Plans have been submitted for yet another new hotel in Manchester.
The latest development is a planned four-storey, 135-bedroom hotel. It will sit on a 1.8-acre site fronting Queens Road at the Irish World Heritage Centre in Cheetham Hill.
The new hotel would provide ‘much needed’ accommodation for events at the Heritage Centre.
The new hotel would also include up to 110 car parking spaces.
Irish World Heritage Centre is a conference and events venue featuring music, dance and language classes. It sits in a landscaped site between the River Irk and the Manchester Fort shopping centre.
Manchester City Council has not yet set a date to consider the application.
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Construction work has just started on a 79-bedroom extension at the DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel and Spa Chester.
The extension will increase the number of bedrooms at DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel and Spa Chester to 219.
At the same time the hotel reception, lounge and lobby areas will also be extended.
The design of the new bedrooms will take inspiration from the hotel's history.
DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel occupies an 18th century manor house set in 12 acres of landscaped grounds and was once owned by pioneer balloonist Thomas Baldwin.
The new bedrooms are expected to open in October 2017.
DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel and Spa Chester has an executive floor of meeting rooms each accommodating up to 25 delegates boardroom style, all with natural daylight and flexible layouts. The main Ballroom will seat up to 300 delegates theatre style and is attached to the hotel’s Grade II-listed conservatory.
Leisure facilities at DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel and Spa Chester include a pool and fitness centre plus 14 treatment rooms in the spa.
DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel and Spa Chester is located two miles from the centre of Chester and is approximately 50 minutes from Manchester Airport.
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Harbour Hotel and Spa group continue to expand. The group has just been granted full approval to open a new 60-bedroom hotel in Torquay harbour in Devon.
Torbay Council Development Management Committee gave the go-ahead to the plans this week.
The new four/five-storey hotel will be sited on the Torquay harbour-side. The existing Grade II-listed Pavilion will be refurbished and house the new hotel reception, restaurants, meeting facilities and spa.
A new four or five storey building alongside will provide the bedroom accommodation and will be linked to the main building by a ‘bedroom bridge’.
Harbour Hotels and Spa have recently open in Bristol and the group open their next hotel in Southampton (pictured) in summer 2017.
Details: http://www.harbourhotels.co.uk/spa/
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32 Threadneedle Street is a new meeting venue in the heart of the City of London.
32 Threadneedle Street started life as the Bank of New South Wales and still has the original bank vaults from the 1880’s.
Now fully refurbished 32 Threadneedle Street has four meeting and training rooms, all available to book by the hour. The rooms will accommodate up to a maximum of ten delegates.
Meeting room hire includes free wi-fi, use of a large wall-mounted television, notepads, pencils and flip charts. It also includes tea, coffee, water and biscuits.
32 Threadneedle Street is less than a mile from Fenchurch Street, Liverpool Street and London Bridge Stations. Bank, Monument and Liverpool Street tube stations are a short walk away.
Details: www.andmeetings.com/our-venues/london-city/threadneedle-street
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easyHotels have been submitted plans for a new hotel in the centre of Leeds.
The site in Land Lane was originally home to the Scala Theatre before it became the long-term base of the Waring & Gillow furniture store.
The site is currently vacant.
A £5million investment would see easyHotels convert the upper floors into a 93-bedroom hotel with a ground floor entrance lobby and reception.
The ground floor and basement would also house a café and restaurant.
An opening date in 2018 is being targeted, subject to planning permission being granted.
Details: https://www.easyhotel.com/
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