Hotel & Venue News

BMA House, headquarters of the British Medical Association in London, has opened four new meeting rooms.

BMA House is a Grade II-listed venue in Bloomsbury. It includes a range of 29 spaces for meetings, conferences and events

The four new rooms are part of an overall ‘refreshing’ of the venue. They will accommodate between 10 and 75 delegates. They all have plenty of natural daylight overlooking a courtyard.

The rooms are equipped with the latest AV technology including LED video walls, projection and tele-conferencing.

The four new rooms are all named after respected medical professionals: The Worcester room, Aldrich-Blake room, Magill room and Tudor-Hart room.

BMA House is located on Tavistock Square in central London; a short walk from Euston and Kings Cross/St Pancras stations.

Details: http://www.bmahouse.org.uk/

Details: Published: 18 October 2016; Hits: 568

Mandarin Oriental Hyde Park London is auctioning around 2,500 items of furniture, fixtures and fittings ahead its planned £85million renovation programme.

There will be a wide range of items up for bidding from antique furniture and oil paintings to bedroom curtains.

Mandarin Oriental Hyde Park London which overlooks Hyde Park and Knightsbridge, will remain open through its transformation.

All of the bedrooms and suites will be refurbished and the entrance, lobby and reception areas will be redesigned.

The two restaurants plus meeting rooms and the ballroom will undergo a soft refurbishment. In addition, the façade of the building will also be revitalised.

The spa will continue to operate until June 2017, after which it will close for six months to allow for a significant expansion.

The Mandarin Oriental Hyde Park London auction will take place on 24-26 October in the Cadogan Suite Millennium Knightsbridge in Sloane St, London.

Details: Published: 17 October 2016; Hits: 492

For the second year running, The Belfry Hotel & Resort in Warwickshire has been awarded England’s Leading Resort at the World Travel Awards. The awards look to promote and develop the global travel and tourism industry by recognising excellence.

“To be recognised as the best resort in the country is a truly special feeling and the award showcases the incredible facilities we have on offer here, from the leisure club & spa, to the events spaces and fine gastronomy, topped off by our extremely proud golfing heritage” commented James Stewart, Resort Director at The Belfry.

The Belfry has 319 bedrooms including 15 suites. Their signature restaurant is The Ryder Grill supported by the Ryder Kitchen, Rocca’s Pizza Pasta and Sam’s Club House.

The Belfry has 20 conference and events spaces capable of accommodating over 400 guests.

The Belfry is synonymous with golf, in particular for hosting the Ryder Cup. The hotel has three golf courses.

Leisure facilities apart from the championship golf include a fully equipped gym and the Belfry Spa with twelve treatment rooms.

The Belfry Hotel and Resort is minutes from the M42/J9 its junction with the M6 Toll. It is ten minutes from Birmingham International Airport and Station.

Details: www.thebelfry.com

Details: Published: 13 October 2016; Hits: 637

John Broome, founder of Alton Towers theme park, is set to secure approval to build ‘Camel Creek Resort’ - a new holiday and leisure park in Cornwall.

The 200-acre Camel Creek Resort site will include 236 three, four and five bedroom accommodation, an apartment courtyard, a fine dining restaurant, a Cornwall Discovery Centre, country pursuits and a tropical pool and spa.

Plans also include a convention centre, indoor sports facilities and a fully integrated adventure/theme park.

If planning is approved Camel Creek Resort will be built on land at Trevibban Deer Farm in Wadebridge, adjacent to Crealy Great Adventure Park – a ten minute drive from Newquay Airport in Cornwall.

Details: http://www.camelcreekresort.com/resort-overview/

Details: Published: 17 October 2016; Hits: 468

Malaysian hospitality group YTL Hotels has acquired three hotels in the UK bringing the total number of their properties to 29 worldwide.

The three hotels are: The Glasshouse Hotel in Edinburgh (pictured), Monkey Island in Bray-on-Thames in Berkshire and the Academy Hotel in London.

The Glasshouse Hotel is part of Marriott’s Autograph Collection. The building started life as a church in the nineteenth century before it was converted to a 77-bedroom boutique hotel with a rooftop garden in 2003. It is located in central Edinburgh.

Monkey Island is located on a small island in the River Thames in Berkshire, close to the town of Bray. Monkey Island is scheduled for a redesign during 2017.

The Academy Hotel comprises five restored Georgian townhouses in London’s West End. The Academy is also about to undergo a full refurbishment shortly.

The three hotels join, what has been to date, the sole UK representative in the YTL Collection: Gainsborough Bath Spa.

Details: http://www.ytlhotels.com/