by the old oak teller counters. They serve everything from New York deli-style to Asian-Pacific bowl food.
Leisure facilities at The Ned include a state-of-the-art gym with a boxing ring, a swimming pool in the former bullion reserve plus a rooftop swimming pool with views across to St Paul’s Cathedral.
The Ned has six Grade II-listed meeting rooms and two outdoor terraces all available to hire. Each of the meeting spaces feature walnut panelling and vintage chandeliers, as well as domed windows allowing plenty of natural light.
Meeting rooms range in size from 21 square metres to 165 square metres, and will accommodate from four to 200 delegates.
The major attraction at The Ned is expected to be the Vault Bar in the basement with its 20-ton, six-foot thick door - the inspiration for the Fort Knox model in the film Goldfinger.
The Ned opens officially on 1st May 2017.
Details: https://www.thened.com/#
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