A £4.5 million restoration has just been completed at Fawsley Hall Hotel and Spa in Northamptonshire. The hotel is mentioned in the Doomsday Book and it lists the names of Queen Elizabeth I and Henry VIII in its visitors book. More recently the hotel has been setting of the television drama Wolf Hall.

Fawsley Hall Hotel and Spa is a four red star Grade I-listed hotel. The renovation has included a redecoration and refurnishing of the Great Hall. The reception, restaurant, bar and lounge areas have been redesigned, with new interior detail. All the meeting rooms, the conservatory, ground floor areas and bedrooms throughout the Main House and Georgian Knightley Court have been refurbished. The Spa has also had a facelift with new equipment and fittings.

Fawsley Hall Hotel and Spa has 60 bedrooms and suites plus extensive meeting and banqueting facilities including Knightley Court, a Grade II-listed Georgian building adjacent to the hotel with 3,500 ft. of event space. There are four meeting rooms, a 29-seat cinema which can be exclusively hired as well as a range of private dining rooms.

Fawsley Hall Hotel and Spa is set within parkland and formal gardens just south of Daventry between the M1 and M40 motorways with good access to both.  The hotel is close to Silverstone and Warwick Castle.

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Published: 12 March 2015

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Mercure London Watford Hotel has announced the refurbishment of 100 of its 218 bedrooms. The extensive renovation includes the redesign of 100 classic bedrooms and is set to be complete by the end of March.

The Classic bedrooms include a flat-screen television, complimentary high speed wi-fi and en-suite bathrooms with toiletries. An additional 20 ‘privilege’ bedrooms feature complimentary unlimited movies, a Nespresso coffee machine, a complimentary newspaper, robe and slippers.

Mercure London Watford Hotel includes a contemporary restaurant serving breakfast, lunch and dinner, a bar, eleven meeting rooms with the largest seating 200 delegates theatre style, plus a health club with a swimming pool and gym.

Mercure London Watford Hotel is located close to Watford town centre and two miles from Watford Junction station. There is parking available for up to 300 cars on site.

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Published: 10 March 2015

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Holiday Inn Solihull is carrying out a £1million refurbishment of its ground floor public areas. Work will include building a new outdoor heated terrace accessed from the hotel lounge by new floor-to-ceiling folding doors. The terrace will overlook the hotel's lake and fountain. The terrace will also include a contemporary bar.

The hotel reception, lounge, bar and main restaurant will also be refurbished and these are due to be completed by late March. A refurbishment of the hotel bedrooms will start later this year. Holiday Inn Solihull will operate as normal throughout the refurbishment programme.

Holiday Inn Solihull has twelve modern meeting rooms plus a fitness centre with a gym, sauna and heated indoor pool. It is situated in Solihull town centre close to Junction 5 off the M42, four miles from Birmingham International Airport and a five minute walk from Solihull station for trains to Birmingham Moor Street and London Marylebone.

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Published: 11 March 2015

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The Wellcome Collection in London has recently reopened following a £17.5 million refurbishment of its event spaces and conference centre.

The centrepiece of the Wellcome Collection is the Henry Wellcome Auditorium, a tiered auditorium to accommodate up to 154 delegates with the Williams Lounge alongside as breakout space. Four smaller meeting rooms, two of which can be combined, are also available and will accommodate between 40 and 80 delegates theatre style.

The Medicine Now gallery can host evening drinks receptions for up to 200 guests. The gallery features modern scientific issues around the world as seen through the eyes of artists, scientists and patients and includes a printout of the entire human genome sequence.

The Wellcome Collection is located in Euston Road, virtually overlooking London Euston mainline and tube station with Euston Square tube station adjacent.

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Published: 09 March 2015

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