Hotel & Venue News

Space Norwich has opened three new meeting spaces to complement their existing range of meeting facilities. These include:

A boardroom for up to six delegates.
A lounge for between six and eight delegates.
An office for two to three delegates.

The rooms, like all meeting rooms at Space Norwich, can be hired by the hour, half day or full day - with free tea and coffee. Free fast wi-fi is available as well as free car parking directly outside the building.

Space Norwich provides space for businesses, community groups and organisations for training, conferences, seminars, workshops, presentations, launches and exhibitions.

The rooms at Space Norwich range from a main auditorium to seat up to 450 delegates theatre style. Five ‘colour’ rooms: Blue, Orange, Yellow, Green and Red will accommodate 150, 70, 40, 25 and 24 delegates, theatre style, respectively.

Space Norwich was developed and is owned by a local church. It is a social enterprise facility with all revenues reinvested back into the work of the charity.

Space Norwich is located in Roundtree Way, just off Norwich’s main ring road and two miles from the city centre.

Details: http://thespacenorwich.co.uk/

Details: Published: 19 January 2017; Hits: 492

Spaces, the Amsterdam-based provider of creative workspace, has published plans to open another site in London later this year - on the Park Royal Business Park in north-west London.

The Park Royal Business Park site will include a 23,000 sq-ft hub offering a range of workspaces including a shared space, breakout networking areas, fully-equipped meeting rooms and offices.

Spaces Park Royal Business Park will also feature an outdoor terrace and a café.

Spaces currently operate from three sites in the UK: on Oxford Street in central London; in the Ropewalks in Liverpool and on Chalfont Park in Gerrards Cross where it has recently opened.

Spaces Park Royal Business Park is the latest addition to the group’s expansion plans. They will be opening shortly at Charing Cross in Glasgow. During the summer Spaces plan to open in Jubilee House in Marlow and at the Causeway in Teddington.

Details: https://www.spacesworks.com/

Details: Published: 19 January 2017; Hits: 521

The Paragon Hotel Birmingham is housed in a magnificent, six-storey, Grade II-listed, Victorian gothic-style building in Digbeth close to Birmingham city centre.

The building opened originally in 1903 as Rowton House – hostel accommodation for migrant workers, mainly from Ireland, looking for work in Birmingham’s factories.

The building fell into disuse in the 1960’s before being converted into the 250-bedroom Paragon Hotel which opened in 1993. More recently the hotel has been used to house asylum seekers in the city. Now it is all about to change again.

Owners are preparing to invest in a multi-million overhaul of the hotel which will see it restored to its former glory with an additional 99 bedrooms added in a four-storey extension.

Plans are due to be presented to Birmingham’s city planning committee this week.

The Paragon Hotel is located in a run down, unfashionable part of the city and not quite within walking distance of the centre. However, the Digbeth area is now being rejuvenated.

The Custard Factory complex led the way when it opened several years ago on the site of the former Bird’s custard factory. It is now the city’s leading creative and digital centre.

Future rejuvenation looks guaranteed, spearheaded by the imminent arrival of HS2, the Metro extension and the major new Smithfield and Connaught Square developments in Digbeth.

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

Details: Published: 18 January 2017; Hits: 613

The Swan at Hay is nearing the end of a major refurbishment and will be relaunching on 1st February 2017.

The refurbishment has included installing a new roof and revamping the interior, including the restaurant and bar.

The Swan at Hay Hotel is a privately owned hotel with 17 individually-styled bedrooms.

The Swan at Hay has three ground floor meeting rooms and breakout area, all with natural daylight. The Coach House is the largest room seating 50 delegates boardroom style, followed by the Garden Room and the Heron Room seating 38 and 20 delegates boardroom style respectively.

Free car parking is available on-site with free wi-fi throughout the hotel.

The Swan at Hay is situated in Hay-on-Wye, Herefordshire, on the edge of the Brecon Beacons National Park and is within easy access of Cardiff, Birmingham and London.

Details: http://www.swanathay.com/

Details: Published: 19 January 2017; Hits: 532

The Old Course Hotel Golf Resort and Spa in St Andrews enjoys a great location alongside the famous 17th Road Hole on the St Andrews Old Course. But the location also has its drawbacks.

The hotel’s 28-year-old slate roof has been hammered by stray golf balls over the years leading to a considerable amount of damage. The remedy – install a rubber roof.

The Old Course Hotel, Golf Resort and Spa is currently closed and due to reopen mid-April 2017 following a refurbishment.

Work on a replacement rubber roof has now begun. Golf course officials are also putting up netting to ensure the safety of roofing crews ahead of the hotel’s reopening in April.

The new roof is designed to absorb and deflect the energy from golf ball impact without any dents, cracks or damage.

The Old Course Hotel, Golf Resort and Spa is also undertaking a soft internal refurbishment of over 100 of its 144 bedrooms. This includes changes to the décor of the rooms and the introduction of features such as USB charging points, ergonomic electrical outlets for flexible working with closet lighting also included.

Although The Old Course Hotel, Golf Resort and Spa is closed, the Jigger Inn, The Duke’s Golf Course and Hams Hame will remain open throughout.

Details: https://www.oldcoursehotel.co.uk/old-course-hotel/hotel-update