Kings Head Hotel in Cirencester re-opens September 2014 with 45 bedrooms following an extensive restoration programme. There will be five bedroom categories from classic king doubles to suites. Each is individually styled and equipped with a separate bath and walk-in shower, Nespresso coffee machine, a Mac Mini computer system and a personal mini fridge.

Kings Head Hotel features a range of large and small event spaces all with natural daylight and the latest audio-visual equipment plus complimentary wi-fi. The largest event space is the Grade II-listed Corn Hall Room accommodating up to 550 delegates for a theatre style meeting. Built in 1862 the Corn Hall features a high ceiling, air conditioning, adjustable lighting and sound system - with its own bar and artist changing rooms. Two smaller meeting rooms on the first floor of the hotel will each accommodate up to 40 delegates theatre style.

A subterranean dry spa is scheduled to open at a later date.

Kings Head Hotel is located in Market Place in the centre of Cirencester. There is good access to the M5 and M4 motorways. Kemble Station (for London Paddington) is four miles away.

Details:  www.kingshead-hotel.co.uk

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Published: 02 September 2014

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Manchester Meeting Place is the new name for The University of Manchester's Staff House Conference Centre. The venue has just completed the final phase of its refurbishment with new furnishings, decoration and upgraded a-v equipment in all the meeting rooms. 'The Hub' is the refreshment lounge and there is also a 100-seater restaurant.

Manchester Meeting Place is located just 250 metres from Manchester Piccadilly station.

Details: www.conference.manchester.ac.uk

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Published: 31 July 2014

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Hopwood Hall in Middleton, Manchester could be transformed into a 22-bedroom conference centre if a £13million plan submitted by Hopwood Hall College goes ahead. Hopwood Hall College, its campus occupies former land by the site, is proposing to redevelop the house and chapel and is submitting a bid for Heritage Lottery funding next month. Hopwood Hall is a Grade II-listed property but it is currently derelict.

Although very dilapidated Hopwood Hall still retains its medieval features and Jacobean panelling plus a bedroom in which Lord Byron slept. They rub shoulders with graffiti from the 1970s and 1980s, when part of the hall was used as a disco.

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Published: 05 August 2014

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Mercure Box Hill Burford Bridge Hotel at Box Hill in Surrey is to re-open Monday 1st September 2014 following an extensive nine-month restoration. The refurbishment has extended from the entrance and public areas to the restaurant and bar plus the 57 guest bedrooms and eight meeting rooms. The new-look Mercure Box Hill Burford Bridge Hotel will feature a fresh contemporary styling throughout, including the hotel’s seventeenth century, vaulted-ceiling Tithe Barn event space.

What is now the Mercure Box Hill Burford Bridge Hotel started life as the Fox and Hounds Inn around the year 1254. Famous guests have included Lord Nelson who checked-in with Lady Emma Hamilton just before his departure to the Battle of Trafalgar.  A room at the hotel is named in honour of Lady Hamilton.

The Mercure Box Hill Burford Bridge Hotel is set in three acres of landscaped gardens at the foot of Box Hill within the Surrey Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.

Details:  www.accorhotels.com

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Published: 28 July 2014

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